Wired Network not initializing

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Install MPlayer CE 0.4
2. Set network debug flag
3. run mplayer

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?

Expected: Messages about initializing network, then the IP.
Instead: I get an error message about initializing the network.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?

Mplayer CE 0.4 on a european Wii, System Menu 3.2. No Modchip, no DVDx.
Original Nintendo USB LAN Adaptor.

Please provide any additional information below.

I hat this setup working (playback via SMB and wired LAN) with 0.21c.
However as my network setup changed drastically, smb on 0.21c would no
longer work for unknown reasons. I switched to 0.4 and got this message
about the network not being initialized. I went back to 0.3a, network is
working, SMB playback with short clips from a debian lenny samba server works.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by damian.philipp@googlemail.com on 10 Apr 2009 at 9:21

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This could be a dup of #172.

Original comment by damian.philipp@googlemail.com on 11 Apr 2009 at 10:09

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Known bug with USB network adaptor.  Will be fixed in next release.  Thanks for 
the
report though!

Original comment by agent...@gmail.com on 11 Apr 2009 at 11:59

• Added labels: SMB

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Hi, we are working on this bug and were wondering if you could test a new build 
to
see if we have fixed it.  If so please post here or join #mplayer_ce on
irc.efnet.net.  Thanks!

Original comment by agent...@gmail.com on 18 Apr 2009 at 1:50

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I'd be glad to help out with testing.

Original comment by damian.philipp@googlemail.com on 18 Apr 2009 at 1:55

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So, here are the reslts from my tests.

First, some correction about my setup: 
European Wii, System Menu 3.3E, DVDx, no USB 2.0, Nintendo LAN Adaptor
Samba server is an updated Debian Lenny, stock configuration except for the 
added
video share (no keep alive stuff).

Network debug shows that the Wii gets an IP. Then it says "too many errors", 
smb1 ok,
and then four more "too many errors". Browsing the SMB share through the menu is
working fine.

I tried playing a file via SMB (XVID/mpga) and mplayer crashed badly (black 
screen,
ugly sound) after about 10 seconds into the file.

Next thing I played the same file via USB - 45 minutes of uninterrupted 
entertainment.

Another try via SMB: the file just ended after about 5 minutes. This time it 
didn't
look like a crash; I just got sent back to the menu. However, the SMB share no 
longer
works: Opening a file results in nothing happening (menu just sits there). 
Exiting
the share and reentering gives an "Error reconnectiong to share1". Exiting 
mplayer
and restarting it allows me to open the share again.

I decided to see if this was related to the keep-alive problem and added "keep 
alive
= 0" to my smb.conf. Mplayer still crashed (black screen, hanging sound), it 
just
happened much later. I wasn't sitting next to the TV during this, so I only 
know that
it happend way later than the initial 5 minutes.

Anything else I should try?

Original comment by damian.philipp@googlemail.com on 19 Apr 2009 at 10:45

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With the late-sunday version I got one 45-minute file done without a problem. 
When I
tried a second time, mplayer crashed after about half an hour. I had keep alive 
= 0
on for the first one, off for the second - but I don't know if thats related.

Original comment by damian.philipp@googlemail.com on 19 Apr 2009 at 8:28

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Just a quick question; do you have the USB 2.0 cIOS installed?

Original comment by agent...@gmail.com on 20 Apr 2009 at 4:52

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nope, I only installed DVDx (and HBC, obviously).

Original comment by damian.philipp@googlemail.com on 20 Apr 2009 at 5:37

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OK.  Do you have any objections to installing the USB2.0 cIOS and testing if it 
works
with that?  I have a feeling it won't work, but if it doesn't rodries is 
working on a
fix for it.  If you are willing to test please come to the IRC channel and give
rodries a buzz.  (That goes for anyone else reading this as well).

Thanks!

Original comment by agent...@gmail.com on 21 Apr 2009 at 2:23

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I tried, but even with some expert assistance could not get cIOS USB2 to 
install on
my wii. Sorry.

Original comment by damian.philipp@googlemail.com on 22 Apr 2009 at 6:33

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I gave it another try and got cIOS USB2 beta3 to install. Switching DVDx to IOS 
202
caused ftpii and mplayer_ce to dump core. Switching back to IOS36 and network 
was
back up.

Original comment by damian.philipp@googlemail.com on 23 Apr 2009 at 3:28

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Can anyone reading this using a USB LAN adaptor please join #mplayer_ce on 
EFnet to
test a new version which should have this issue fixed.  Thanks.

Original comment by agent...@gmail.com on 20 May 2009 at 8:52

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Done in 0.6.

Original comment by agent...@gmail.com on 23 May 2009 at 3:59

• Changed state: Fixed

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Not done (in r590) - see issue 740

Original comment by vestera...@gmail.com on 12 Aug 2010 at 1:31