TV Server loses connection to Tuner card (1 Viewer)

[norkmeister]

TV-Server Version: 1.0
MediaPortal Version: 1.0
MediaPortal Skin: default
Windows Version: xp sp3
CPU Type: Intel P4 2.4 GHz
HDD: Seagate 200 GB
Memory: 1.5 GB DDR 400 PC-3200
Motherboard: Foxcon
Video Card: nVidia GeForce 6200
Video Card Driver: 6.14.11.8122
Sound Card: Realtek AC'91 Audio
Sound Card AC3: None
Sound Card Driver: 5.10.0.5950
1. TV Card: AverMedia A16AR Hybrid
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: 3.5.0.65
2. TV Card:
2. TV Card Type:
2. TV Card Driver:
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: default mediaportyal
MPEG2 Audio Codec: MPA Decoder filter
h.264 Video Codec: ffdshow
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Silverstone LC11M
Cooling:
Power Supply:
Remote: iMOD Pad
TV:
TV - HTPC Connection: DVI


Hi,

I have this problem where mediaportal stops playing the TV channel I am watching and reports that it has lost contact with the Tuner card. When I restart the computer it comes back and works again. I have been log diving and have found the following from the error.log

2009-02-14 17:38:02.187500 [TVService]: Exception :Error: DatabaseUnavailableUnclassified
Gentle.Common.GentleException: The database backend (provider SQLServer) could not be reached.
Check the connection string: Password=redacted;Persist Security Info=True;User ID=sa;Initial Catalog=MpTvDb;Data Source=htpc\SQLEXPRESS;Connection Timeout=300; ---> System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Cannot open database "MpTvDb" requested by the login. The login failed.
Login failed for user 'sa'.

but this only appears to be a startup issue. Immediately before this I get:

2009-02-14 17:29:09.015625 [Scheduler timer]: card: unable to connect to slave controller at:htpc
2009-02-14 17:29:09.031250 [Scheduler timer]: card: unable to connect to slave controller at:htpc
2009-02-14 17:29:09.031250 [Scheduler timer]: card: unable to connect to slave controller at:htpc
2009-02-14 17:29:09.031250 [Scheduler timer]: card: unable to connect to slave controller at:htpc
2009-02-14 17:29:09.046875 [Scheduler timer]: card: unable to connect to slave controller at:htpc

and at the same timestamp in the TV.log I get this:

2009-02-14 17:29:50.234375 [HeartBeatMonitor]: Controller: Heartbeat Monitor - kicking idle user htpc
2009-02-14 17:29:50.250000 [HeartBeatMonitor]: Controller: StopTimeShifting 1
2009-02-14 17:29:50.265625 [HeartBeatMonitor]: card AVerMedia BDA DVBT Tuner: StopTimeShifting user:htpc sub:0
2009-02-14 17:29:50.265625 [HeartBeatMonitor]: card: StopTimeShifting user:htpc sub:0
2009-02-14 17:29:50.265625 [HeartBeatMonitor]: card not IDLE - freeing subch: 0
2009-02-14 17:29:50.265625 [HeartBeatMonitor]: subch:0-0 tswriter StopTimeshifting...
2009-02-14 17:29:50.296875 [HeartBeatMonitor]: tvcard:FreeSubChannel:1 #0 keep graph=False
2009-02-14 17:29:50.296875 [HeartBeatMonitor]: DVB subch:0 Decompose()
2009-02-14 17:29:50.296875 [HeartBeatMonitor]: FreeSubChannel CA: freeing sub channel : 0
2009-02-14 17:29:50.312500 [HeartBeatMonitor]: tvcard:FreeAllSubChannels:
2009-02-14 17:29:50.312500 [HeartBeatMonitor]: dvbtopGraph
2009-02-14 17:29:50.500000 [HeartBeatMonitor]: user:htpc remove
2009-02-14 17:29:50.500000 [HeartBeatMonitor]: Controller:Timeshifting stopped on card:1

This is a pretty fresh installation, only a week old. The login failure is a phurphy because I have confirmed the password with this command:

osql -U sa -S htpc\SQLEXPRESSosql -U sa -S htpc\SQLEXPRESS

Which allows me to login as expected with the password in the SQL connection string.

Can anyone help with this? If I can't get the machine reliable I will have to go back to Windows XP MCE.

 

[norkmeister]

It just happened again. This time it seemed to co-incide with it trying to change channels to record a scheduled show (I only have 1 tuner).

 

[norkmeister]

network problem

I have noticed that this might be related to my wireless network dropping out. It seems to correlate. Is it possible to configure the TV server not to access itself over the network or force it to you the loopback address to connect to iteself?

 

[rekenaar]

Try the MSLoopback instructions.

 

[norkmeister]

Thanks



I think this will do the trick.