TV Server no longer working? (1 Viewer)

[DigitalFusio]

MediaPortal Version: 1.0
MediaPortal Skin: StreamedMP
Windows Version: Vista Home Premium SP1
CPU Type: Intel D920 (2.8 Dual)
HDD: WD 120gb - Hitachi 1tb
Memory: 2gb DDR2
Motherboard: Asus P5WD2-Premium
Video Card: ATI Radeon X1900XT
Video Card Driver: CCC 9.1
Sound Card:
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Hauppauge HVR1800
1. TV Card Type: Analog/ATSC
1. TV Card Driver:
2. TV Card: Hauppauge HVR1800
2. TV Card Type: Analog/ATSC
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: FFDShow
MPEG2 Audio Codec: FFDShow
h.264 Video Codec: FFDShow
Satelite/CableTV Provider: US Cable (comcast)
HTPC Case: Thermaltake DH101
Cooling:
Power Supply: Antec 650w
Remote: Gyration
TV: 56in Panasonic HD RPTV
TV - HTPC Connection: Composite (RBG)

I have no idea what happened, but MediaPortal crashed. Then Windows popped up with a message that there was no disc space left on my computer. I ran the disk clean up, and deleted some old recordings. When I fired MP up again, and selected "watch tv" it gave me a screen that asked me to specify the IP address or host name of the TV Server???

It says the computers name for the "current settings".

I dont understand what happened? What can I do now?

 

[tompa]

hi!

you can start tv-server config, and see if server runs and if it previews any channels.

/tompa

 

[DigitalFusio]

If i go into TV Server config, under channels, and click "preview" nothing happens at all. No error messages, no preview. I even let it sit for 4 minutes to see if something would happen.


edit: I also went in and restarted the TV Service, and restarted the computer. I still have the same issue.

 

[tompa]

ok, and u did select a channel to preview?

 

[DigitalFusio]

when I select a channel, and click preview, the STB gets blasted to the channel, the preview window pops up, and nothing happens. There is just a white box. The kid must have been playing around behind the TV cause the cables were not connected. I connected them, and am able to "preview" in the TV Server Config. However, I still get the same message when trying to watch tv within MP.

Fire up MediaPortal
Select Watch TV
See a black screen for a few seconds

and now instead of it taking me to the TV screen, it shows me a Setup page asking me to input the name of the TV Server?

 

[DigitalFusio]

so there is something corrupt with the database, and I am assuming it is because I deleted things. Problem is I emptied the recycle bin so I cannot restore. Is there a way to manually edit the database?

I have the MpTvDb file open in Visual Studio. Looking at the errors in the log file, they all seem to be queries on tables I do not see. Is this not the correct database to be looking at?

 

[tompa]

I recommend to reinstall the server or delete db.

SQL Server Management Studio Express - http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...ae-4bd1-4e3d-94b8-5a0f62bf7796&displaylang=en
MySQL GUI Tool - MySQL :: MySQL GUI Tools

/tompa

 

[DigitalFusio]

if I delete the database, will it be rebuilt automatically?

 

[tompa]

yes!

u have to rescan, map cards etc...

/tompa

 

[DigitalFusio]

ok, and what happens to the recordings I already have? just use the DB import tool to add them back in?