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updated to v1.0.6 & having slideshow loop error

Asked by aaronn

Hello

Just updated to new version 1.0.6 and our slideshow makes it 3 slides, hangs up, and then starts over.
Over and over and over.

Nothing has changed in the powerpoint creation process. Only the xibo version has been updated.
Staff continues to update the powerpoint files in xibo (their routine), but the problem is still there.

Any ideas on what I need to adjust or check to stop this error ?

I was just recently having trouble on an older version of Xibo in which the 'err_log.xml' was growing very large.
That problem was fixed and the software version was upgraded to 1.0.6.

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aaronn (aaronbyrd) said : 		#1

here are the most frequent messages in my error log :

<errormsg>Creating default object from empty value</errormsg>
<errornum>2048</errornum>
<errortype>Runtime Notice</errortype>
<scriptname>C:\xampp\xampplite\htdocs\xibo\3rdparty\nuSoap\nusoap.php</scriptname>
<scriptlinenum>75</scriptlinenum>

<errormsg>Function ereg() is deprecated</errormsg>
<errornum>8192</errornum>
<errortype></errortype>
<scriptname>C:\xampp\xampplite\htdocs\xibo\3rdparty\nuSoap\nusoap.php</scriptname>
<scriptlinenum>4129</scriptlinenum>

<errormsg>get_class() expects parameter 1 to be object, string given</errormsg>
<errornum>2</errornum>
<errortype>Warning</errortype>
<scriptname>C:\xampp\xampplite\htdocs\xibo\3rdparty\nuSoap\nusoap.php</scriptname>
<scriptlinenum>4021</scriptlinenum>

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Alex Harrington (alexharrington) said : 		#2

What duration do you have set on your PowerPoint item?

It needs to be set to the same time it takes the PowerPoint to cycle through.

Alex

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aaronn (aaronbyrd) said : 		#3

Currently the PP item itself has 15 slides and their transitions vary from 10 to 30 seconds.
The first 4 slides are set to 20 seconds, but the slideshow hangs in the middle of the 3rd slide......and returns to the 1st slide.

The PP item in xibo says :

492 x 277 (23, 89)
1/1
type : powerpoint
Duration : 1s

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aaronn (aaronbyrd) said : 		#4

I'm not sure if this helps, but under Management > Settings > Content Tab :

jpg_length
10
Default length for JPG files (in seconds)

ppt_length
120
Default length for PPT files (in seconds)

swf_length
60
Default length for SWF files

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aaron (aaronn) said : 		#5

The powerpoint is never longer than 360 seconds, so it's duration in Xibo is set to 1second while another region (text) has a duration of 360seconds.

This configuration has been working, until the recent update.

I'm not sure what has changed, but would like to understand where to start looking.

Thanks.

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Dan Garner (dangarner) said : 		#6

Do you have the latest 1.0.7 client to go with your 1.0.6 server?

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Best Alex Harrington (alexharrington) said : 		#7

OK - so what's happening is your Powerpoint is set to 1 second.

At 1 second from the layout loading, the client marks the region with the PowerPoint item in it as complete. As there's only one item in the region it leaves it running.

359 seconds later your other item expires an the as all the regions are expired it reloads the layout (to make sure RSS feeds etc get updated). That's new in 1.0.5 or 1.0.7 - I forget which client introduced that.

What you need to do is work out how long your PowerPoint is and correctly enter its duration in to Xibo, and reduce the duration of your other region to something shorter.

That way both regions will expire when the PowerPoint is complete and it won't get cut off part way through.

Basically you've been taking advantage of a design limitation which has now been resolved. If you always enter the correct duration then things will work as you expect.

Alex

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Alex Harrington (alexharrington) said : 		#8

(And if you're not running 1.0.7 client - released Saturday - then you need to be).

Alex

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aaronn (aaronbyrd) said : 		#9

Thanks Alex Harrington, that solved my question.