Won't Display

[henryp007]

Hi, I'm running windows 10 Pro and I can't get the screensaver to display, when I go to preview it nothing happens. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

[cDima]

@henryp007 you're trying the latest build of v6.1 that I uploaded yesterday? https://github.com/cDima/Aerial/releases

[BenJenkinson]

I also experienced this problem on Windows 8.1 Pro with .NET 4.6.1055.0

1. Copied Aerial.scr file to C:/Windows
2. Right-clicked Aerial.scr file, chose "Install"
3. Screen saver dialog appears, monitor preview is black.
4. Click "Settings", button is disabled, wait cursor displayed, little monitor preview shows current desktop, then black.
5. Click "Preview": button is disabled, wait cursor is displayed, little monitor preview shows current desktop, then black.

However, this was using the file directly from master/install/Aerial.scr.

I have tried using the Aerial.scr from the releases/download/v6.1/Aerial.zip, and it seems to work OK. I am not sure why this should be.

[Will0fD]

Same situation description as @BenJenkinson except using Windows 10 Pro, .NET 4.6.01586, and v6.1 doesn't work for me. It allows me to set settings but when I preview, screen saver crashes. When I wait for the screen saver to come up, my screens go black for a second and then back to desktop. Will try updating to latest .NET.

[Will0fD]

I just tried installing .NET 4.6.2 but it says it's already on my system so I guess I have it.

[alistairmcmillan]

@Will0fD @BenJenkinson @henryp007

Try opening http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/entries.json in a web browser. Do you get a bunch of text that looks like the following?

[
   {
      "id" : "73F3F654-9EC5-4876-8BF6-474E22029A49",
      "assets" : [
         {
            "url" : "http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/comp_GL_G004_C010_v03_6Mbps.mov",
            "accessibilityLabel" : "Greenland",
            "type" : "video",
            "id" : "D388F00A-5A32-4431-A95C-38BF7FF7268D",
            "timeOfDay" : "day"
         },
         {
            "url" : "http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/comp_DB_D011_D009_SIGNCMP_v15_6Mbps.mov",
            "accessibilityLabel" : "Dubai",
            "type" : "video",
            "id" : "2F11E857-4F77-4476-8033-4A1E4610AFCC",
            "timeOfDay" : "night"
         },

Try opening http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/000/Features/atv/AutumnResources/videos/b4-2.mov in a web browser. Does the video start playing?

[BenJenkinson]

@alistairmcmillan Yes on both counts; but I do currently have a working screensaver.

As I said before, for some reason it worked using the Aerial.scr file from the .zip. Repeatably too; I can uninstall the working one, the other one fails, then I can successfully re-install the working one.

[cDima]

@BenJenkinson you were using the bleeding edge version from master - that might have had a brief bug in it. Does that sound plausible? I'll try to include logging and versioning in the next version so we have details to triangulate master copies.

[BenJenkinson]

@cDima Extremely plausible. I assumed the files would be identical (since they were added in the same commit), but a binary diff shows they are different.

[cDima]

@BenJenkinson I started writing the powershell script to do releases for me automatically (it's manual now) but got distracted. :speak_no_evil:

[cDima]

@Will0fD might be slow network (the vidoes are huge) as @alistairmcmillan suggested.

[netjordan]

I'm running Windows 10 Pro N, and had the same problem - check if Windows media player is installed, if not you can install it by adding the Media Feature pack from here https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=48231

This fixed my problem!