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Video resumption to last played position still does not work
Trumpetguy:
http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=110653.0
Another thread on this issue.
Playing local mkvs on my server (local playback), the bookmark rarely work. Often there is a bookmark tag value, it could be a number in the 5x10^5 or something, and it still starts playing from the start.
JimH:
When you stop a movie in the middle, if you press stop once, the bookmark is set and the movie should resume there. But if you press stop twice, the bookmark will be ignored when you play the movie again.
Pause and stop are different.
RoderickGI:
--- Quote from: stewart_pk on June 07, 2017, 01:54:21 am ---So...
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Sorry. I haven't got back to it yet. Not forgotten though.
--- Quote from: Trumpetguy on June 07, 2017, 04:45:38 pm ---http://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=110653.0
Another thread on this issue.
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I think the key is the synchronisation of the Bookmark tag. If a Client is closed quickly after a Stop, it won't have time to synchronise. If a Client is left on or asleep with MC running all the time, it won't get a refresh of the library from the Server before trying to resume a movie that has just been Stopped on another PC. Even worse if a move is watched and Stopped on say a Family room Client PC, which is then shut down or sleeps and doesn't have time to sync, and then you wake a say bedroom Client PC and try to resume, without giving it the chance to sync first.
--- Quote from: Trumpetguy on June 07, 2017, 04:45:38 pm ---Playing local mkvs on my server (local playback), the bookmark rarely work. Often there is a bookmark tag value, it could be a number in the 5x10^5 or something, and it still starts playing from the start.
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I think if it never, or almost never works, then something is wrong specific to your environment. Settings maybe, or something unexpected such as a remote control that sends multiple "Stop" commands at the one press of the Stop button. Some remotes do that, repeat a command. Some are very sensitive to the length of the press. Some have sensitivity adjustments. Checking the Bookmark tag after stopping a movie on the Server should show whether it is being created, or cleared, when the movie is stopped.
Note that I had to refresh the tag window to see if the Bookmark tag had been created or changed during testing, as the display wasn't updated without a refresh. That caught me out at first. I should put the tag on my View to make it easier to see, as you have CountryBumkin.
Also, I found it useful to switch to Standard View after starting the movie, before hitting Stop, so that I could more easily see tag changes. The movie will continue to play in the Display Window in the Action Window area, so you can see where it is up to, and compare with the resume location.
stewart_pk:
--- Quote from: JimH on June 07, 2017, 05:06:13 pm ---When you stop a movie in the middle, if you press stop once, the bookmark is set and the movie should resume there. But if you press stop twice, the bookmark will be ignored when you play the movie again.
Pause and stop are different.
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Roger, I think most of us understand that.
What do you think of my test scenario here: https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php/topic,110183.msg766399.html#msg766399 ?
By the way KODI is working fine.
RoderickGI:
Okay, I did some more testing.
First, I set "Resume playback using bookmarks" to "Ask", and ticked "Pause video playback when entering Theatre View". So I should have the same settings as you Paul.
I tested both the Back key to pause playback, and the Stop button. I played a video, then played some music, then played the original video again. In each case, playing the file again resulted in me being asked if I wanted to resume, and when I said yes, playback resumed in the correct location. Basically everything worked when I was playing media on my HTPC which is the MC Server.
--- Quote from: stewart_pk on June 02, 2017, 10:22:00 pm ---Steps to reproduce the problem.
1) Play blu-ray rip video of movie ABC and then Stop or Go-Back.
2) Play audio file of XYZ.
3) Play blu-ray rip video of movie ABC.
Expected result: Will be prompted to resume or play movie ABC from the beginning.
Actual result: Movie ABC starts from the beginning.
NOTE: If I play movie ABC and then Stop or Go-Back and then play movie ABC before playing something else I will in fact be prompted to resume or play it from the beginning.
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Notes:
0. This lot of testing was on my HTPC, which is also a MC Server, rather than just a stand alone PC. That shouldn't make any difference though. Playing stuff directly on the MC Server is the same as playing on a stand alone PC.
1. I used "Big Hero 6" this time, which is a full BD folder rip.
2. I played Jailbreak by AC/DC. ;D I tried either leaving the music playing so that it was automatically stopped at step 3, or stopping it before moving on to the next step.
3. I did all the testing in Theatre View, but checked the Bookmark status in Standard View.
I always got the expected result. Every time.
BTW Paul if you pause the movie using Backspace, or any other method, then start playing the movie again without playing anything else in-between, as per your "NOTE" above, MC should not be asking you whether you want to resume or not, as that is just a Pause - Play cycle, and the Bookmark will not come into effect. MC won't need to read the Bookmark again, but will just start playing again from where it was last paused. If you Stopped playback, and then restarted it, MC will ask if you wish to resume, and use the Bookmark if you do.
So, bottom line Paul, I can't replicate your problem.
If you do some more testing, check the value of the bookmark after each of your three steps, and when you do, make sure that you refresh the view showing the Bookmark, as sometimes it will not be refreshed as you move between Standard and Theatre Views.
For other users in a Client/Server environment:
When I moved between the MC Server and my MC Client, as expected the synchronisation of the Client with the Server was a critical issue. Either the Client had to be opened (or closed and then re-opened) to force synchronisation, or I had to manually synchronise the Client using the button under Playing Now, or I had to wait an undetermined time for the Client to automatically synchronise with the server.
Pausing or Stopping playback on the Server, then opening the Client, or synchronising the Client which was already open and playing the same movie, worked every time. The functionality worked in the other direction as well, as long as the Client synchronised back to the Server before starting and resuming playback on the Server.
I saw some issues when going back and forth between the Server and the Client, which I won't document, because I think they were all caused by a lack of synchronisation between the two, or the fact the if you pause playback on the Server, resume and play some more movie on the Client, then go back to the Server and un-pause the movie, it doesn't resume from where the Client finished, because it doesn't read the Bookmark when it is simply resuming a paused movie. It just starts playing again. Very minor corner case, and probably a good reason not to use the Backspace = Pause feature in a Client/Server environment.
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