[no Bug] RC2 Nightmare - please help me (1 Viewer)

[samfromaus]

MediaPortal Version: 1.1 RC2
MediaPortal Skin: streamed MP v1.0.2
Windows Version: Windows 7 64bit
CPU Type: I7 920
HDD: 36gig Raptor (OS) WD 1.5tb (Data)
Memory: 6gig Cosair 1333mhz
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EX58A-UD3R
Video Card: Sapphire Readon 4850 1gig
Video Card Driver: 8.681.0.0
Sound Card: On board Realtek HD Audio 5.1
Sound Card AC3: Don't know (FFDSHOW?)
Sound Card Driver: 6.0.1.6029
1. TV Card: Hauppauge
1. TV Card Type: WinTV HVR-2200
1. TV Card Driver: 7.3.0.26198
MPEG2 Video Codec: Don't know (FFDSHOW?)
MPEG2 Audio Codec: Don't know (FFDSHOW?)
h.264 Video Codec: Don't know (FFDSHOW?)
HTPC Case: Lian Li PC-A17A
Cooling: Noctua - NH-C12P SE14 HSF 2x120mm and 1x140mm case fan
Power Supply: Seasonic X-Series 750w
Remote:Logitech: DiNovo Edge
TV: Sony Bravia 40inch
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI


Hi All.

I have been using Mediaportal for about 12months now, this is my first time posting. Late last night I decided to upgrade to RC2 and since I have had nothing but problems. Due to me not seeing the article on the website before updating I had all sorts of problems which basically ended in me doing a complete re install of MP, TV-Series and Moving Pictures.

This morning it seemed as if everything was working properly. I needed to do some recording today so I tested power scheduler and it worked as I would have expected.

I had set up Mediaportal to tape the Chinese Grand Prix today, however, when I went to watch it tonight the first thing I noticed was my C Drive was totally full after having a little more then 2gig before starting. At this point I need to state my TV server and recording folder are on my 1.5tb drive where there is plenty of space.

As it turned out my recording had not worked at all. it died about 5min in. What is also odd is I can't see the file anywhere in Windows even though it appears in MP. After clearing some space on my C Drive I decided to do a test recording to see if my file paths were working properly, this is where I found my TV server was totally stuffed. The TV guide (from DVB) no longer works. If I try to watch a channel I get an 'unknown error'

I then tried to do a re scan in the TV Server setup where I get a message in red saying 'No Signal'. At this point I tested the card in Windows Media Centre and it detects channels fine So I believe the card is working properly.

I tried to preview an existing channel in TV Server setup where I get the message "Preview Failed: unknown error" I have rebooted, restarted the service but nothing is working.

At the moment I have 2.6gb on my C Drive, As I said my TV Server is on a totally different drive but could this be a problem?

I have attached some TV server logs (TV, EPG, ERROR from TV Server Logs and Mediaportal log) I hope this is the right thing to do? Please let me know if there is anything else that I need to add. I think media portal as a fantastic piece of software and really appreciate the time and effort people put into creating and supporting it.

Regards

Sam

 

[samfromaus]

SOLVED Re: RC2 Nightmare - please help me

Hi,

I'm either about to be very embarrassed or MP has done something very odd.

Having a look in MediaPortal.log I find the following:

2010-04-18 20:45:56.345012 [Info.][MPMain(1)]: Database - C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\Database

Im am positive the shortcut to the DB con-fig points to D:\ and not to C:\

Furthermore:

2010-04-18 15:53:03.563233 [scheduler thread(9)]: Scheduler : record to C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\recordings\LIVE_ Formula 1 Pre-Race Show - ONE HD - 2010-04-18.ts
2010-04-18 15:53:03.563233 [scheduler thread(9)]: Recorder.start add audioVideoEventHandler
2010-04-18 15:53:03.563233 [scheduler thread(9)]: card: StartRecording 2 C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\recordings\LIVE_ Formula 1 Pre-Race Show - ONE HD - 2010-04-18.ts
2010-04-18 15:53:03.563233 [scheduler thread(9)]: StartRecording to C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\recordings\LIVE_ Formula 1 Pre-Race Show - ONE HD - 2010-04-18.ts
2010-04-18 15:53:03.563233 [scheduler thread(9)]: subch:1 StartRecord(C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\recordings\LIVE_ Formula 1 Pre-Race Show - ONE HD - 2010-04-18.ts)

Explains C:\ having no space left

And finally:

2010-04-18 19:02:30.312868 [TVService(5)]: Controller: card MediaPortal IPTV Source Filter: current timeshiftpath = D:\Media Portal Time Shift
2010-04-18 19:02:30.312868 [TVService(5)]: Controller: card Hauppauge WinTV-7164 BDA DVBT Tuner: current timeshiftpath = C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer
2010-04-18 19:02:30.312868 [TVService(5)]: Controller: card Hauppauge WinTV-7164 BDA DVBT Tuner: current timeshiftpath = C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer
2010-04-18 19:02:30.312868 [TVService(5)]: Controller: card Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog TV Tuner: current timeshiftpath = C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer
2010-04-18 19:02:30.312868 [TVService(5)]: Controller: card Hauppauge WinTV-7164 Analog TV Tuner: current timeshiftpath = C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer
2010-04-18 19:02:30.312868 [TVService(5)]: Controller: card RadioWebStream Card (builtin): current timeshiftpath = C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer

I don't understand what MediaPortal IPTV Source Filter is but it has the correct path (D:\Media Portal Time Shift) the rest do not.

I am at work so can't check my setup until later today.

I would like to apologize for not checking these logs first, it was getting late on a Sunday and I was a little grumpy (no excuse I know!).

I will double check the paths in a few hours and update but I would like to thank everyone that took the time to read my post and logs.

Regards

Sam

 

[samfromaus]

Hi all.

embarrassingly this was all user error. I did not check the button to use the same path for all cards, hense only the default card was pointed to the correct folder. The others were still point to the C drive.

I was then able to fix the corrupt DB using the repair command detailed here
https://forum.team-mediaportal.com/...d-tv-server-90/tv-server-unknown-error-80366/

Thanks again to all who took the time to look.

Sam

 

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