[fixed] No connection to TV Server (4 Viewers)

[elliottmc]

Specifically, we need @jameson_uk

Regarding reverting this behaviour, we did vote within the team, and decided that actually this (going to the last-used channel) is good, so we should not revert without more discussion.

However, jameson_uk's fix is very simple if it works (I assume it does) so it is far better than having what I am seeing. We should definitely consider it.

 

[elliottmc]

With this

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

Log.Error("PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel() running");
Log.Error("PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel() _channelList.count = {0}, _currentChannel.IdChannel = {1}", _channelList.Count, _currentChannel.IdChannel);


      // 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;

Log.Error("PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel() about to break");

          break;
        }
      }

        Log.Error("PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel: finished the loop");


      if (channelInGroup)
      {
        Log.Error("PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel: channelInGroup is true!");
        while (_cursorX >= _channelCount)
        {
          _cursorX -= _channelCount;
          ChannelOffset += _channelCount;
        }
          Log.Error("_cursorx = {0}. ChannelOffset = {1}", _cursorX, ChannelOffset);
      }
      else
      {
          Log.Error("PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel: channelInGroup is false!");
          ChannelOffset = 1;
      }
    }

all I see in the log is

2012-12-15 19:33:03.204400 [ERROR][MPMain(1)]: LoadSettings running
2012-12-15 19:33:03.206400 [ERROR][MPMain(1)]: PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel() running
2012-12-15 19:33:03.232400 [ERROR][MPMain(1)]: ProcessWindows exception:System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at TvPlugin.TvGuideBase.Process()

Am I doing something wrong with the logging so that

Log.Error("PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel() _channelList.count = {0}, _currentChannel.IdChannel = {1}", _channelList.Count, _currentChannel.IdChannel);

does nothing?

 

[elliottmc]

Tested jameson_uk's fix, and I can confirm that removing all calls to PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel fixes the problem in that the EPG never gets corrupted. It will always default to the first channel.

So, we either find out what is going wrong, or use the fix we have.

 

[Holzi]

As said before: I have no problem.
@Testers anyone can confirm?

 

[elliottmc]

Okay, done some more work with this, and the fix seems quite simple.

    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);

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

Only call PositionGuideCursorToCurentChannel() if channelName is not the empty string.

For me, after running the EPG once, the 'channel' is correctly set anyway, so this should be enough.

TvPlugin.dll with this change attached for testing.

 

[mm1352000]

Probably the issue is that _channelList is null. A better fix would be to add a check *inside* PositionGuideCursorToCurrentChannel() like so:

if (_channelList == null)
{
  return;
}

...or alternatively, have some logic to set the _channelList as the first channel group in this case.

Edit: _currentChannel could also be null, so that should be checked too.

 

[TLD]

elliottmc i tried your fix as mm thought my problem posted here " https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...ient-after-update-to-1-3b.114636/#post-943978 " could be related to this and it did not work.

 

[SiLenTYL]

yeh u basically cannot use the tv guide until theres some info inside it...then u can select a channel

 

[TLD]

I have info in my EPG on the other client on a different machine the EPG works fine it's just the client on the TV server that doesn't work it just shows "Missing Label".

 

[mm1352000]

And you've restarted the client since updating?