Installation problem (1 Viewer)

[wjw]

TV-Server Version:
MediaPortal Version: 1.0.1
MediaPortal Skin: Blue3 Wide
Windows Version: Vista Home Premium SP1
CPU Type: Intel Core Duo E8200 2.66 Ghz
HDD: Western Digital 750Gb
Memory: Kingston 2x1 Gb
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H GeForce 7100
Video Card: GeForce 7100
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card:
Sound Card AC3: Optical Out
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Hauppauge Wintv HVR4000
1. TV Card Type: DVB-S
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec:
MPEG2 Audio Codec:
h.264 Video Codec: Cyberlink/DIVX/MPC/ffdshow/CoreAVC
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Astra 28E
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote:
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

Because of hardware "adjustments" I have had to do a complete reinstall of MP. It has always worked before, but now I get an immediate crash when starting MP. I have tried with MP 1.0 and 1.0.2. I did a full de-install first and then deleted the leftover directories. Install seems to work OK but fails immediately.

Full logs are attached, but the problem seems to be in the following:

2009-06-11 16:38:18.064880 [ERROR][MPMain]: MediaPortal: Unhandled exception occured
2009-06-11 16:38:18.069880 [ERROR][MPMain]: Exception ystem.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: Configuration system failed to initialize ---> System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: Root element is missing. (C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\MediaPortal.exe.config) ---> System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowWithoutLineInfo(String res)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReader.Read()
at System.Configuration.XmlUtil..ctor(Stream stream, String name, Boolean readToFirstElement, ConfigurationSchemaErrors schemaErrors)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.InitConfigFromFile()
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationSchemaErrors.ThrowIfErrors(Boolean ignoreLocal)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ThrowIfParseErrors(ConfigurationSchemaErrors schemaErrors)
at System.Configuration.BaseConfigurationRecord.ThrowIfInitErrors()
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.EnsureInit(String configKey)
--- End of inner exception stack trace ---
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.EnsureInit(String configKey)
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.PrepareClientConfigSystem(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigSystem.GetSection(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.get_AppSettings()
at MediaPortalApp.Main(String[] args)
2009-06-11 16:38:18.070880 [ERROR][MPMain]: Exception :Configuration system failed to initialize
2009-06-11 16:38:18.070880 [ERROR][MPMain]: site :Void EnsureInit(System.String)
2009-06-11 16:38:18.070880 [ERROR][MPMain]: source ystem.Configuration
2009-06-11 16:38:18.071880 [ERROR][MPMain]: stacktrace: at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.EnsureInit(String configKey)
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.PrepareClientConfigSystem(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ClientConfigurationSystem.System.Configuration.Internal.IInternalConfigSystem.GetSection(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection(String sectionName)
at System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.get_AppSettings()
at MediaPortalApp.Main(String[] args)


Can someone please help me to understand what is missing (and hopefully why) when all I've done really is delete one installation of MP and then tried to replace it.

 

[wjw]

Quick edit, forgot to attach the logs!

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

One of the main errors I can see is the tvdatabasev21.db, did you use the import tool, as there were some changes and that no longer worked with 1.0.2, you needed to use the updated version to make a backup.

I know it's a hassle, but did you fully delete the Vista = C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal or

c:\users\"your name without quotes"\AppData\VirtualStore\Program Files\MyApp\UserData contents (both hidden, so that needs to be enabled under organize\folder options\view).

 

[wjw]

Thanks for the suggestions. I have long since unset the "hidden files" tag so had already deleted the C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal folder - but I didn't know about the other ones (the path on Vista is slightly different to the one you gave but not hard to find).

Deleting these has helped - I think - since I then saw error messages that led me to conclude that the copy of the install kit I had saved was corrupt. I downloaded a new 1.0.2 and that has installed successfully.

However, I still can't install 1.0 - which I would prefer since that lets me use the Cyberlink h264 codec whereas 1.0.2 doesn't. When I try to install 1.0 (from a fresh copy I downloaded today) I get the message "download of settings file failed. Check your Explorer settings and try again".

Any idea what this might mean?