[Robertxc]

No idea what's going on, the TV service stops for no reason. The whole thing doesn't seem to crash because I can still go TV server interface > Manual Control > Start Service. The error log contains loads of entries as below. I'm running RC2.

2008-10-02 16:43:27.312500 [16]: Exception ystem.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

Server stack trace:
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoConnect(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect(EndPoint remoteEP)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection. CreateNewSocket(EndPoint ipEndPoint)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection. CreateNewSocket()
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketCache.GetSo cket(String machinePortAndSid, Boolean openNew)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTran sportSink.SendRequestWithRetry(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTran sportSink.ProcessMessage(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream, ITransportHeaders& responseHeaders, Stream& responseStream)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.BinaryClientForma tterSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg)

Exception rethrown at [0]:
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleRe turnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateI nvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
at TvControl.IController.IsRecording(User& user)
at TvService.EpgCard.IsCardIdle(Int32 cardId)
at TvService.EpgCard.GrabEpgForChannel(Channel channel, IChannel tuning, Card card)
at TvService.EpgCard.GrabEpg()
at TvService.EpgGrabber.GrabEpgOnCard(EpgCard epgCard)
at TvService.EpgGrabber._epgTimer_Elapsed(Object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)
Exception :No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it
site :Void HandleReturnMessage(System.Runtime.Remoting.Messag ing.IMessage, System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.IMessage)
source :mscorlib
stacktrace:
Server stack trace:
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoConnect(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect(EndPoint remoteEP)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection. CreateNewSocket(EndPoint ipEndPoint)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection. CreateNewSocket()
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketCache.GetSo cket(String machinePortAndSid, Boolean openNew)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTran sportSink.SendRequestWithRetry(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTran sportSink.ProcessMessage(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream, ITransportHeaders& responseHeaders, Stream& responseStream)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.BinaryClientForma tterSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg)

Exception rethrown at [0]:
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleRe turnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateI nvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
at TvControl.IController.IsRecording(User& user)
at TvService.EpgCard.IsCardIdle(Int32 cardId)
at TvService.EpgCard.GrabEpgForChannel(Channel channel, IChannel tuning, Card card)
at TvService.EpgCard.GrabEpg()
at TvService.EpgGrabber.GrabEpgOnCard(EpgCard epgCard)
at TvService.EpgGrabber._epgTimer_Elapsed(Object sender, ElapsedEventArgs e)

2008-10-02 16:43:39.062500 [4]: Exception ystem.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at TvLibrary.Implementations.DVB.TvCardDvbBase.StopGr aph()
at TvLibrary.Implementations.TvCardBase.FreeSubChanne l(Int32 id)
at TvService.EpgGrabbing.Stop(User user)
at TvService.TVController.StopGrabbingEpg(User user)
at TvService.EpgCard.Stop()
at TvService.EpgGrabber.Stop()
at TvService.TVController.set_EpgGrabberEnabled(Boole an value)
Exception :Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
site :Void StopGraph()
source :TVLibrary
stacktrace: at TvLibrary.Implementations.DVB.TvCardDvbBase.StopGr aph()
at TvLibrary.Implementations.TvCardBase.FreeSubChanne l(Int32 id)
at TvService.EpgGrabbing.Stop(User user)
at TvService.TVController.StopGrabbingEpg(User user)
at TvService.EpgCard.Stop()
at TvService.EpgGrabber.Stop()
at TvService.TVController.set_EpgGrabberEnabled(Boole an value)

[clintebb]

well for the past few weeks my tvservice keeps stopping... i go into services and start it, i was going to make a program that checks every few mins for tvservice and starts it if its stopped...

anyways today i go to use tv and cant connect to the server.. at first i could but just couldnt get any tv playing it said no audio/video detected and for some reason the channel list was empty, but in the top left hand corner was the red dot to indicate its recording.. so i restarted both the server computer and client computer, and now cant connect at all. i ran mptvclient on both the server and client and get that message on both that you have posted about about connection actively refused.. nothing has changed on my computers, i havent even been home or use them at all.. firewalls are disabled.

solved it.. the tv hard drive was full.. i think some work needs to be done to mediaportal here.. MP was crashing, not working, refusing connections, and doing a lot of abnormal things simply cause a hard drive was full...

[Paranoid Delusion]

Have you got disk quota enabled, if not then maybe you should, don't think it is by default.

Also sysinfo is a good addition, you can check HDD space within MP's gui

[clintebb]

disk quote is not enabled i dont think. i have a physically seperate hard drive in the computer used purely only for recorded tv.

MP web interface also shows it ive just not been checking it lol.. ive been busy for the past few weeks and only been watching an hour or 2 of tv a day, but its recording 5-10 hours of tv a day...