MP suddenly started crashing soon after startup - HELP! (1 Viewer)

[RobNorthcott]

TV-Server Version: n/a
MediaPortal Version: 0.2.3.0 "stable"
MediaPortal Skin: Blue 2 wide
Windows Version: XP SP2
CPU Type: Athlon64 3200
HDD: Seagate 160GB SATA
Memory: 1GB DDR2
Motherboard: MSI, nVidia chipset (can't remember exact model)
Motherboard Chipset: nForce
Motherboard Bios:
Video Card: GeForce FX5200 PCI
Video Card Driver:
Sound Card: On board
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Hauppauge HVR3000
1. TV Card Type: Hybrid (I'm only using DVB-S at the moment)
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: nVidia Purevideo (and dscaler for DVD)
MPEG2 Audio Codec: nVidia
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion silver
Cooling:
Power Supply: Antec 450W
Remote: Microsoft
TV: Samsung 26" wide lcd
TV - HTPC Connection: VGA

Sorry if this has been discussed before - I searched and couldn't find anything the same as my problem.

My MP was working perfectly for months (apart from the odd random hang, but only very rarely). Then last night it just wouldn't work - it crashes with a Windows "MP has encountered an error and needs to close" message a few seconds after startup, even if it's just left on the main menu without doing anything. The only thing that would have changed between working and not working is AVG updates and possibly EPG updates. Windows updates are set to manual, so wouldn't have happened on their own.

I tried a few things without any luck:
- Deleted the webepg xml file in case that was corrupt or something.
- Checked for any silly/corrupt scheduled recordings (the log says something about recording).
- Uninstalled and reinstalled MP in case it was a corrupt EXE.

It all seems to work fine for the few seconds it'll stay running - if I go straight to live TV the tuner card looks to be working as it should.

I'm stuck - any ideas why it should suddenly go wrong with nothing apparently changed? Logs attached.

Thanks in advance.

Rob

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Try deleting mediaportal.xml Copy it somewhere in case you need to restore.

If that does not work, try same with tvdatabase, these usually get corrupted by interrupted shutdown.

 

[RobNorthcott]

Thanks for that Ray, I'll try that tonight (I'm at work now) and let you know if that fixes it.
Would those two xml files not have been replaced when I uninstalled and reinstalled MP?

Rob

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Depends whether you selected keep settings or not, whoops just remembered that's not in stable release.

So the config files are left on uninstalling.

 

[RobNorthcott]

Deleting the tvdatabase seems to have fixed the crashing - thanks

Annoyingly I had to retune all my channels because restoring a channel list I had saved (well before the problem occured) cocks it all up again. What a pain in the arse :/

But it's working. Thanks again,

Rob