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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1141467" data-attributes="member: 82144">Hmmmm, it sounds like the client is having trouble connecting to the database on the server.Do you run security software (particularly firewalls) on either the client or server? (Don't forget the Windows Firewall.) If so, they could be preventing the client from connecting. Try disabling them temporarily and see if it helps.The other possibility is that the database connection credentials don't work from the client. By that I mean...In the MediaPortal configuration, I see you've entered &quot;192.168.75.1&quot; as the hostname of the PC that has TV Server installed on it. That setting is used for the control connection, which I think is working.In the database connection configuration, I see you've entered &quot;ServerPC&quot; as the hostname of the PC that has TV Server's database installed on it. That setting is used for the database connection, which seems to be not working.If the client can't translate &quot;ServerPC&quot; to &quot;192.168.75.1&quot; (this translation is known as DNS resolution) then that would explain the problem.You can check this by opening a Windows command prompt on the client and checking if the command &quot;ping ServerPC&quot; works.If this is the issue, there are a couple of ways you could resolve it.<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350/beginner-geek-how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/" target="_blank">create an entry for the server's IP address in the client's host file</a></li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">change the database connection configuration on the server (because the server config is copied to the client) to use the IP address instead of the hostname; the DB config file is found at c:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\gentle.config and can be edited with any text editor</li>
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[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1141467, member: 82144"] Hmmmm, it sounds like the client is having trouble connecting to the database on the server. Do you run security software (particularly firewalls) on either the client or server? (Don't forget the Windows Firewall.) If so, they could be preventing the client from connecting. Try disabling them temporarily and see if it helps. The other possibility is that the database connection credentials don't work from the client. By that I mean... In the MediaPortal configuration, I see you've entered "192.168.75.1" as the hostname of the PC that has TV Server installed on it. That setting is used for the control connection, which I think is working. In the database connection configuration, I see you've entered "ServerPC" as the hostname of the PC that has TV Server's database installed on it. That setting is used for the database connection, which seems to be not working. If the client can't translate "ServerPC" to "192.168.75.1" (this translation is known as DNS resolution) then that would explain the problem. You can check this by opening a Windows command prompt on the client and checking if the command "ping ServerPC" works. If this is the issue, there are a couple of ways you could resolve it. [LIST] [*][URL='http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/27350/beginner-geek-how-to-edit-your-hosts-file/']create an entry for the server's IP address in the client's host file[/URL] [*]change the database connection configuration [U]on the server[/U] (because the server config is copied to the client) to use the IP address instead of the hostname; the DB config file is found at c:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\gentle.config and can be edited with any text editor [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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