RC3: Fails on S3 resume - Process still running. (1 Viewer)

[Cadriel]

Hi there,

I use a combination of MediaPortal and the latet MCE Standby Tool to get MediaPortal playing nicely with Standby / Resume functionality.

However - Since doing a fresh install of RC3 I've been having more problems with resume than pre RC3. The main issue I have is mediaportal not closing the process when told. It remains running in Task Manager until I manually kill the process.

The easiest way for me to reproduce this is:
1) Disable the MCE Standby Tool (I.e., set it to not stop or restart MP).
2) Run MP.
3) Put the machine to sleep.
4) Resume the machine.

At this point, I am presented with my machines desktop. If I check the task manager, sure enough - MP is still running.

This appears to cause issues with the likes of MPStandbyHandler since it thinks MP is already running.

When the MCE Standby Tool is setup - mediaportal will restart on Resume, however - there's now 2 processes running. If I were to sleep / resume again - I'd have 3 processes running.

I hope someone can help! I've disabled the watchdog, so have zipped the logs and attached here manually.

Also - It's worth noting that I use DriveXML for backups, so when I say a "clean system" it means I've reverted back to a previous backup, and done a completely fresh install of RC3 - so this shouldn't be related to an upgrade issue.

Any clarification or help would be great, it's really doing my head in!

--
Craig.

TV-Server Version: RC3
MediaPortal Version: RC3
MediaPortal Skin: Indigo 2.0
Windows Version: Vista Ultimate SP1
CPU Type: Intel E8200
HDD: Seagate 1TB
Memory: Corsair XMS2 2GB
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 (Latest F9 BIOS)
Video Card: MSI E8500GT HDMI
Video Card Driver: Geforce 178.13
Sound Card: Onboard Realtek
Sound Card AC3: SPDIF Passthrough
Sound Card Driver: 2.06
1. TV Card: Hauppage HVR2200
1. TV Card Type: 2x DVB-T, 2x Analog
1. TV Card Driver: 4.6b
MPEG2 Video Codec: PowerDVD8 Codec
MPEG2 Audio Codec: Ac3Filter
h.264 Video Codec: PowerDVD8 Codec
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Freeview|HD NZ
HTPC Case: Zalman HD160
Cooling: Zalman 9500
Power Supply: Corsair 450VX
Remote: Logitech Harmony 550
TV: Sony 46" X Series
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

 

[fmarcia]

I've got the same issue: after a standby/resume cycle, TVService is not available for MediaPortal anymore albeit it's still running. I can reproduce this behavior each time I run a standby/resume cycle with my HTPC.

I have to use MPstandbyHandler as a workaround.

Logs attached.

 

[fmarcia]

No answer... that means it's not a bug?

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Has anyone got MovingPictures plugin installed, this can stop MP closing correctly.

With above disabled MP closes fine, but there may be another plugin i do not use that could have a similar effect.

Edit: Just to be clear, this is with MovingPictures 0.5.5c, fforde knows about this and it is fixed in the next release.

 

[fmarcia]

I just added XmlTV and PowerScheduler plugins for TVServer and Wikipedia plugin for the client. I also disabled the topbar plugin for the client.

 

[Cadriel]

I have moving pictures installed. I'll disable it and see if that resolves the issue.

Thanks for the reply!

 

[fmarcia]

Are the bug described here and the new issue #1714 the same?