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oldgit9

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i've had Mp set-up for nearly 9 months to exactly the way we like. and it has been working perfectly. until today. im not sure if this belongs in this section or not, but if it doesnt, then mods please move this thread to the appropriate section...thanks

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basically, i tried to stop (on my remote) an episode (in Series) and it would just skip back to the beginning of the episode. this happened four times and would not stop playing. in the end, i had to use the mouse, to close MP as no other function worked on the remote. i then shut down the HTPC.

later in the in the evening, i rebooted the HTPC and navigated to the file that i was watching earlier. only to notice that all of the "Watched Episodes" had vanished. thinking that it was a start-up bug, i rebooted MP. but still the same.

i searched through all the settings in MP, TV Series, and in the StreamedMP theme packages, but couldnt find anything different/wrong or any settings to enable/disable the watched/unwatched options.

after a little net search, i couldnt find a solution, so i decided to uninstall MP and all of its components and start afresh, hoping that would fix the problem. with MP totally un-installed (and i had a bit of spare time on my hands,) i thought i'll test MP 2 and 1.3a, but i had to uninstall them. as they were too unstable to run and my wife and kids would mental if the program doesnt work/start first time.

i ended up re-install the old faithful (1.2.3). all was going well...just as expected. but after setting it all up just as before, i navigated to my series, clicked on my series and the un-watched files were still missing...WHAT THE HELL!!!

im sorry, but i cant give a log report for the crash from earlier in the day, as it wasn't really a crash.

any help in getting the un-watched files back will be much appreciated. as my youngest loves watching her programs over and over. and at the moment, she cant...
 

JimCatMP

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    In MePo/TVSeries, using menu, look at Filters - do you have 'All Episodes' or 'Unwatched' set, suspect this problem, somehow that flag has been toggled.

    cheers - JCMP
     

    oldgit9

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    Thanks for the reply. Yeah I did check that, but still no joy :(

    I know it's a bit drastic, but to finally fix this issue, I'm going to wipe my c drive and re-install windows etc. I usually do this to my desktop and laptops every 6 months or so. Just to keep things clean etc.
     

    oldgit9

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    ***UPDATE***
    after wiping the SSD and reinstalling windows and MP, the problem was still there.

    after taking a closer looking at TVseries, under the general tap, in the database section (Top right), i clicked on "Empty", then clicked "Import" and let it do it's thing.

    when i restarted MP, everything was back to normal :)

    got one last thing to sort out. when a program finishes, a blue screen (not BSOD) appears. but as soon as i navigate anywhere, the screen comes back to normal.
     

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    Glad to here your back in business - so, something within the DB itself.

    I think the 'blue screen' is possible Windows screen/power save, as sees system as 'idle' until you effect a key press/mouse action or equivalent. Check Windows screen saver & power options, setting the screen 'save' in MePo instead?

    Cheers - J.
     

    oldgit9

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    Glad to here your back in business - so, something within the DB itself.

    I think the 'blue screen' is possible Windows screen/power save, as sees system as 'idle' until you effect a key press/mouse action or equivalent. Check Windows screen saver & power options, setting the screen 'save' in MePo instead?

    Cheers - J.

    Your 100% correct. Just not had the time to post an update. As soon as I changed the settings, all was fine :)

    Thanks JimCatMP for all the advice and help
     

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