Browsing from VLC (Android) fails

[bnilsson]

When I try to browse Minimserver albums from VLC on Android, they all show up as empty. The Minimserver log says:
Browse request from 192.168.1.95: incorrect format for object ID '0$albums$%2aa826'
multiple times.
What is going on? I have a feeling this is not new.

VLC on MacOS or Windows do not behave this way.

BN

[simoncn]

This is caused by a bug in VLC for Android. I reported this bug to the VLC developers in January 2018 (issue #19513). Seven years later, this bug report is still open.

[bnilsson]

(13-01-2025 21:29)simoncn Wrote:  This is caused by a bug in VLC for Android. I reported this bug to the VLC developers in January 2018 (issue #19513). Seven years later, this bug report is still open.

Wow. How encouraging, I believe it will soon be fixed.

BN

[bnilsson]

(13-01-2025 21:29)simoncn Wrote:  This is caused by a bug in VLC for Android. I reported this bug to the VLC developers in January 2018 (issue #19513). Seven years later, this bug report is still open.

I also have the same problem with another Android app, "Nova Video Player". All albums are empty too, and the same error is logged by Minimserver.
This makes me wonder...

[simoncn]

What is the full error message from MinimServer when you use the Nova Video Player app?

[bnilsson]

(14-01-2025 20:28)simoncn Wrote:  What is the full error message from MinimServer when you use the Nova Video Player app?

I am sorry, I was apparently wrong. Embarrassing.
Now when I try to get more details, I cannot reproduce it.

[simoncn]

Sometimes this message appears (correctly) if the control point has a cached object ID for an object that is no longer present on the server. This could happen after the server has been rescanned. It sounds like this might be what happened.