Sorry to drag up this old post, but I’m still struggling with this issue. This is with ref to my previous post on Launchpad “Question #257026]: “Navigation to the webpage was cancelled” when updating Powerpoint presentation”
Since pretty much giving up on this last year, my users have had to majorly cut back the resolution of photos etc in powerpoint files to keep the presentation size down. Doing this, and keeping the size to below around 10MB works fine.
However, I’ve just taken delivery of some new displays which are HD and the low quality content looks poor. I’ve upgraded my CMS and all client to the current (1.7.4) in the last few days, and I still have issues with large powerpoint files.
I no longer get the ‘navigation to webpage cancelled’ message, but if the presentation is larger than around 10MB the layout plays before the file has downloaded which results in a black area in my layout where powerpoint should be, and the powerpoint .exe file is not called. The download continues in the background until complete, even with very large files, and the xibo client does not crash but also never refreshes so the black area remains.
Can you capture some audit logs showing the player doing that so we can see what’s happening then please?
You’ll need to enable auditing for that display in the CMS settings, then push a new PPT to it and wait for it to download, plus another 10 minutes or so to allow time for the log records to go back to the CMS.
Then go to the log in the CMS and filter logs for that display going back say 1 hour and copy/paste to a spreadsheet
For some reason the logs do not seem to be making it to my CMS. Nothing appears when I filter by the display in question, but I can see the display creating a local ‘log.xml_largenumber’ and periodically merging this with the log file I have specified in the display settings profile. I have a copy of that local log file covering the powerpoint change if that’s ok? The log file problem can be addressed another time if you can work with the local log? If so, how shall I get it to you?
This shows a new powerpoint file of around 60MB being uploaded to the library, replacing an existing one, and using the checkbox ‘Update this media in all layouts it is assigned to?’ to update it in the currently running layout. This replicates how the system is used in production.
Sure, so this is a newly created blank layout containing just one region. In that region was the original large powerpoint file (actually 46MB now I’ve checked) and when applying the new layout to a display initially the powerpoint downloads (client holds splash screen) and then plays just fine. I made a change to the powerpoint file, re-uploaded to the library over the top of the original, and the same behaviour occured- just a blank area where the powerpoint should display. Download of file continued in the background until complete, but never displayed by client. This is the full log file but the very latest media change is the one in question, around 8:06am
Thanks for the suggestion. I’ve visited this method before, and unfortunately I can;t use it. My clients are very low spec, and have only 3.5GB of drive space available for the OS install, extras like powerpoint, vlc etc and xbo plus the library. It’s tight at the best of times! Saving a ~45MB powerpoint file as a video results in a ~250MB video file, which I just can’t handle.
If you can leave that log accessible I’ll ask Dan to take a look when he has time. It’s not likely to be in the next few days though as he’s extremely busy.
Any update will be posted to the linked bug report. As far as I’m aware this hasn’t been looked at yet. Only a very small proportion of the user base still use PowerPoint so I’m afraid at the moment there are other things that take priority. As soon as there is time available to look at this we will.
@AndyC - i’ve taken a look at the bug and believe i have a fix available for you to try. I will PM you a link to an EXE that you can use to replace your current EXE.
Thanks for this Dan. I’ve replaced the .exe on a test client, but I’m afraid I still just get a blank area where the power point should be displayed. The file continues to download until complete if I watch the client’s local library folder, but it is never actually displayed by the client. If I close and reopen the client, the downloaded file then plays.
Thanks
Would it be possible to grab the schedule.xml file from the player library? Just after doing the test. Can you also mention the name of the file that is being downloaded during the test - i.e. 1234.ppt ?