Bug 15845 – No stream info on Now Playing screen after firmware upgrade

Bug 15845 - No stream info on Now Playing screen after firmware upgrade

Summary:

No stream info on Now Playing screen after firmware upgrade

Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME

Product:	SB Touch
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Now Playing
Version:	7.5.0
Platform:	PC Windows XP

Importance:	-- normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	7.5.0
Assigned To:	Unassigned bug - please assign me!

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Blocks:
	Show dependency tree / graph

Reported:	2010-03-06 15:11 UTC by Mickey Gee
Modified:	2010-03-09 12:28 UTC (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Log file with applet.NowPlaying enabled (145.07 KB, text/plain) 2010-03-06 15:12 UTC, Mickey Gee	Details
Photo of Now Playing screen (74.07 KB, image/jpeg) 2010-03-06 15:13 UTC, Mickey Gee	Details
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Description Mickey Gee 2010-03-06 15:11:29 UTC

Now Playing screen blank after firmware upgrade to r8635. This is on Fab4 that had been testing as a server with 5 attached players (4 IP3K, one Baby) overnight with r8627 (?) and starting having issues when the USB drive mysteriously disappeared. But that's another bug.

So I wanted to update to the latest firmware before running the same tests. The software update screen knew about r8633 but not the latest r8635, so I pressed the reset button on the back of the Fab4 momentarily. When I went to the software update screen, I could then see r8635 so I updated to r8635.

Once I did that, I noticed that it was still scanning the attached USB hard disk, so I selected Internet Radio->Local-KQED FM 88.5, and I heard the audio using the headphones. However, the Now Playing screen had no stream info except for the elapsed time.

I also noticed that Play/Paused indicator was in the wrong state.

I turned on the applet.NowPlaying logging to debug and then displayed the Now Playing screen again. 

Including photo and log for above.

Comment 1 Mickey Gee 2010-03-06 15:12:21 UTC

Created attachment 6602 [details]
Log file with applet.NowPlaying enabled

Comment 2 Mickey Gee 2010-03-06 15:13:32 UTC

Created attachment 6603 [details]
Photo of Now Playing screen

Comment 3 Mickey Gee 2010-03-06 15:17:09 UTC

Same thing when I selected a Pandora station. Audio OK, but same Now Playing screen.

Comment 4 Mickey Gee 2010-03-06 15:44:45 UTC

Info on Now Playing screen returned after TinySC finished rescanning USB drive attached.

Comment 5 Alan Young 2010-03-08 05:27:41 UTC

<speculation>
While TinySC is scanning, especially in the initial stage when it is searching the media for possible files, it is possible to block for extended periods on file-system operations. This could cause some requests from SP to SbS to timeout, even though they may actually be acted upon. If a play command for remote service gets through, whether acknowledged or not, the player component may be able to connect to the remote source and stream successfully, even if display-handling code remains ignorant of the player status.
</speculation>

Comment 6 Mickey Gee 2010-03-09 12:28:52 UTC

Tried to repro immediately after upgrade to r8639. Went to same local FM radio station, and Pandora station. No issues seen -- stream info displayed OK.

Am currently assuming that Touch was left in strange state after running overnight test, resulting in this issue. Will close for now and reopen if I see it again.