TVSeries opens the wrong database (1 Viewer)

[FantaRulez]

Hi huys, I hope you can help me with a nasty problem that's been annoying me for quite some time now.

My database is located on a central file server, which is connected to my HTPC via wifi. Nearly every time I turn on the HTPC mediaportal shows an empty tvseries database. I have to close MP and start it again to see my series. If I check the logs (attached) I see that MP opened the local (empty) database the first time it launched. The second time it opened the correct database.

My first guess was that the wifi connection wasn't up yet, but still, why would MP open the local database? Also, when I close MP I don't see a disconnected wifi. I've also set the startup delay to 30 seconds, but to no avail.

I have 'restart mediaportal after resume' enabled in the general options and I have this problem when resuming after standby, resuming after hibernate and even after shutdown&restart. The strange thing is that whenever I change something (change 'go to standby' to 'go to hibernate', or even when I changed the dynamic IP to a static one) it works fine for three or four times, and then it doesn't anymore.

A clue anyone?

 

[Inker]

I don't know how many times this needs to be statet, a central database on a server (= anything other than on the local hdd) is NOT supported. It may work, it may seem to work fine at first, but more than likely some weird error will show up and the db will get corrupted.

It's like installing OSX on a pc and then come crying to apple with bugs.

 

[FantaRulez]

Nevermind the database being on a server, what puzzles me is that MP stubbornly opens a database from the default location (even creates one if it doesn't exist), instead of the location I have specified in the configuration.

 

[rekenaar]

mediaportaldirs.xml is used to determine the database locations.
See this article, but again take note of the warning at the top:

NOTE this is a configuration change that is not officially supported by the MediaPortal Team but forum members maybe able to assist in resolving issues.

 

[FantaRulez]

mediaportaldirs.xml is used to determine the database locations.
See this article

I have all that set up, except I do not have a Config directory on my server. It doesn't seem such an important step however.