profiles.xml editing issue

Everytime I try to edit the xml profile and then restart I always get the 'Cannot start' until I install the serviio program all over again.

Whats going on here?

thanks

[Illico]

What changes have you made in the profiles.xml file?

removed a line that a remark said was OK to remove.

[Illico]

Could you be more explicit ?

sure..

I removed the line in the panasonic 2013 profile that said 'if your tv supports xvid delete this'


also is there anyway to make these changes permanent instead of changing them after every install?

what about having seperate profiles for each device?

thanks

[Illico]

I suppose you talk about this

  Code:

            <!-- AVI files will be transcoded into mpeg-ts, mpeg2 video and ac3 audio. 
         This section is NOT inherited by other Panasonic profiles  -->
            <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384">
                <Matches container="avi" />
                <!-- Remove this line for models that natively support AVI's with Xvid video (some ST60's) -->
                <Matches container="avi" vCodec="mpeg4" vFourCC="div3,div4,div5,divx,dm4v,dx50" />
                <Matches container="avi" vCodec="msmpeg4" vFourCC="div3,div4,div5,divx,dm4v,dx50" />
                <Matches container="avi" vCodec="dvvideo" />
            </Video>

If your device supports avi/xvid video, change by this :
I suggest to use Notepad++ text editor (file should be UTF8 encoded)

  Code:

            <!-- AVI files will be transcoded into mpeg-ts, mpeg2 video and ac3 audio. 
         This section is NOT inherited by other Panasonic profiles  -->
            <Video targetContainer="mpegts" targetVCodec="mpeg2video" targetACodec="ac3" aBitrate="384">
                <Matches container="avi" vCodec="mpeg4" vFourCC="div3,div4,div5,divx,dm4v,dx50" />
                <Matches container="avi" vCodec="msmpeg4" vFourCC="div3,div4,div5,divx,dm4v,dx50" />
                <Matches container="avi" vCodec="dvvideo" />
            </Video>

Save file, then restart serviio service or reboot pc to reload profiles.


After a serviio update, a profiles.xml backup is done, then you can merge your previous profile modification with latest profiles.xml release.
Seperate profiles for each device was already requested https://bitbucket.org/xnejp03/serviio/i ... r-profiles

where is the backup saved to?

[Illico]

In same place after the serviio update.
For windows:
C:\Program Files\Serviio\config\profiles.xml.bak

OK. That worked.

How do I merge the profiles together when upgrading?

[Illico]

profiles.xml is an XML text file.

Then you can use, compare text tool to compare both "profiles.xml" and "profile.xml.bak" files, then merge modifications.
Look at:
- WinMerge (OpenSource) : http://winmerge.org/
- ExamDiff (freeware) : http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp
- KDiff3 (windows/linux) : http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net
- Beyond compare (pay) but very complete : http://www.scootersoftware.com/features.php

thanks..

I for one, will be counting down the days till when the profiles are separated into their own 'cannot be over-ridden' directory.