[fixed] No connection to TV Server (1 Viewer)

[elliottmc]

Yep, there's no question that this is the problem. However, nothing useful logged.

To reproduce this, just find the entry for 'channel' in MediaPortal.xml, delete it, run MP and go to the TV guide. Boom.

Can anyone else verify this, to make sure it isn't just me?

 

[Holzi]

Yep, there's no question that this is the problem. However, nothing useful logged.

To reproduce this, just find the entry for 'channel' in MediaPortal.xml, delete it, run MP and go to the TV guide. Boom.

Can anyone else verify this, to make sure it isn't just me?

I can not confirm this! If I delete "channel" in mediaportal.xml it defaults to the first channel in the channel group after entering the TVGuide in MP and writes this as "channel" in the mediaportal.xml.




PS: Did you only delete the channel name in <entry name="channel">Das Erste HD</entry> or the whole tag <entry name="channel">Das Erste HD</entry>. In my test I deleted the whole tag.

 

[elliottmc]

I deleted the whole tag. Are you on singleseat? I am on multiseat, not that it ought to matter. This is 100% reproducible for me.

 

[Holzi]

Yes, I'm on single seat.
I guess we need more testers since it is really a 1min test.

 

[elliottmc]

Yes, I'm on single seat.
I guess we need more testers since it is really a 1min test.

It may also depend on what channel number is returned. I am adding logging to try to get to the bottom of this.

Mark

 

[Holzi]

Yes, I'm on single seat.
I guess we need more testers since it is really a 1min test.

It may also depend on what channel number is returned. I am adding logging to try to get to the bottom of this.

Mark

Here is a related team thread posted by Mike in mantis: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/issue-with-epg.109917/
From MP 1.2.x to MP 1.3.x the TVGuide behaviour was changed in a way that always the latest channel is focused. In MP 1.2.x always the first channel of the channel group was focused by default.

 

[elliottmc]

Yes, I'm on single seat.
I guess we need more testers since it is really a 1min test.

It may also depend on what channel number is returned. I am adding logging to try to get to the bottom of this.

Mark

Here is a related team thread posted by Mike in mantis: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/issue-with-epg.109917/
From MP 1.2.x to MP 1.3.x the TVGuide behaviour was changed in a way that always the latest channel is focused. In MP 1.2.x always the first channel of the channel group was focused by default.

Yes, this is kind of the point. However, the commit that introduced it changed so many things that I think it would be hard to work out what is needed and what is not.

Best to try to debug the problem.

 

[Holzi]

It may also depend on what channel number is returned. I am adding logging to try to get to the bottom of this.

Mark

Here is a related team thread posted by Mike in mantis: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/issue-with-epg.109917/
From MP 1.2.x to MP 1.3.x the TVGuide behaviour was changed in a way that always the latest channel is focused. In MP 1.2.x always the first channel of the channel group was focused by default.

Yes, this is kind of the point. However, the commit that introduced it changed so many things that I think it would be hard to work out what is needed and what is not.

Best to try to debug the problem.

I don't know how hard it is but @jameson_uk already provided a patch to revert the behaviour back to MP 1.2.x -> https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/issue-with-epg.109917/page-4#post-888230 . There is also a "fix" from @mm1352000 here for another problem: https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/threads/issue-with-epg.109917/page-4#post-888373 - Seems like this team thread got kinda lost.

 

[elliottmc]

With added logging as follows:

    private void LoadSettings()
    {
      using (Settings xmlreader = new MPSettings())
      {
        String channelName = xmlreader.GetValueAsString("mytv", "channel", String.Empty);
        TvBusinessLayer layer = new TvBusinessLayer();
        IList<Channel> channels = layer.GetChannelsByName(channelName);

Log.Error("LoadSettings running");


        if (channels != null && channels.Count > 0)
        {
          _currentChannel = channels[0];
        }
        PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel();

and

    private void PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel()
    {
      _cursorX = 0;
      _cursorY = 1; // cursor should be on the program guide item
      ChannelOffset = 0;

Log.Error("PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel() running");


      // Attempt to position to the current channel in the new list of channels.  If the channel is not in
      // the group then the first channel in the group is selected.
      bool channelInGroup = false;
      for (int i = 0; i < _channelList.Count; i++)
      {
        Channel chan = ((GuideChannel)_channelList[i]).channel;
        if (chan.IdChannel == _currentChannel.IdChannel)
        {
          _cursorX = i;
          channelInGroup = true;
          break;
        }
      }
      if (channelInGroup)
      {
        Log.Error("PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel: channelInGroup is true!");
        while (_cursorX >= _channelCount)
        {
          _cursorX -= _channelCount;
          ChannelOffset += _channelCount;
        }
          Log.Error("PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel: channelInGroup is true!");
          Log.Error("_cursorx = {0}. ChannelOffset = {1}", _cursorX, ChannelOffset);
      }
      else
      {
          Log.Error("PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel: channelInGroup is false!");
          ChannelOffset = 1;
      }
    }

all I see in logs is

2012-12-15 18:20:33.899000 [ERROR][MPMain(1)]: LoadSettings running
2012-12-15 18:20:33.900000 [ERROR][MPMain(1)]: PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel() running

So why doesn't it get to the second bit of logging in PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel ?

 

[Holzi]

I think we need a dev here.