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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 1221474" data-attributes="member: 82144">Here's the problem:[2017-05-13 13:23:46,279] [Log&nbsp; &nbsp; ] [TVService] [INFO ] - Controller: local ip address:169.254.229.239[2017-05-13 13:23:46,326] [Log&nbsp; &nbsp; ] [TVService] [INFO ] - Controller: server running on Server-PC...and earlier:[2017-05-12 21:08:36,550] [Log&nbsp; &nbsp; ] [TVService] [INFO ] - Controller: local ip address:127.0.0.1[2017-05-12 21:08:36,613] [Log&nbsp; &nbsp; ] [TVService] [INFO ] - Controller: server running on Server-PCI'm not sure how knowledgeable you are when it comes to networking, but in short: it looks like your server's network adapter does not have a valid address... at least at the time MediaPortal's TV Server starts up. Without a proper address the clients won't be able to stream live TV or recordings (though using MediaPortal on the server won't be a problem, because in that case MediaPortal accesses the timeshift/recording files directly rather than streaming them), and I'd imagine you could expect a raft of other problems (such as the homegroup thing you mentioned) too.So, how is your network setup?I mean, do you have a router or switch that everything connects to?...and is that router or switch configured to assign network addresses (via DHCP) to the devices that connect to it?...or have you configured static IP addresses on some or all of your devices?To summarise: in the simplest possible terms, it looks like you have network problems... and as such, no amount of uninstalling and reinstalling MP will help. To solve the problems with MP you're going to have to get to the bottom of the network problems.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 1221474, member: 82144"] Here's the problem: [2017-05-13 13:23:46,279] [Log ] [TVService] [INFO ] - Controller: local ip address:[B]169.254.229.239[/B] [2017-05-13 13:23:46,326] [Log ] [TVService] [INFO ] - Controller: server running on Server-PC ...and earlier: [2017-05-12 21:08:36,550] [Log ] [TVService] [INFO ] - Controller: local ip address:[B]127.0.0.1[/B] [2017-05-12 21:08:36,613] [Log ] [TVService] [INFO ] - Controller: server running on Server-PC I'm not sure how knowledgeable you are when it comes to networking, but in short: it looks like your server's network adapter does not have a valid address... at least at the time MediaPortal's TV Server starts up. Without a proper address the clients won't be able to stream live TV or recordings (though using MediaPortal on the server won't be a problem, because in that case MediaPortal accesses the timeshift/recording files directly rather than streaming them), and I'd imagine you could expect a raft of other problems (such as the homegroup thing you mentioned) too. So, how is your network setup? I mean, do you have a router or switch that everything connects to? ...and is that router or switch configured to assign network addresses (via DHCP) to the devices that connect to it? ...or have you configured static IP addresses on some or all of your devices? To summarise: in the simplest possible terms, it looks like you have network problems... and as such, no amount of uninstalling and reinstalling MP will help. To solve the problems with MP you're going to have to get to the bottom of the network problems. [/QUOTE]

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