I'm getting constant "stream failed to start" messages, help!

I did that "startvlc.cmd " file thing as mentioned in the wiki for just this same error message (evem thoug I am not running Vista), but it did not help.

I have done a complete fresh install of Knots on my XP machine (I deleted the original Knots folder and reinstalled with the latest build), and I even uninstalled Knots from my N900 and reinstalled it there. But still, the same error messages.

What am I doing wrong? I could use Knots fine a few weeks ago.


Ed. I don't know if this will help, but if I try and play a video through the PC's browser (i.e. opening a video from the "Browse" tab and pressing the PLAY button), I get this message.
I'm unsure if I should be able to play the video from this location, though, so I'm just putting it out there if it can help.

undefined method `name' for nil:NilClass

(erb):16:in `html'
(erb):35:in `each_with_index'
(erb):15:in `each'
(erb):15:in `each_with_index'
(erb):15:in `html'
./lib/plugin.rb:168:in `html'
(erb):55:in `html'
./lib/plugin.rb:168:in `html'
./plugins/1root.rb:852:in `play'
./lib/plugin.rb:102:in `call'
./lib/plugin.rb:102:in `do_GET'
C:/Program Files/Knots/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpservlet/abstract.rb:35:in `__send__'
C:/Program Files/Knots/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpservlet/abstract.rb:35:in `service'
C:/Program Files/Knots/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:104:in `service'
C:/Program Files/Knots/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/httpserver.rb:65:in `run'
C:/Program Files/Knots/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:173:in `start_thread'
C:/Program Files/Knots/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start'
C:/Program Files/Knots/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:162:in `start_thread'
C:/Program Files/Knots/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:95:in `start'
C:/Program Files/Knots/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `each'
C:/Program Files/Knots/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:92:in `start'
C:/Program Files/Knots/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:23:in `start'
C:/Program Files/Knots/ruby/lib/ruby/1.8/webrick/server.rb:82:in `start'
knots.rb:44:in `initialize'
knots.rb:394:in `new'
knots.rb:394