ERROR: Unable to initialize the following plugins: Media
I am running an M1 Mac mini with MacOS Monterey v 12.1 and OpenLP v2.9.4. I was building a service and Open LP crashed. When I reopened, I was greeted with the error message "Unable to initialize the following plugins: Media."
I had a few MP3 files in Media. I had linked some of the MP3s to hymns so I would have the option to play music if we had no organist for that service. The service I had built for this coming Sunday included three hymns with MP3's attached via the Media tab in the Song Editor. I also had a Prelude MP3, a Postlude MP3, the Gloria Patri MP3, and the Doxology MP3.
I did try to downgrade to OpenLP v2.4.6, but it wouldn't open because there were still some reminants of v2.9.4 hanging around. I tried another fresh installation of v2.9.4, it works, but I still get the same error message about the media plugin.
Ironically, the service I created and saved will still load in OpenLP and will work. The MP3 files linked to the songs will still play, as will the stand-alone MP3 files I added to the service via the Media tab (when I had one).
I should note that it was not working perfectly before this happened. Sometimes the MP3 file attached to the hymn via the Media tab would not show or play.
I would really like to get the Media plugin/tab working again with either OpenLP v2.9.4 or v2.4.6. Can someone point me in the right direction to get this working again?
Note about my experience with OpenLP. I used it when we were attending a different church about 5 years ago. I am the media coordinator for the church we now attend. We are in the process of upgrading our live-streaming. We are adding two additional cameras, a video switcher, multi-camera controller, and more. Remembering my great experience with OpenLP, I am hoping to use with for lyrics and more for our live-streaming. I have created a theme with a transparent background that will be mixed with our live video with the switcher.
Thank you.
Jim Fisher
Port Huron, Michigan USA
P.S. I do have the .log file from running debug
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Forgot to mention, I do have VLC v3.0.16 installed
Hi @VintageJim61
Please can you upload the log file? Without that we have no idea what is causing the problem and we cannot help you.
Also, OpenLP 2.9.4 has VLC bundled with it, you don't need to install VLC.
Here's the log file.
Thank you!
Jim Fisher
Hi @VintageJim61 you said that OpenLP crashed before this error started showing up? Can you remember what happened? What did you do just before the crash? Do you remember if there were any error messages?
It looks like you were adding folders to the media library at the time of the crash, and that has left the internal database corrupted. There are two ways to deal with this in order to get you back up and running.
The first is to try to repair the database. This will mean that most of your files and folders will remain intact, but it is a technical thing to do.
The second is to just remove the database completely, and start from scratch.
I was practice playing a service with media files attached to the hymn lyrics. It crashed and then I got the error message when I tried to re-launch OpenLP.
I can do either... since I have no services and only 5 or 6 hymns in OpenLP at this point, it will be a pretty painless rebuild.
Thank you for your speedy reply!
Let me know where I can find this errant database and I'll delete it!
is it
Library>Application Support>openlp
?
SOLVED: I have found the single Library folder for the Media component and have deleted it. All is well again!
@VintageJim61 Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. Yep, that's the place.
Hi @raoul , I'm having the exact same problem, with an almost identical log file, but on a PC. I cannot find the database to delete as per above, could you clarify what folder it is in please? Many many thanks!
My log file if it helps...
Hi team, can someone advise here? Help! Sorry to rush, I just cannot see the Media tab at all now. I've even uninstalled and reinstalled, no luck :(
@jimbokiwi
The manual shows you where to find the data files. This will work on any platform (Linux, Windows, macOS).
https://manual.openlp.org/faq.html#where-do-i-find-the-data-folder
Oh wonderful thanks so much Raoul! How silly of me to not look in the docs. Much appreciated!