MP crashes upon clicking "Search for Images" in Movie Database (1 Viewer)

Juggels

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TV-Server Version: 1.0 RC1
MediaPortal Version: 1.0 RC1 (SVN-Snapshot:-06-07-2008 02-05h - Revision:19311)
MediaPortal Skin: Aeon Wide
Windows Version: Vista 32bit Ultimate Dutch (UAC disabled)

Error description
Ever since I upgraded to 1.0 RC1 I have been experiencing the following...

When I add a new movie to the database it looks up the information on IMDB and searches for an image. Whenever I wouldn't agree with the image I used to press the 'Search for Images' button and it would give me a nice overview of the items that it had found.

Since my upgrade however it keeps on crashing almost instantly after I press the button. The error it returns me is in Dutch so i translated it somewhat. It's about an unhandled exception saying "The path has an invalid format". This has happened to me with all movies so far and it is getting a bit frustrating :( It also doesn't matter if I use a local image or an online image, every time I press the button it happens.

What have I done myself to find the cause:
* Tried different importing engines (both IMDB and MovieMeter),
* Tried deleting the database and starting over, but to no avail,
* Checked all Mediaportal logs, it doesn't write anything in here,
* Checked the windows event log, no record of any crashes here either

The original error message is in the attachment, i hope this helps somehow.
 

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Juggels

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Hmmz some more I tried...

Tried to reinstall MediaPortal RC1 (without any SVN), and the problem persists...

Installed 0.2.3.0, and the problem was gone. Installed RC1 again and the problem returned :(
 

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    Hi,
    I'm not seeing this here, so not able to confirm. Attach your configuration.log to your post after a crash like that maybe something can lighting it up.

    Regards
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    Juggels

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    As requested: the configuration.log file... I looked through it and cannot see anything strange, hopefully you can see something...
     

    ronilse

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    Hi,
    Not much in the log, see that you use some 3'rd party plugins so you could try a clean install(copy MediaPortal folders to a safe place, uninstall -> delete MP folder(C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\), you also need to backup/delete MediaPortal user folder(C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\), reboot & reinstall MediaPortal+ latest SVN & test again).
    Gonna test a bit more & see if something shows up here...

    Regards
    Roy
     

    Juggels

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    Hi,
    Not much in the log, see that you use some 3'rd party plugins so you could try a clean install(copy MediaPortal folders to a safe place, uninstall -> delete MP folder(C:\Program Files\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\), you also need to backup/delete MediaPortal user folder(C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\), reboot & reinstall MediaPortal+ latest SVN & test again).
    Gonna test a bit more & see if something shows up here...

    Regards
    Roy

    Did this a few minutes ago...

    Added 'The Matrix' in the video database, and pressed 'look for images' on the coverart tab, the error still appears...

    If only those Windows error message were a little less cryptic...
     

    Juggels

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    Hooray: progress...

    I've opened the sqlite database file while adding a new movie in order to 'debug' a bit myself, and I noticed the following (long story coming):

    The steps
    * Open the MP Configuration and open the Movie Database on the 'Editor tab'
    * Select title = 'New...'
    * Change 'New...' to e.g. 'The matrix' and press Lookup
    * Select the movie from the IMDB result box and press OK

    * When I now open the VideoDatabaseV5.db3 and open the 'movie' table I can see the newly created record (idmovie=1, idpath=1).
    * When I open the 'path' table, I can see a record for idPath=1, with a strPath of 'unknown' and a cdlabel of 'unknown'

    * I now go straight to the 'Coverart' section in the MP Configuration, and press 'Search for Images' (so I have not selected a movie file yet). At this moment my error occurs.

    * So far in the database nothing has changed.

    * When I now remove the default value under 'Files' in the MP Configuration and press 'Save' I can still see the record with idPath=1 in the database under the 'path' table.

    * I now add a movie file to the 'Files' section of the MP Configuration and press 'Save'. I can now see a new record in the 'path' table with idPath=2 and the correct strPath.

    * When I press the 'Search for Images' button now the app still gives me the described error.

    * I now remove the record in the 'path' table with idPath=1, and press the 'Search for Images' button. Also, in the 'movie' table for this movie, idPath is still set to 1 (instead of what I think should be 2).
    Now i don't see the error anymore, but I see a nice list of results with covers that can be downloaded. When I try to save this movie now however, it disappears because it tries to find idPath=1 in the 'path' table I think.

    The conclusion
    I hope this somewhat long story helps you in finding out what could be wrong!
     

    Juggels

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    Another update: found myself a workaround by adding the files before saving the movie for the first time, somehow the paths etc are then kept correctly and the error message won't occur.
     

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