Tv Playback hang with series enabled (2 Viewers)

[itbeyond]

I have spent a load of time setting up my 1.1 rc 1 system for testing and have found what I think is a bug in TVSeries. I installed and reinstalled the entire MP system twice to test this and had the same results. What I think is causing the issue is that the thetvdb.com was down all afternoon in Australia and this was when I have been setting up the system. I installed/re-installed 1.1rc1 then went thru basic config (enough to get my tv to work - applied saf, basic settings) then fired up the MP system and watched TV - no problems. I then moved on and installed Online Videos, Moving Pictures, TVSeries and then the MPStreamed skin. I reapplied SAF (just in case) and then fired up TV (note thetvdb.com site was not responding) I went into TV and it would show the screen and then hang both audio and video - I could see a paused picture on the screen and no sound. I was able to operate the remotes to stop and try to play TV again - same result however I got a periodic high pitch noise and still no pic - this seemed to be intermittent however TV was basically hung each time. I then disabled only TVSeries from MP conf and tried to run TV again this time it worked - at least it did not crash (PS: I tested with both MPStreamed and BlueWide - same results on all above tests).

So once Series was disabled and TV was running I noticed significant blocky display - I disabled the RSS ticker and this problem also went away. I will do the test again when thetvdb.com site is running however this may not be tonight.

I am unsure if you want specs and logs and can send these however I suspect the issue may be replicated by running the PC without internet access to thetvdb.com - I will add to this report when the site is up again.

Ok once I was able to access thetvdb.com this morning the TV playback worked correctly without issue - This seems very strange however this is what was happening. I am unsure if this needs any investigation but there you go.

 

[Ausir]

I just found out that MyTVSeries is bugging my installation of MediaPortal.

I got HUGE delays/freezes when trying to play any video (MyVideo, MovingPicture, files local, files on network-location). Did check setups for samba etc, all worked. Disabled MyTVSeries (not the first I tried...) and now MyVideos and MovingPictures are working again! Could it be something with the DB? I added quite a few shows this morning and after that it went haywire.

 

[SirLoinOfBee]

I'm having the same issue.
I found that the only way to watch videos without MediaPortal freezing up altogether was to disable TV-Series.
I uninstalled both MediaPortal and TV-Series, then installed the latest versions of both.
All seemed ok at first, then pretty much as soon as TV-Series started rebuilding its database, the issue re-surfaced.

Any thoughts on a solution?

 

[SirLoinOfBee]

I have removed the 3 series that I most recently added, and this seems to have now resolved the issue. I'm not sure what's wrong with all / some of these files, but it seems that when they are entered into the database it causes MediaPortal to crap itself.

 

[Ausir]

SirLoin, did you manually add the shows, episode by episode, or did they get automagically added to the db? Since a few versions back I've had problems with the regexp (never bothered to learn to use it) and have been forced to add them manually.

 

[itbeyond]

Ausir your problems sound similar to mine. After my initial troubles with My Series I now have it working however I do believe there is an issue when the DB is trying to build as this was occurring during my setup when thetvdb.com was unavailable. Glad it is not only me with this problem. It does seem to have settled down now however I have not recorded any more shows or adding data to the monitored folders.

 

[Ausir]

itbeyond: Did you rebuild the db when thetvdb.com was up and running, and now it's working? =)

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Any one using a wireless network, that could account for some freezing whilst updating tvseries and using RSS, if so and using singleseat setup, try the MSLoopback adapter.

 

[itbeyond]

Ausir - Yes I did however I just tonight disabled it as I was still having problems with My TV playback - ot still seems then when TV Series is enabled in my config that the My TV stops working occasionally - it happens about 3 seconds after the TV starts playing on the screen - TV comes on sound works then stops both pic and sound - I can stop and start the TV and it someetimes comes back however I find that if I change channels in TV Guide before I start the TV it can be better. I just disabled it from my config and everything works 100% all the time - so there is something going on with My Series overall.

Paranoid Delusion - No I am on 100MB hard wire UTP link. I also note above that My Series is breaking My TV when enabled in the Home menu - it seems to be less of an issue if I leave My Series in the My Plugins menus for some reason - it appears that whatever My Series does when it is shown on the screen it is causing some error - I must note the during my testing today I had been into My Series to show someone it working and then tried to fire up My TV and it hung.

David

 

[SirLoinOfBee]

I managed to resolve the issue for myself by removing the files of the latest 3 seasons I had added to the database. One of the episodes was corrupt and would not play in anything, MediaPortal or otherwise. I suspect TV Series was perhaps getting stuck trying to get mediainfo from this file? Anyway, I've since added new episodes to other shows without any hassles. Hope that helps you, but you may of course have similar symptoms with an entirely different cause. Good luck working it out!