HTPC freezing?? (4 Viewers)

[Vasilich]

I gave you a link with instructions how to post logs

 

[goughy]

Yeah, and thanks Vasikich. I've used looks before to have other issues diagnosed. Unfortunately in debug mode or with watchdog running, these freezes create no logs, maybe because the only way I can find out of the freeze is to reset. I've tried to use the third option of exporting existing logs, but I'm getting some exception error with the tv server log, and when I try and continue past that it stops at about 10% through the process and hangs. In the end I get no logs. Sorry.

 

[kjarrig]

Once my HTPC starting to act strange, it stopped for a minute or minutes, and then acted normally, it was a hdd problem, I download this program http://www.dposoft.net/, you can use it though you don't buy it, and it scans your hdd and find the errors on the disk if any, it found many errors and I could regenerate the disk and could use it again. You can't regenerate the disk unless you buy the program, but by running this, you could eliminate one problem.

 

[Owlsroost]

Try looking at the Windows System and Application event logs (Start Menu -> Administrative Tools -> Event Viewer), and see if there is anything relevant logged at the time the freezes happen.

 

[goughy]

I gave you a link with instructions how to post logs

Well, it froze again this morning during a dvd playback. So here is the log I took using the third option (as watchdog didn't create one cause it was all frozen). I don't know if it's gonna tell anything. I didn't want to get a new hdd yet, though my wife an I have been thinking of doing it so maybe will get that regardless. Maybe it's time to pull one stick of ram and see how things go, then try the other. Granted windows test showed no ram errors. I'll try the hdd test program listed above.

 

[mm1352000]

"26/10/2013 5:58:30 AM";"Windows Error Reporting";"(0)";"Information";"Fault bucket 3757442282, type 5 Event Name: RADAR_PRE_LEAK_32 Response: Not available Cab Id: 0 Problem signature: P1: PowerDVDCinema13.exe P2: 13.0.3104.0 P3: 6.1.7601.2.1.0 P4: P5: P6: P7: P8: P9: P10: Attached files: C:\Users\Mediacenter\AppData\Local\Temp\RDREDB9.tmp\empty.txt These files may be available here: Analysis symbol: Rechecking for solution: 0 Report Id: cff0866b-3daf-11e3-b435-50465d6809c4 Report Status: 16";"1001"

[2013-10-26 05:58:44,828] [Error ] [MPMain ] [ERROR] - DVDPlayer:OnDvdEvent() Object reference not set to an instance of an object. Core at MediaPortal.Player.DVDPlayer.OnDvdEvent()

Why would PowerDVD Cinema be referenced?

There are quite a lot of entries in the system log at around that time. Not sure what they mean.

 

[goughy]

I wasn't here, but my kid was watching a dvd when it froze. Would have been early this morning, ago the time kind of fits. I think I need to record the time the freezes are happening then check these logs again. Not that they mean anything to me.

 

[goughy]

So had another 2 freezes this afternoon, one while watching something, and the other while we weren't so I can't be 100% sure of what time the freeze happened. I took the logs, and in both cases the last recorded logfile before the freeze would have happened is from mptvseries. The freeze while we were watching occurred pretty much on the dot of when the log happened. Also, when I rebooted for the second freeze I entered bios and checked the cpu temp and it was at 51*c, the motherboard at 39*c. But it could have been frozen for up to 40 minutes in this case. And this time the mp gui was not open, it was on the standard windows screen.

OK, one stupid question, but I don't want to do through the whole process of uninstalling and re-installing mediaportal again. But is there a way I can completely freeze all elements of mp so it's like it's not there (like a titanium backup freeze in android). I think I'm gonna just run with wmc for a week or so and see if it still happens. All I can work out to do at the moment is keep trying different things.

 

[Owlsroost]

But is there a way I can completely freeze all elements of mp so it's like it's not there

MP (client) has no background processes if it's not running itself, so just don't run it.

For TV server, open the Windows 'Services' control panel and stop the TV service, then set the 'Startup type' to 'disabled'.

 

[goughy]

Cool, thanks for that owlsroost. I'll also disable the mp tray and extended mp. And just keep winging things I think.