Xibo 1.6.3 - Editing media does not work, can cause crash, xibo default screen, or no change in media.

Bug #1362353 reported by John Calderwood
12
This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Xibo
Fix Committed
Low
Dan Garner
1.6
Fix Released
High
Dan Garner
1.7
Fix Committed
Low
Dan Garner

Bug Description

Editing media does not work on 1.6.x, can cause crash, xibo default screen, or no change in media. Used to work in 1.4.x and 1.2.x.

1. Create a new layout.
2. Click on the options dropdown, and select add region.
3. Click on the dropdown on your new region, and select edit timeline.
4. Select image, click Add files, select the file, put a name in the Name field, click Start, then click Assign to Layout.
5. Click Assign to Layout.
6. Click close.
7. Assign this layout to a display and observe that it works ok.
8. Click on Design on the main Xibo menu.
9. Hit the action but on the new layout created in step 1, and select design.
10. Double click on the region created in step 2, and click on Edit.
11. Click on the Browse button and select a new image.
12. Click the save button.
Now restart xibo and observe that no picture is displayed, but there is only the default Xibo image. If you repeat this procedure with a powerpoint instead of an image, xibo will crash. If you try to edit the image in the library, instead what happens is that nothing happens. You edit, select a new image, and the new image never shows.

To work-around, you must never edit the media, but instead you must delete the media from the region timeline, and then add the new media.

Tags: cms

Related branches

Dan Garner (dangarner)
Changed in xibo:
status: New → Triaged
milestone: none → 1.7.0-alpha
assignee: nobody → Dan Garner (dangarner)
tags: added: cms
Revision history for this message
Dan Garner (dangarner) wrote :

The attached file contains a fix for 1.6.3 only - for anyone that wants to patch this issue, please upgrade to 1.6.3 first. The file needs to be put into lib/modules/ and replace the file that is already there.

Revision history for this message
Niels van de Coevering (n-vd-coevering) wrote :

I upgraded to 1.6.3 this weekend. Using the patch I still have problems editing layout.

1. Choose a layout and click Action > Design
2. Click Edit Timeline or Options
3. Nothing is happening. For a short moment I see a progressbar in the right side of the layout panel appearing.

Revision history for this message
Dan Garner (dangarner) wrote :

Niels - I dont think that is anything to do with this bug? I suspect you did not upgrade into a new folder and therefore have some left over files that are causing an issue.

Revision history for this message
Niels van de Coevering (n-vd-coevering) wrote :

Hi Dan. I realised that later. I created a new bug for this.

To post a comment you must log in.
This report contains Public information  
Everyone can see this information.

Other bug subscribers

Remote bug watches

Bug watches keep track of this bug in other bug trackers.