[Fixed in v7.1RC2] MPC-BE Launch errors from CMC

[michae1a1ee]

New installation of Windows 10 and CMC 7.1.
Getting errors while starting both movies and trailers, but only from CMC. I have CMC set to playback videos through MPC-BE:

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Movie error example:

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Trailer error example:

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I'm using the latest available MPC-BE.1.7.1.x64.exe (just downloaded today after testing my previous version exe and having this issue; the new version made no difference with this). I also installed this new version on a working CMC test machine and it continued to work with the new MPC-BE.
On the non-working PC I've uninstalled MPC-BE and reinstalled, tried different installation settings, compared to a working install, etc.

The same movie launches in MPC-BE fine if I go direct to the movie folder, click on it and allow MPC-BE to launch it.
I haven't had this issue before on any of the PCs I've done testing on. Not sure what else to look at and would like your suggestions.

[michae1a1ee]

Here is the Playback Debug Log, which I'm guessing you'd want to see next:

PlayClick Debug Log Generated 2024-05-19 9:34:37 PM with CMC v7.1.2024.0001
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*** BEGIN OF PLAYCLICK DEBUG LOG ***
* Disc Number=0
* Disc Location=\\CRYPT\Movies\Road House (2024)
* Disc Type=dtBluray
* Container=ctUnknown
[9:34:37 PM] Validating Disc Location: \\CRYPT\Movies\Road House (2024)
[9:34:37 PM] Checking if network device "CRYPT" is online.
[9:34:37 PM] "CRYPT" is online.
[9:34:37 PM] "CRYPT" is NOT configured for Wake on LAN for Playback, skipping Share Online validation.
Scanning Folder: \\CRYPT\Movies\Road House (2024)
Found Playable Media, checking to see if assigned to another Disc: ROAD.HOUSE.2024.1080P.WEB.H264.MKV
Media File not in use, selecting for playback
Not Exiting Folder Scan, looking for ISO's in case this is just a movie trailer
Could not find ISO or DVD Folder for playback
* Player=MPCBE
* Player Commandline= "\\CRYPT\Movies\Road House (2024)\ROAD.HOUSE.2024.1080P.WEB.H264.MKV" /fullscreen /play /close
[9:34:37 PM] Launching 'Media Player Classic'
[9:34:46 PM] *** END OF PLAYCLICK DEBUG LOG ***
[9:34:47 PM] Focused has returned to CMC, playback ended
[9:34:47 PM] Processing Movie Return
[9:34:47 PM] Automark Watched Threshold not met, Logging Watch Event with Duration 0minutes


Plus one more CMC error box that came up after another attempt to launch a trailer:

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[Pauven]

The problem is that the MPC-BE executable was not found.

Please post the path to the MPC executable so I can determine why it wasn't found.

[michae1a1ee]

Just a regular installation of the newest MPC-BE.1.7.1.x64.exe with default installation path which seems to be "C:\Program Files\MPC-BE"

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[Pauven]

I checked, and "C:\Program Files\MPC-BE\mpc-be64.exe" is a combo I've not seen before.

Currently, CMC checks for:

• "C:\Program Files\MPC-BE x64\mpc-be64.exe"
• "C:\Program Files\MPC-BE\mpc-be.exe"
• "C:\Program Files (x86)\MPC-BE\mpc-be.exe"

So CMC looks for mpc-be64.exe, but only inside an MPC-BE x64 folder. And it only looks for mpc-be.exe inside the non-x64 folder.

Since you did the default path, I'm guessing that they've made a change. I've updated the code, and it will be on the next CMC v7.1 Release Candidate.

[michae1a1ee]

FYI, I uninstalled the MPC-BE x64 installation again in order to verify/check what I told you before.
The installation I had grabbed was from here:
https://github.com/Aleksoid1978/MPC-BE/ ... /tag/1.7.1

And when I go to install it, the default folder for the 64bit version of MPC-BE is definitely defaulting to C:\Program Files\MPC-BE

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I changed the install folder by adding the " x64" to the folder name and all is well with the world now.
The "mpc-be64.exe" file created by the install is indeed found and used by CMC as expected.

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Thanks for adding the additional PATH to your code; it will be useful for the future if the MPC-BE Developers do in fact want to start using the folder without the x64 in the name, which makes sense to me.

[Pauven]

Yep, agreed, I never liked that they had multiple install folder names based upon the bit-version installed, especially when they were already going into different paths anyway (Program Files (x86) vs Program Files). Seemed convoluted. Hopefully this is just them finally cleaning up that logic.