Older releases of MP used MySQL, but recent releases use MariaDB on Windows 10 and 11. The MP installer will download and install MariaDB during the installation process. And you should not need to do anything special, such as entering a password in order to access the database -- it all just works.After multiple clean installs of Win 10 and Win 11 with MP1.38.3 or MP1.39 I have discovered that the only SQL option that works is SQL2008R2.
I installed all SQL variants. Mariadb and MySQL do not work. I have an Astrometa DVBT usb and a TBS6982 DVBS card. I could not scan either for channels, it caused the TV service to crash immediately or the whole system to restart. I tried Win10 and Win11 with either Maria or mysql, every time it crashed on scan.Older releases of MP used MySQL, but recent releases use MariaDB on Windows 10 and 11. The MP installer will download and install MariaDB during the installation process. And you should not need to do anything special, such as entering a password in order to access the database -- it all just works.
Did the installer not download and install MariaDB for you? Or are you trying to use some other database program?
Note: for others who might be reading this post, MP 1.39 still uses MySQL on Windows 7 and Windows Vista; I don't know which database program is used on Windows 8.
-- from CyberSimian in the UK
Puzzling.Mariadb and MySQL do not work. I have an Astrometa DVBT usb and a TBS6982 DVBS card. I could not scan either for channels, it caused the TV service to crash immediately or the whole system to restart.