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Thanks, turning multi core decoding off for these files seem to have solved the problem.

I haven't created any app myself yet, but does the background downloading limit hold even if you execute a finite-length task in the background method? Anyways, 10 minutes is better than none.

Thanks again.

hustmobile said:
For the crash issue, sometimes the files can be corrupted in our testing. Please check FAQ #41 tip first, if it does not help. Please remove all the issued file from GoodPlayer app, then upload them again. Sometimes it helps in our testing. And a reboot if iDevice is recommended too.

#41 I have files that could not be played back on iPad 2/new iPad(iPad 3)/iPhone 4S, please help

If you have some files that are with issues for GoodPlayer playback on iPad 2/new iPad (iPad 3)/iPhone 4S, please try to set GoodPlayer->Settings->Multi Core Decoding to "off", and play the issued files again.
For iPad 2/new iPad (iPad 3)/iPhone 4S and future multi core iOS devices, there is an option to disable multi core decoding. GoodPlayer->Settings->Multi Core Decoding. The default is on. When it is on, some video decoding will use multi core concurrently to improve the performance greatly. When it is off, all the decoding only uses single core to get more stability. Please note that it is recommended to set it to on. Only for those media files that have issue with multi core decoding, set it to off.

For the SMB background downloading issue, we will consider it.But please note Apple has limitation for the background downloading, it only lasts for a limited time (10 minutes).
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Yes, the background downloading limit holds even if you execute a finite-length task in the background method.
10 minutes is the longest possible background data downloading time.
We will think over the suggestion.

bslick said:
Thanks, turning multi core decoding off for these files seem to have solved the problem.

I haven't created any app myself yet, but does the background downloading limit hold even if you execute a finite-length task in the background method? Anyways, 10 minutes is better than none.

Thanks again.
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goodplayer problem reading AVI files

Just got GP. Several avi's work fine. Downloaded one that works ok on my pc and it just opens for 1 second and then closes.

What could be the problem.
 
For this kind of issue, please check this tip.

#41 I have files that could not be played back on iPad 2/new iPad(iPad
3)/iPhone 4S, please help

If you have some files that are with issues for GoodPlayer playback on
iPad 2/new iPad (iPad 3)/iPhone 4S, please try to set
GoodPlayer->Settings->Multi Core Decoding to "off", and play the
issued files again.
For iPad 2/new iPad (iPad 3)/iPhone 4S and future multi core iOS
devices, there is an option to disable multi core decoding.
GoodPlayer->Settings->Multi Core Decoding. The default is on. When it
is on, some video decoding will use multi core concurrently to improve
the performance greatly. When it is off, all the decoding only uses
single core to get more stability. Please note that it is recommended
to set it to on. Only for those media files that have issue with multi
core decoding, set it to off.

jcorvan said:
Just got GP. Several avi's work fine. Downloaded one that works ok on my pc and it just opens for 1 second and then closes.

What could be the problem.
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Problem playing ISO movie

I have an ipad3 with GP 5.1.

ISO movies are on server attached via SMB.

GP appears to start the movie, but screen is blank. After a short time goes totally blank. Touching screen shows controls, but screen is blank...shortly goes totally blank again.

Am I asking too much for it to stream the ISO movie?

John
 
The DVD .iso SMB streaming is supported and tested with GoodPlayer. I suppose your .iso is a DVD movie here.

Please first make sure the SMB streaming is working.

You can try to stream a simple file such as mp3 to check the SMB streaming first.
If the SMB streaming does not work. The issue maybe is with the workgroup information.

For SMB streaming, sometimes the SMB workgroup information is important.

For SMB workgroup input
1. Please try "MSHOME", it helps sometimes
2. It is case sensitive
3. You can clear the workgroup information and try again

Jrsforums said:
I have an ipad3 with GP 5.1.

ISO movies are on server attached via SMB.

GP appears to start the movie, but screen is blank. After a short time goes totally blank. Touching screen shows controls, but screen is blank...shortly goes totally blank again.

Am I asking too much for it to stream the ISO movie?

John
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Just to be sure....

Are you saying to rename the Win 7 computer workgroup name to MSHOME



hustmobile said:
The DVD .iso SMB streaming is supported and tested with GoodPlayer. I suppose your .iso is a DVD movie here.

Please first make sure the SMB streaming is working.

You can try to stream a simple file such as mp3 to check the SMB streaming first.
If the SMB streaming does not work. The issue maybe is with the workgroup information.

For SMB streaming, sometimes the SMB workgroup information is important.

For SMB workgroup input
1. Please try "MSHOME", it helps sometimes
2. It is case sensitive
3. You can clear the workgroup information and try again
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No. I mean inputting the "MSHOME" for the GoodPlayer SMB/CIFS client workgroup field. Do not change the server side, just the SMB client side.

If your SMB server is Windows 7, "MSHOME" should work. Or you can use a blank workgroup for win7. But if the workgroup is some other strings, maybe it will block the SMB streaming of GoodPlayer.

Jrsforums said:
Just to be sure....

Are you saying to rename the Win 7 computer workgroup name to MSHOME
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Never mind...got it....sorta....

When menu comes up..like play, languages, etc. ..how do I get it to play movie.

What other controls do I need.

Thanks....
 
1. For .iso SMB/HTTP streaming:
✔ Swipe fingers up/down on playing, to change the subtitle or turn off subtitle on the fly (for media files with subtitles)
✔ Swipe fingers left/right on playing, to change the audio track on the fly (for media files with multiple audio tracks)

2. For .iso local playback:
DVD title supported, now by default GoodPlayer will only play the
"Title 1" of a DVD .iso. For other titles playback, during the DVD
.iso playback, in the bottom right of playback control, click Info
button, click "Title".
DVD chapter supported, during the DVD .iso playback, in the bottom
right of playback control, click Info button, click "Chapter".
DVD .iso audio tracks selection improved

Please note the DVD .iso title and chapter support is only for local .iso files, not for .iso streaming playback. For DVD .iso streaming playback, please still use swiping left/right or up/down to change audio tracks and subtitle tracks.


Jrsforums said:
Never mind...got it....sorta....

When menu comes up..like play, languages, etc. ..how do I get it to play movie.

What other controls do I need.

Thanks....
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Audio tracks for ISO

Ok...got one step...create iso so that it starts with main video track (though menu is still available for othe devices).

Now, however, there does no seem to be any audio track.

It's probably a problem I caused, but do you have any pointers where I may look to solve?

Thanks, John
 
#32 Why is there no sound for .iso files playback in GoodPlayer?

Please use the following GoodPlayer feature to select audio tracks:
✔ Swipe fingers left/right on playing, to change the audio track on the fly (for media files with multiple audio tracks)
✔ Swipe fingers up/down on playing, to change the subtitle or turn off subtitle on the fly (for media files with subtitles)

Jrsforums said:
Ok...got one step...create iso so that it starts with main video track (though menu is still available for othe devices).

Now, however, there does no seem to be any audio track.

It's probably a problem I caused, but do you have any pointers where I may look to solve?

Thanks, John
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Quick question regarding SMB.

I have a hard drive attached to my Time Capsule. I am able to play movies using AFP from a jail broken ATV2 and from XBMC. I have enabled SMB in my network settings, so when I launch GoodPlayer, it finds it in my list of servers. It is able to find a couple of movies I have on my built in TC hard drive and it finds my other external drive, but when I open the folder, it shows up as being empty? Am I missing something? Because it works with the built in HDD...

Thanks in advance!
 
Thanks. It is a quick question, however, there is no short answer to it.
It should has something to do with the access right. The SMB share of TC/Air Por Extrem looks a little weird in our testing.

Here we forwards a user feedback and our reply.

=====user feedback========
I've got a Time Capsule (firmware 7.6.1) with an external USB drive
that is shared, and "Secure Shared Disks" is set to "With Time Capsule
password". Guest Access is not allowed. The external drive has no
spaces in its name (FreeAgent_1.5TB), nor does the video folder
(Video).

When I open GoodPlayer, I tap the lower-right icon for client setup,
and then "SMB/CIFS Client", and then I can see two options: one is my
Macbook, the other is the name of my Time Capsule (in this case
Tartarus).

If I simply tap on Tartarus, I see a "Shared Folders" screen, with no
items. If I instead click the arrow next to Tartarus, I see the IP
(currently 10.0.1.1), username, and password fields.

I have tried the following two combinations, and again saw no items:
10.0.1.1
[blank]
[Time Capsule password]

10.0.1.1/FreeAgent_1.5TB
[blank]
[Time Capsule password]

After changing the "Secured Shared Disks" to "With accounts" (a
setting I'd prefer to avoid), setting an Airport Disk username and
password, I tapped the arrow next to Tartarus, and tried the
following:
10.0.1.1
[Airport Disk username]
[Airport Disk password]

Now, if I tap on Tartarus, I see the following:
Data
[Airport Disk username]
FreeAgent_1.5TB

Progress! However, I don't want to see the Data directory, since
that's where all my Time Machine backups are, and the other two
directories are empty.

Finally, I try switching Airport Disks Guest Access from "Not Allowed"
to "Read Only" (I REALLY DO NOT WANT TO DO THIS), and try the
following:
10.0.1.1
[blank]
[blank]

Now I can see:
Data
FreeAgent_1.5TB

And I can see the folders inside FreeAgent_1.5TB, but once I tap my
Video folder, I get an empty list again! So then I try:
10.0.1.1/FreeAgent_1.5TB/Video
[blank]
[blank]

Which still only lists:
Data
FreeAgent_1.5TB

I should again mention that I REALLY don't want to allow guests to
even read that drive. HELP!


Hi,
Thanks.
Please try this:
10.0.1.1/FreeAgent_1.5TB
[Airport Disk username]
[Airport Disk password]

So you can turn off guest access and do not see the Data folder.


Thanks for the reply, but I'm still not able to get it to work -
here's some specific tests and their results. One weird thing I
discovered is when editing the discovered SMB shares.


TEST 1
Creating a new SMB entry in GoodPlayer with Time Capsule password
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Time Capsule settings:
Secure Shared Disks: With Time Capsule password
Guest Access: Not allowed

GoodPlayer settings:
IP Address: 10.0.1.1/FreeAgent_1.5TB
User Name: [blank]
Password: [Time Capsule password]

RESULT:
No folders are displayed. Examining the setting for this SMB
share shows that the IP Address field remains intact and includes the
path.


TEST 2
Creating a new SMB entry in GoodPlayer with Airport Disk account and
password (not just Airport Disk password)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Time Capsule settings:
Secure Shared Disks: With accounts
Guest Access: Not allowed

GoodPlayer settings:
IP Address: 10.0.1.1/FreeAgent_1.5TB
User Name: [Airport Disk username]
Password: [Airport Disk password]

RESULT:
No folders are displayed. Examining the setting for this SMB
share shows that the IP Address field remains intact and includes the
path.


TEST 3
Editing the Tartarus (discovered SMB share) entry in GoodPlayer with
Time Capsule password
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Time Capsule settings:
Secure Shared Disks: With Time Capsule password
Guest Access: Not allowed

GoodPlayer settings:
IP Address: 10.0.1.1/FreeAgent_1.5TB
User Name: [blank]
Password: [Time Capsule password]

RESULT:
No folders are displayed. Examining the setting for Tartarus
shows that the IP Address field has reverted to 10.0.1.1, and does not
include the path.


TEST 5
Editing the Tartarus (discovered SMB share) entry in GoodPlayer with
Airport Disk account and password (not just Airport Disk password)
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Time Capsule settings:
Secure Shared Disks: With accounts
Guest Access: Not allowed

GoodPlayer settings:
IP Address: 10.0.1.1/FreeAgent_1.5TB
User Name: [Airport Disk username]
Password: [Airport Disk password]

RESULT:
Folders displayed are Data, [Airport Disk username], and
FreeAgent_1.5TB. Navigating into any of these folders results in a
blank list. Examining the setting for Tartarus shows that the IP
Address field has reverted to 10.0.1.1, and does not include the path.

=====end of user feedback=====


=====our reply===========
Just tested with the AirPort Extreme here, AirPort Extreme file
sharing should be similar to the Time Capsule.

1. For the weird thing you observed "Examining the setting for
Tartarus shows that the IP Address field has reverted to 10.0.1.1, and
does not include the path.", it is by design and expected.
When you want to add the folder information to the smb sharing, please
use the "+" plus button instead. So you can save the folder
information there. What you edited now is an auto-discovered share,
the folder information cannot be save here.

2. For the sharing part , AirPort Extreme is weird, the test result
is just similar to your test.
For this case , User Name: [Airport Disk username] Password:
[Airport Disk password], the blank folder looks expected results too.
Here Apple seems meaning that you can upload and show only the files
this user uploaded. So for existed files, this new user have no access
right. Weird enough.

3. For this case , User Name: [blank] Password: [Time Capsule
password], the disk password or device password looks not here at all,
the user can login anonymous anyway. Weird enough again.

So it looks there is no way to fulfill your requirement, unless
AirPort Extreme file sharing is different with Time Capsule file
sharing.
On our AirPort Extreme (firmware 7.6.1), we could not find Guest
Access setting at all.

=====end of our erply============




Megamancito said:
Quick question regarding SMB.

I have a hard drive attached to my Time Capsule. I am able to play movies using AFP from a jail broken ATV2 and from XBMC. I have enabled SMB in my network settings, so when I launch GoodPlayer, it finds it in my list of servers. It is able to find a couple of movies I have on my built in TC hard drive and it finds my other external drive, but when I open the folder, it shows up as being empty? Am I missing something? Because it works with the built in HDD...

Thanks in advance!
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PLaying SRT files from server

Hi,

Is it possible to play srt files from the server.
Currently the avi plays perfect, but subtitles can't be chosen.

Thanks


Workaround is now to download the srt file and then choose play url.
It would be nice to make it easier and let goodplayer recognise the srt file itself on the server
 
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For now, GoodPlayer cannot play srt files from the server. The srt file must be on local iDevice. We still cannot find a way to improve on it.

hobbes2210 said:
Hi,

Is it possible to play srt files from the server.
Currently the avi plays perfect, but subtitles can't be chosen.

Thanks


Workaround is now to download the srt file and then choose play url.
It would be nice to make it easier and let goodplayer recognise the srt file itself on the server
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Problem with cropped TV out image

Dear Goodplayer, I bought a latest generation ipod touch (retina display) and just purchased your app. Videos play perfectly on the device, but I have an optoma neo i projector-ipod dock and it does not work right there.
I need to set the Tweak TV out thing ON. I get an image, but the problem is that I get a square-ish image. A 16:9 video on the ipod screen plays with cropped sides on the projector (to something like 4:3). This does not happen with the native video out - it does not use the whole surface of the projected screen, but the aspec ratio is the right one, no cropping
The projector resolution is 853x480. I played with the full screen crop, ipod plugin, aspect ratio and tv out resolution and nothing seems to give me the proper original 16:9 video, not even in a smaller size on the screen.
Do you have any suggestions about what might be wrong?
Thanks
 
What kind of TV-out connection do you use? A/V connector? Or VGA connector?
It looks that the resolution information of the projector cannot be got by the GoodPlayer.

Please set tv out resolution to default and test again.
For "tv out resolution " setting, GoodPlayer will try to find a nearest supported resolution the devices supported. Maybe your projector also gives some other resolution feedback here. Thanks.


correos.e said:
Dear Goodplayer, I bought a latest generation ipod touch (retina display) and just purchased your app. Videos play perfectly on the device, but I have an optoma neo i projector-ipod dock and it does not work right there.
I need to set the Tweak TV out thing ON. I get an image, but the problem is that I get a square-ish image. A 16:9 video on the ipod screen plays with cropped sides on the projector (to something like 4:3). This does not happen with the native video out - it does not use the whole surface of the projected screen, but the aspec ratio is the right one, no cropping
The projector resolution is 853x480. I played with the full screen crop, ipod plugin, aspect ratio and tv out resolution and nothing seems to give me the proper original 16:9 video, not even in a smaller size on the screen.
Do you have any suggestions about what might be wrong?
Thanks
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Thanks for your quick reply. The device I use is a dock-projector, there is no cable per se. It only works with the TV Tweak setting.I tweaked the settings and it works fine! Azul, Oplayer, all had problems - not GoodPlayer, you have so many options that I managed to get it to work. Thanks for this great program.

A few questions:

1-Does TV out work with the previous generation ipod touch? I don't want to buy it just to try it.

2-What settings do you recommend? ipod plugin on or off? high quality? deinterlacing? hardware acceleration?

Thanks!
 
Thank you so much for sharing lot of tips and guideline regarding GoodPlayer. Report was so cool to get the concepts clear about it. I've a question, Is it possible for GoodPlayer to read videos off the SD Card adapter? Thanks again!
 
Thanks.
For "reading videos off the SD Card adapter":
1 if it is un-jailbroken device, now it is not supported.
2 If it jailbroken device, you can use Unix command "ls" to symbolic link the SD card to GoodPlayer folder, then it can be accessed.

And besides this, it is said that even for official API, for some fixed format file name (such as 12345678.avi), the un-jailbroken device can access the SD card too. We will check this feature in the future.

Roberson said:
Thank you so much for sharing lot of tips and guideline regarding GoodPlayer. Report was so cool to get the concepts clear about it. I've a question, Is it possible for GoodPlayer to read videos off the SD Card adapter? Thanks again!
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For tweak mode, here is what it means to do: Composite and compound cable now works again for iOS 5 on iPhone 4, iPad 1 and iPod touch 4. GoodPlayer->Settings->Audio/Video Setting->TV-Out Tweak Mode, the default is "Off"; it needs to be set to "On" for this feature. Please note that "TV-Out Tweak Mode" is only for composite and compound cable with iOS 5 on iPhone 4, iPad 1 and iPod touch 4, do not use it on other cases.


For TV-Out supported device: Since the API limitation, this TV-out feature is for iPad & iPhone 4/4S & iPod Touch 4 only, please note iPod plugin playing in application does not support TV-out, only native application playing support TV-out, and also please note that iPhone 3GS and iPod Touch 3 do not support TV/VGA-out feature .

ipod plugin should be off for TV-Out.

You can try High Quality Mode if the device has the enough power for playback.
High Quality Mode setting added, please only turn on it when the iOS device has enough processing power, such as iPad 2 playing a standard definition media file


For "Hardware Decoding", use it if possible.
"Hardware Decoding" playback mode added.
GoodPlayer-->Settings-->Audio/Video Setting-->Hardware Decoding. This
"Hardware Decoding" playback mode will replace most of function of
older iPod plugin playback. However, since the iOS 4.x AirPlay is only
supported by iPod plugin playback. So the older iPod plugin playback
setting is still kept. "Hardware Decoding" playback mode is for
limited file formats such as MP4,M4V and MOV only


correos.e said:
Thanks for your quick reply. The device I use is a dock-projector, there is no cable per se. It only works with the TV Tweak setting.I tweaked the settings and it works fine! Azul, Oplayer, all had problems - not GoodPlayer, you have so many options that I managed to get it to work. Thanks for this great program.

A few questions:

1-Does TV out work with the previous generation ipod touch? I don't want to buy it just to try it.

2-What settings do you recommend? ipod plugin on or off? high quality? deinterlacing? hardware acceleration?

Thanks!
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Congratulations. This is really much much better than Azul (crappy image quality) and Oplayer.
I just encountered one problem: loading an mp4 file and the srt, the subtitles appear far at the bottom of the ipod touch 4 screen. I restarted a few times, they appeared once in the middle of the screen. But never as before centered at the bottom of the viewable image. This is strange behavior - i watched five previous episodes of the same series, same file format, same SRT subtitle type, and they all worked fine.
Any suggestions? Thanks
 
Turn off the "Hardware Decoding", the subtitle will be different.
However, this will introduce performance loss for mp4 playback.
We will check this issue.
correos.e said:
Congratulations. This is really much much better than Azul (crappy image quality) and Oplayer.
I just encountered one problem: loading an mp4 file and the srt, the subtitles appear far at the bottom of the ipod touch 4 screen. I restarted a few times, they appeared once in the middle of the screen. But never as before centered at the bottom of the viewable image. This is strange behavior - i watched five previous episodes of the same series, same file format, same SRT subtitle type, and they all worked fine.
Any suggestions? Thanks
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