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OK..just saw that too.

PS: I have to go out for a few hours so I may be slow getting back to you.

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Mine is attached. Same except you have http:http on URL lines
OOOPs…No I have double 8085..!!!!

I also have UAC turned off and run as administrator.

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To connect the WII to your PC files use the SMB capability. You need to get this shared capability working first before you attempt other streaming options. Lots of posts on this.

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Thanks for your help Francis, I did have one of the changes wrong and I’ve fixed it but still no luck.

Since my 80 and 8080 are blocked, I have used 8085.
My WIIMC is now set to: addr=”http://192.168.1.10:8085/vlc-shares/public/browse/” />
I get “Loading…” for 30 seconds then Error loading file!

Attached are my key files so perhaps you can see what is wrong.

This is the error message in the Apache log so there is some progress.
[Thu Jul 08 10:03:29 2010] [error] [client 192.168.1.11] PHP Notice: Undefined property: stdClass::$thumbnail in C:\Program Files (x86)\EasyPHP-5.3.2i\www\vlc-shares\application\views\scripts\browse\index.phtml on line 10

I should also add that I am running W7-64bit.

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Not working yet. Here is the problem.

Apache reported that both 80 and 8080 were blocked by firewall so I tried 8081 and the server starts.

WIIMC reports Loading of addr=”http://192.168.1.10:8081/vlc-shares/public/browse/” />

but then reports file not found.

Investigation shows there is no browse in /vlc-shares/public/

Apache log shows :

Wed Jul 07 18:34:24 2010] [notice] Child 9188: Starting thread to listen on port 8081.
[Wed Jul 07 18:42:40 2010] [error] [client 192.168.1.11] File does not exist: C:/Program Files (x86)/EasyPHP-5.3.2i/www/vlc-shares/public/browse

Any ideas?

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Francis, you are awesome! Thanks for your work, I can’t wait to try it!

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I don’t see any adult content to block. Perhaps it is already off by default.

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OK, I’d like to try to get this working in Windows. Attached is a zip with the english translations of README and the two application .ini files.

Seems there are Windows versions of your pre-reqs:
Apache http Server 2.2 at http://httpd.apache.org/
Zend Server 5.0.2 at http://www.zend.com/en/community/framework (see edit below)
PHP 5.3 V6 for use with Apache at http://windows.php.net/download/ Do I want the ThreadSafe version?

Also where is the mod_rewrite you require? Any tips before I start?

Also you should post the following as a bug report in WIIMC…
“If you see one collection shared WiiMc indicates “Error reading file”
not ‘a problem of vlc-shares. Apparently WiiMc do not like a playlist of only
element. As a workaround just add a second collection shared.”

EDIT: Seems there is a free “Community Edition” of Zend but it is hard to download. Use these links:
32 bit = http://www.zend.com/download/352?start=true
64 bit = http://www.zend.com/download/353?start=true

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Is there anyway you can do this for windows users?

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That’s what I call an honest man!

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Well, I don’t buy the bad data theory because the transport needs to be reliable given SMB was developed and is used in a business context. If a packet doesn’t check it will be resent so what you get is what was in the original file.

Investigation however shows that SMB is a block protocol rather than a streaming one and subject to a lot of overhead in sending data across the LAN. See http://blogs.technet.com/b/neilcar/archive/2004/10/26/247903.aspx for a fairly simple explanation… so bottom line, make sure you are not P2Ping or creating other LAN traffic at the same time, and make sure your wireless is operating at its rated speed. The Windows Task Manager on W7 shows my current link speed, which varies by my distance from my router. Right now its 24Mbps, can drop to 18 or go up to 36. But I used to get 54Mbps so I need to follow some of the tips at http://www.astahost.com/info.php/Improve-Wireless-Speed_t12885.html I don’t know the speed of the WII wireless adapter. Apparently there have been some speed improvements to it as well.

I will try and do more testing of this, in particular local USB vs SMB to the same USB drive on my PC. I’m not convinced yet that there is any particular SMB problem but time will tell.

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I appreciate the buffering info above.

It would be useful to know what WIIMC does if it runs out of info in the buffer. WIIMC issues a “Loading” message which I’m guessing is while it waits for the buffer to load the amount specified in Settings, then one may get a White overlay “Buffering xx% message” which again I’m guessing means WIIMC ran out of buffer and again is loading the amout dictated by Settings. If my guesses are correct I think the best strategy is to set the buffer to 100% which may take longer to “load” but should reduce the requirement to “buffer”.

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@Artisian wrote:

I dont use wiimc to play files from usb drive, so cant say if it is a problem with that. But, yes i was refering to SMB share, so there is a difference between that and streaming? How do i stream via http?

PS,Oh you mean like i stream it to my network and then just connect to the signal via wiimc?

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So i think that i was trying to watch a movie that was over the size limit 670 x 1080 or whatever it is…..

You got it right. You might want to read my post on using streaming to play your HD files on the WII. http://www.wiimc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=405

Also http://www.wiimc.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=224 for what will play directly on the WII.

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Both your posted links are the same, and yes you can post live links in this forum, but I was not looking for an explanation of static vs dhcp but rather observing and wondering why dhcp was seemingly invoked when the router already has the static address for my PC and makes no use of dhcp.

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I appreciate the credit for the “pause trick” but this is the first I have heard of it and I’d like to know more. Can anyone post a shortcut to the original post reporting this “trick'”?

PS: I also think you are refering to file sharing using SMB, where the WIIMC is reading directly from the shared directory on the PC. Streaming is where the PC sends an http stream to the network and WIIMC is able to connect to and play that stream using its OnLineMedia mode.

My question is does this hangup playing a long movie only occur when using SMB or does it also occur when playing the same movie from a locally attached USB drive. The former would indicate a network problem and the latter a WIIMC/MPlayer corruption problem.

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