Trivia with Music crashing

Posted February 9, 20232 yr

I've got 3 minutes of trivia with music randomly selected from a folder playing at 75% volume. What's happening is that at the 3 minute mark, there's an audible bump in volume on the music (sometimes just for a split second, sometimes it maintains the higher volume), and trivia hangs on whatever slide it's on. I remember in testing for getting CV to work with an earlier version of Kodi, there was something similar, but I can't quite remember the circumstances. Will update as I gather more information.

Sequence runs fine without music...this does seem familiar...

Just ran through again and was able to tail logs and see what was going on.

Here's the relevant part of the log:

2023-02-08 20:58:54.523 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience: Playing next item: IMAGE.QUEUE: 191secs
2023-02-08 20:58:54.742 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience: Playing music playlist: 124 song(s)
2023-02-08 20:58:54.742 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience: Setting volume to: 1
2023-02-08 20:58:55.141 T:21546    info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecAndroidMediaCodec::Open() Use default handling for non encrypted stream
2023-02-08 20:58:55.142 T:21546    info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecFFmpeg::Open() Successful opened audio decoder mp3float
2023-02-08 20:58:55.226 T:21546    info <general>: AudioDecoder: File is queued
2023-02-08 20:58:55.227 T:19609    info <general>: CActiveAE::ApplySettings - Forcing samplerate to 48000
2023-02-08 20:58:55.238 T:21546    info <general>: PAPlayer::PrepareStream - Ready
2023-02-08 20:58:55.308 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience: Setting volume to: 75 (75%)
2023-02-08 20:58:55.309 T:21609    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience: Fade: START (1) - 3000ms
2023-02-08 20:58:55.309 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (15s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Movie Trivia (Vibrant)/3256-1_q.jpg'
2023-02-08 20:58:55.444 T:21610   error <CWebserver[8080]>: failed to handle HTTP request for /image/
2023-02-08 20:58:55.510 T:21458    info <general>: Skipped 1 duplicate messages..
2023-02-08 20:58:55.510 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience: MUSIC STARTED
2023-02-08 20:58:57.601 T:21615   error <CWebserver[8080]>: failed to handle HTTP request for /image/
2023-02-08 20:58:58.358 T:21609    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience: Fade: END (75)
2023-02-08 20:58:58.628 T:21617   error <CWebserver[8080]>: failed to handle HTTP request for /image/
2023-02-08 20:59:10.467 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (7s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Movie Trivia (Vibrant)/3256-1_a.jpg'
2023-02-08 20:59:14.984 T:19598    info <general>: Samba is idle. Closing the remaining connections
2023-02-08 20:59:17.634 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -] (API): ImageQueue: Marking image as watched
2023-02-08 20:59:17.652 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (15s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Frame By Frame (Classic Legacy)/TheTown_q.jpg'
2023-02-08 20:59:32.817 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (7s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Frame By Frame (Classic Legacy)/TheTown_a.jpg'
2023-02-08 20:59:39.967 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -] (API): ImageQueue: Marking image as watched
2023-02-08 20:59:39.983 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (15s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Movie Trivia (Classic Legacy)/1805-9_q.jpg'
2023-02-08 20:59:55.120 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (7s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Movie Trivia (Classic Legacy)/1805-9_a.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:00:02.260 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -] (API): ImageQueue: Marking image as watched
2023-02-08 21:00:02.276 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (15s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Reel Trivia Volume One/copland_q.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:00:17.430 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (7s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Reel Trivia Volume One/copland_a.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:00:24.575 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -] (API): ImageQueue: Marking image as watched
2023-02-08 21:00:24.589 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (15s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Movie Trivia (Vibrant)/2321-16_q.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:00:39.779 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (7s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Movie Trivia (Vibrant)/2321-16_a.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:00:46.960 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -] (API): ImageQueue: Marking image as watched
2023-02-08 21:00:46.973 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (15s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Movie Trivia (Vibrant)/2654-2_q.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:01:02.152 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (7s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Movie Trivia (Vibrant)/2654-2_a.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:01:09.291 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -] (API): ImageQueue: Marking image as watched
2023-02-08 21:01:09.305 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (15s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Jungle Book 1967 HD/JungleBook1967qa_8_q.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:01:24.433 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (3s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Jungle Book 1967 HD/JungleBook1967qa_8_c1.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:01:27.539 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (3s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Jungle Book 1967 HD/JungleBook1967qa_8_c2.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:01:30.644 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (3s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Jungle Book 1967 HD/JungleBook1967qa_8_c3.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:01:33.751 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (3s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Jungle Book 1967 HD/JungleBook1967qa_8_c4.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:01:36.857 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (3s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Jungle Book 1967 HD/JungleBook1967qa_8_c5.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:01:39.962 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (7s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Jungle Book 1967 HD/JungleBook1967qa_8_a.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:01:43.787 T:21826    info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecAndroidMediaCodec::Open() Use default handling for non encrypted stream
2023-02-08 21:01:43.787 T:21826    info <general>: CDVDAudioCodecFFmpeg::Open() Successful opened audio decoder mp3float
2023-02-08 21:01:43.875 T:21826    info <general>: AudioDecoder: File is queued
2023-02-08 21:01:43.876 T:19609    info <general>: CActiveAE::ApplySettings - Forcing samplerate to 48000
2023-02-08 21:01:43.889 T:21826    info <general>: PAPlayer::PrepareStream - Ready
2023-02-08 21:01:47.073 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -] (API): ImageQueue: Marking image as watched
2023-02-08 21:01:47.088 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (15s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Movie Trivia (Vibrant)/1870-11_q.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:01:49.126 T:21608    info <general>: PAPlayer::ProcessStream - Stream Finished
2023-02-08 21:01:49.425 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience: MUSIC STARTED
2023-02-08 21:01:49.590 T:21833   error <CWebserver[8080]>: failed to handle HTTP request for /image/
2023-02-08 21:02:02.247 T:21458    info <general>: Skipped 1 duplicate messages..
2023-02-08 21:02:02.247 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience:  -IMAGE.QUEUE: IMAGE (7s): '/storage/emulated/0/Android/media/cinemavision/Trivia/Movie Trivia (Vibrant)/1870-11_a.jpg'
2023-02-08 21:02:08.612 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience: Setting volume to: 1
2023-02-08 21:02:09.114 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience: Restoring volume to: 100
2023-02-08 21:02:09.115 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience: Setting volume to: 1
2023-02-08 21:02:09.615 T:21458    info <general>: [- PreShow Experience -]: Experience: Restoring volume to: 75
2023-02-08 21:02:09.628 T:21458   error <general>: EXCEPTION Thrown (PythonToCppException) : -->Python callback/script returned the following error<--
                                                    - NOTE: IGNORING THIS CAN LEAD TO MEMORY LEAKS!
                                                   Error Type: <class 'AttributeError'>
                                                   Error Contents: 'Thread' object has no attribute 'isAlive'
                                                   Traceback (most recent call last):
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/experience.py", line 1215, in showImageQueue
                                                       action = self.showImageFromQueue(image, info, first=True)
                                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/experience.py", line 1158, in showImageFromQueue
                                                       self.stopMusic(info.imageQueue)
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/experience.py", line 1092, in stopMusic
                                                       self.volume.set(1, fade_time=int(image_queue.musicFadeOut * 1000))
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/experience.py", line 129, in set
                                                       self._fade(current, volume, fade_time)
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/experience.py", line 143, in _fade
                                                       if self.fading():
                                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/experience.py", line 87, in fading
                                                       return self._fader.isAlive()
                                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                   AttributeError: 'Thread' object has no attribute 'isAlive'
                                                   
                                                   During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
                                                   
                                                   Traceback (most recent call last):
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/experience.py", line 453, in wrapper
                                                       return func(self, *args, **kwargs)
                                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/experience.py", line 576, in onPlayBackStopped
                                                       self.next()
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/experience.py", line 1319, in next
                                                       if not self.showImageQueue(playable):
                                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/experience.py", line 1248, in showImageQueue
                                                       self.stopMusic(action != 'BACK' and image_queue or None)
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/experience.py", line 1092, in stopMusic
                                                       self.volume.set(1, fade_time=int(image_queue.musicFadeOut * 1000))
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/experience.py", line 129, in set
                                                       self._fade(current, volume, fade_time)
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/experience.py", line 143, in _fade
                                                       if self.fading():
                                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                     File "/storage/emulated/0/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/addons/script.preshowexperience/lib/experience.py", line 87, in fading
                                                       return self._fader.isAlive()
                                                              ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                   AttributeError: 'Thread' object has no attribute 'isAlive'
                                                   -->End of Python script error report<--

Edited February 9, 20232 yr by SFP_Matt
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February 10, 20232 yr

I'm having the same issue. Unfortunately for now I'll have to have no music, but it would be incredible if we can find a way to get this fixed.

February 11, 20232 yr

I did do some testing and I changed the duration of the trivia part of the sequence. It seems that just before it's supposed to finish the music instantly increases in volume and the slide stays frozen without any progress to the next sequence being possible. So it has to do with when it's about to complete the trivia part of the sequence.

February 11, 20232 yr

Administrator

I think this has been fixed. It will be included in the next version of PSE.

2 months later...

April 17, 20232 yr

Has this been fixed or anyone else also still experiencing a similar issue?

I can't seem to get the trivia playing with music. Everytime I try, the sequence simply won't run. Without any music it runs fine.

April 18, 20232 yr

PreShow Supporter

Odd, never experienced this problem (using Kodi Nexus on a Windows 10 HTPC). Does Kodi play music fine otherwise? Music source locations are confirmed for the sequence?

April 18, 20232 yr

Administrator

On 4/17/2023 at 4:33 AM, JayB said:

Has this been fixed or anyone else also still experiencing a similar issue?

I can't seem to get the trivia playing with music. Everytime I try, the sequence simply won't run. Without any music it runs fine.

What version of PSE do you have? This was fixed in 0.1.1.

April 18, 20232 yr

I'm on version 0.1.3.

Using Kodi Nexus on a Shield, no problems with Kodi playing music. PSE playing music just fine, except in combination with trivia...

April 18, 20232 yr

Administrator

Install the add-on Kodi Logfile Uploader. Close Kodi and restart it. Play a sequence with trivia that crashed and then use that add-on to post the logfile and share the link. I'll look at it and get back to you.

April 20, 20232 yr

Hi Matt, thanks for looking into it.

Logfile: https://paste.kodi.tv/hiserozufa

April 20, 20232 yr

PreShow Supporter

Your music file "Awards Music Background.mp3" cannot be found. Check the location and update the sequence to point to the correct location.

April 20, 20232 yr

Administrator

What @MidnightWatcher said.

No such file or directory: 'smb://Video/Backup/PreShow Experience/Music/Awards Music Background.mp3'

April 21, 20232 yr

Strange, I've already tried it from different locations and with different musicfiles.

Sequence is also updated. Other files in that directory can be found fine by PSE.

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