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<blockquote data-quote="Old_Newbie" data-source="post: 1142055" data-attributes="member: 150578"><p>[SOLVED!!!!!]</p><p>The final piece, which probably should have been the first piece, was version incompatibility. My TV server version was way older than my client versions, and I guess there were too many changes in between those two that it couldn't read the database. Updating the TV server to the latest stable release (same as the clients) fixed it...with a few additional changes. </p><p></p><p>Confession time. My MP TV server is on a Server 2003 box (yes, I know it goes unsupported by MS next week and not officially supported by MP). I got it free with my Technet subscription years ago and its worked great for me as a NAT firewall, router, and DHCP server. Since that box is on all the time, it made the most sense to serve live TV to 3 other MP clients that are intermittently on. The point is that I was afraid to use a newer version of MP on this old OS. I can now verify that MP 1.11 Dedicated TV Server works with Server 2003 Enterprise w/ SP2 and MSSQL Express 2005. </p><p></p><p>--Things I learned/did to get it working--</p><p></p><p>TV Server setup:</p><p>- Install all latest OS updates and service packs.</p><p>- Install all latest working chipset and component drivers.</p><p>- Install Windows Media Player 11 </p><p>- install DVB fix for server 2003.</p><p>- install MP TV server (same as client version) </p><p>- Rename TVSetup.exe.config & TVServer.exe.config to TvSetup.config & TvServer.config</p><p></p><p>Check for issues (important for multiple network adapter servers):</p><p>- Ensure TV server name resolves to correct IP.</p><p>- Ensure SQL ports are open on firewalls (if any are present between server and client)</p><p>- Ensure TCP/IP is enabled is SQL</p><p>- Ensure proper adapter is active in SQL</p><p>- Ensure SQL is listening on the correct IP/port</p><p></p><p>Tools to check/troubleshoot:</p><p>-Server name resolution -> Ping <Servername></p><p>-SQL Server is listening on proper adapter/IP/port -> netstat -an </p><p>-Connection of client to SQL database -> telnet <server IP> 1433</p><p>-TCP/IP is enabled and adapter active in SQL -> use SQL configuration manager protocol properties</p><p>-Edit hostfile on server and client with hostname/IP entry -> C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\</p><p></p><p>Tip: After any changes to SQL or MP TV server, ensure you Stop and restart the respective service! Also reboot server after any installation/update/change to OS.</p><p></p><p>After update, I am having issues with channels some are showing red, saying tv card not available. A channel rescan found all of my channels again but also kept the old unavailable card channels. I will have to go in TVServer config and manually delete the non-functional "red" channels.</p><p></p><p>Other than that, Live OTA TV WORKS! This has been a year long fight I have been trying to win, that i have FINALLY got working. Thought I would share what I did to get running. </p><p></p><p>Big thanks to mm1352000 for taking the time to help above. Hope this thread helps someone else searching the forums.</p><p></p><p>Old_Newbie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Old_Newbie, post: 1142055, member: 150578"] [SOLVED!!!!!] The final piece, which probably should have been the first piece, was version incompatibility. My TV server version was way older than my client versions, and I guess there were too many changes in between those two that it couldn't read the database. Updating the TV server to the latest stable release (same as the clients) fixed it...with a few additional changes. Confession time. My MP TV server is on a Server 2003 box (yes, I know it goes unsupported by MS next week and not officially supported by MP). I got it free with my Technet subscription years ago and its worked great for me as a NAT firewall, router, and DHCP server. Since that box is on all the time, it made the most sense to serve live TV to 3 other MP clients that are intermittently on. The point is that I was afraid to use a newer version of MP on this old OS. I can now verify that MP 1.11 Dedicated TV Server works with Server 2003 Enterprise w/ SP2 and MSSQL Express 2005. --Things I learned/did to get it working-- TV Server setup: - Install all latest OS updates and service packs. - Install all latest working chipset and component drivers. - Install Windows Media Player 11 - install DVB fix for server 2003. - install MP TV server (same as client version) - Rename TVSetup.exe.config & TVServer.exe.config to TvSetup.config & TvServer.config Check for issues (important for multiple network adapter servers): - Ensure TV server name resolves to correct IP. - Ensure SQL ports are open on firewalls (if any are present between server and client) - Ensure TCP/IP is enabled is SQL - Ensure proper adapter is active in SQL - Ensure SQL is listening on the correct IP/port Tools to check/troubleshoot: -Server name resolution -> Ping <Servername> -SQL Server is listening on proper adapter/IP/port -> netstat -an -Connection of client to SQL database -> telnet <server IP> 1433 -TCP/IP is enabled and adapter active in SQL -> use SQL configuration manager protocol properties -Edit hostfile on server and client with hostname/IP entry -> C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\ Tip: After any changes to SQL or MP TV server, ensure you Stop and restart the respective service! Also reboot server after any installation/update/change to OS. After update, I am having issues with channels some are showing red, saying tv card not available. A channel rescan found all of my channels again but also kept the old unavailable card channels. I will have to go in TVServer config and manually delete the non-functional "red" channels. Other than that, Live OTA TV WORKS! This has been a year long fight I have been trying to win, that i have FINALLY got working. Thought I would share what I did to get running. Big thanks to mm1352000 for taking the time to help above. Hope this thread helps someone else searching the forums. Old_Newbie [/QUOTE]
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