TV Server Stopped Client Connections After DVB-S2 set up (1 Viewer)

[gazzas]

MediaPortal Version: 1.1.0 RC-2 rev 25546
MediaPortal Skin: Streamed MP 1.0.3.1223
Windows Version: Windows 7 x64
CPU Type: AMD Phenom 4x 955 BE
HDD: 512gb SATA Samsung Spinpoint
Memory: 4gb OCZ
Motherboard: MSI 770-C45
Video Card: ATI 5670 HD (HDMI Out)
Video Card Driver: CCC 10.4
Sound Card: ATI 5670 HD (HDMI Out)
Sound Card Driver: CCC 10.4
1. TV Card: Haupage WinTV Nova-T
1. TV Card Type: DVB-T
1. TV Card Driver: Nova-T-500_4_3_27240_WHQL
2. TV Card: TT-connect S2-3600 USB
2. TV Card Type: DVB-S2
2. TV Card Driver: ttusb2bda_1.0.4.0_wdk7_beta
MPEG2 Video Codec: Default (no additional installed)
MPEG2 Audio Codec: Default (no additional installed)
h.264 Video Codec: Default (no additional installed)
Satelite/CableTV Provider: Freesat UK
HTPC Case: Server Rack Case
Cooling: 4 External Fans
Power Supply: 500watts 80+
Remote: Haupage Media Center Remote
TV: Samsung 40inch LCDTV
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

Hi,

I have had the TV server running perfectly for a couple of weeks now just on the dual DVB-T card and just accessing the UK Freeview channels. Over the weekend I installed a Satellite dish and connected up a TT DVB-S2 card. The card shows up in TV Server config and I was able to scan and find hundreds of channels. However when I now try to open the client viewer either from the same machine or from my other Media Portal client they both say please re-specify the IP address with the correct IP address displayed. Originally I set up the host names tweak to get the second PC to connect as a client and I don't think this time it is a communication issue. This message occurs whether I'm trying to access the guide or a stream.
I have also found that in the TV server config area I cannot preview a channel (states unable to preview channel) and when I try and combine a channel (BBC One from DVB-T to BBC 1 SE from DVB-S) the TV server just shows the processing please wait message and nothing happens (waiting 30 mins and had to force it to close).


Any suggestions as to what the problem can be?

I've currently not manually installed any additional codec packs, could this cause such a problem? and if so what codec pack is recommended?

Thanks for any help,

Gary

 

[gazzas]

Hi,

Anyone have any idea what this could be? I just can't seem to get it to work. If I remove my DVB-S2 card the TV server works perfectly again.

Has anyone had any experience in getting DVB-T and DVB-S working together?

Any help is greatly appreciated as my satellite dish is not that beautiful to be up for decoration

Cheers,
Gary

 

[gazzas]

Hi,

Thought I would reply to my own thread to help anyone else that has this problem.

OK so if you get the "Unable to preview" and "Unknown Error" messages while previewing the tv server channels then it could be a corrupt database.

I suspect that at some point (I had a few BSOD recently) my database became corrupt and still continued to work until I tried adding the new channels from the new DVB-S2 card. At which point it became completely screwed. If you look in the TV server log you should see it talking about the "program" table being corrupt.

So to fix this you can do two things:
1) If OK with SQL and MYSQL you can do what I did and run a repair on the database table. Simply log into the MySQL console with the MediaPortal password (default MediaPortal) and then connect to the media portal database. Then run a "repair table program" command and your table should be ok again. If this doesn't work then you may need to do no. 2.

2) Unistall the TV server and the MYSQL database. Delete the database files and do a re-install of the TV server and MySQL. The database should then be auto created and your back to square one. You would then need to rescan all the channels.

HTH,

Gary