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I did not change any settings. But I’ve done some more testing and it seems if you are quick on the draw and load WIIMC before the network icon on the HB menu stops blinking you will likely have problems. Wait for the HB channel to connect then WIIMC seems to work fine. Perhaps this is something that WIIMC can fix..ie: do not try and connect WIIMC if HBC is not connected yet, but maybe HBC will not complete its connection if WIIMC has started. I had WIIMC failing to connect so I went back to HBC and it was still blinking and then stopped when I went back, then WIIMC started fine, so it looks like there is some connection there.

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You are not alone! I too have similar issues.

While developing my Enhancement Packs, I do a lot of testing which involves starting, restarting and reloading WIIMC. In fact I have about 10 different WIIMC version/feature combinations on my HB menu, which can be done by renaming the app and changing the name in meta.xml Anyway while doing that I get a lot of variability in the “initialize network” function, which btw is not WIIMC code, AFAICT but code common to HB apps.

Consecutive boots within minutes can initialize:

1) Immediately.
2) Give a failure message after ~ 30 seconds but then if I cancel, I find my shares are connected, so there was no need to retry.
3) Hangs on Initialize message, in which case I check the Internet channel and usually find that it cannot connect either because my WII connection has been lost at my router, and I need to reset the router.

I can find no reason for this. I had hoped to be able to change the wait time before the “unable to initialize” message because if it cannot connect immediately, it seems it never will so I really don’t want to wait 30 seconds to find out, but that code is beyond my grade level. I also do not understand how the code on the WII can wipe out the WII connection in my router but it happens frequently enough that it is not a random problem.

There is an icon in the lower right corner of the Homebrew menu that I think indicates if the network is connected. I think it blinks if there is no connection but I have not investigated this. Makes sense if it is blinking not to try WIIMC.

I’d appreciate any insight others can bring to this issue.

[cadbusca]

The name in WIIMC should be “G”

[cadbusca]

so did smb work with mplayer-ce?

on w-7 shared read access is not enough..I had to set same permissions under security tab as well.

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My experience is = 720P will not play, not over 720p. My test is >= 720P.

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1. “permissions set” depends on the server operating system version you are using. Explain what you “set”.
2. SMB also depends on pc connectivity. I always try the Internet channel to verify that I have wii connectivity to the lan. Sometimes it is lost even though the pc remains connected.

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You can have as many folders or entries as you want. If you attach your .xml file to your reply I can check it for you.
Perhaps your links are invalid, so WIIMC will report error loading file.

[cadbusca]

Use partcopy (http://www.virtualobjectives.com.au/utilitiesprogs/PartCopy_v1.11.2.4.zip) to copy 5 megs off the start of one of the files and attach it to your reply and I’ll analyse it for you.

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I would first suggest that you get the WII Internet browser and see if that will connect. That will show if you have a router/network problem or if it is specific to WIIMC. I have found my WII unable to connect to the router from time to time even though my PC is connected fine, and I have to reboot my router to get it going again.

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What path couldn’t it find? If the stream played to start but then failed only on the WII it is a WIIMC problem and not anything to do with this VLC streaming solution.

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Yes, the changes required as of SVN434, were posted in Edit 3 of the Guide. PCRE is required as well.

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Check security as well as sharing. On W7 I had to allow “Everybody” permissions on both.

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Sure ..read the above posts …” Users should note that the original Guide has been edited to reflect new info and feedback from others. If you use the guide checkback periodically for those updates.”
ie: Edit 2: Effective with SVN R421 both opencore-amr and openjpeg are no longer required, so skip the compile commands delineated by the blank lines below.

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Why don’t you try with just 1.0.6 to start. Then if it works you can identify what breaks it as you add more stuff. I only use 1.0.6 raw and my HDD, SMB, SD card and everything else works fine. Those who have added other stuff seem to be complaining about lots of problems.

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Glad it works. I guess you simply had them turned off because the code only allows them to be on or off not 10

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