Media Portal freezes on wake (1 Viewer)

[HTPCSourcer]

Here is another one: Everything activated on client, i.e. PS, Trakt, TVSeries, FH - and server in standby!

I manually put the client into standby at 9:58 and woke it up at 10:10 (with the server being in standby). Absolutely no issue (other than an error message relating to weather.com, which is probably unrelated, in any way unimportant). You might look into the log to verify that all power messages are in line with your expectations.

Conclusions:

• Your updated version (12.100.8) appears to resolve the previous issues
• The server being in standby upon client resume is not the course of the previously observed trouble

Next thing to check will be the same scenario, but with a longer client standby period to verify if that makes any difference.

 

[HTPCSourcer]

Same as before, resuming client (with server in standby) after 100 min (10:26 --> 12:05): Everything works

Is there anything in the log that would not be OK?

 

[Sebastiii]

Not @ home right now lol
I will look when back and mm has surely an idea too

 

[HTPCSourcer]

Hello,

This morning I woke the client up to see how things went. It came up with the MP menu screen from yesterday evening and stayed there, apparently frozen.

However, this time it turned out to not be due to MediaPortal but to access issues. I could not open the shares in the explorer, despite the server being online. I then verified the network connection, which turned out to be a standard private network, whereas theoretically this shows as a domain network with the respective name. Reboot reestablished the connection with the domain. Absolutely weird, because I could connect to the server via Server dashboard login. I'll investigate further into this but IMHO nothing to do with MP.

So I trust that MP was simply waiting for the shares/TVServer to come online...

 

[mm1352000]

@HTPCSourcer
Sorry, I haven't had a chance to look at any of your most recent log files or posts - it has been a really busy weekend.
I'll try to find some time to check everything sometime in the next few days.

 

[azzuro]

For information : testing the last bin from jira. with i think the forcefocus enabled.

 

[azzuro]

tadaaa.

next test : running MP from Watchdog option 1.

 

[azzuro]

none error on 3 resume

previously updated : LatestMediHandler ad FanartHandler

 

[HTPCSourcer]

To me it looks as if Seb's 12.100.8 is resolving the freeze and focus issues of MediaPortal .

• MePo database open/close issues all appear resolved.
  • DatabaseManager errors logged for FanartHandler were eliminated by ajs' new dll, which he provided in the FH thread.
  • Trakt and TVSeries database management acts correctly on remote share
  • I have not yet reactivated InfoServices, but likely this plugin will require some brush up by its author to close and reopen its database when entering standby and resuming
• Remaining problems are unrelated to MediaPortal
  • USB IR-Receiver sometimes not working anymore after resume (seems to be a common problem under Windows; also reported elsewhere from MePo users)
  • Automatic logging in the domain user on HTPC1 can fail, resulting in connection to a private instead of a domain network on the client (absolutely mysterious since credentials are pulled from registry. Anyway, I observed this only once)

@Sebastiii , great work! Will you push this to master so that future releases can be tested by a broader audience and eventually get into an official release?

Regards,
HTPCSourcer

 

[azzuro]

USB IR-Receiver sometimes not working anymore after resume (seems to be a common problem under Windows; also reported elsewhere from MePo users)

maybe you can try the "Atmowake Helper" tool from Atmolight tools. https://github.com/ambilight-4-mediaportal/Binaries/tree/master/AtmoWakeHelper
why? : it's an tool based on usbdeview, who disconnect the COM Port, at each Windows resume. only select the com you need, and try.