TVservice not Started (1 Viewer)

[evil Homer]

TV-Server Version: 1.0 RC2
MediaPortal Version: 1.0 RC2
MediaPortal Skin: XFace
Windows Version: Vista Ultimate 64 Service Pack 1
CPU Type: Intel Quad Core Q6600 2.4Ghz
HDD:
Memory: 4GB Cosair DDR2
Motherboard: Asus P5E
Video Card: ATI Radeon 4850
Video Card Driver: Catalyst 8.7
Sound Card: Realtek HD Audo
Sound Card AC3:
Sound Card Driver:
1. TV Card: Pinnacle PCTV 4000i Dual DVB-S
1. TV Card Type:
1. TV Card Driver:
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: ffdshow
MPEG2 Audio Codec: ac3filter
h.264 Video Codec: coreavc 1.7
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion
Cooling: Stock
Power Supply:
Remote: MCE
TV: Samsung 40" LCD
TV - HTPC Connection: HDMI

I'm in desperate need of some help before I go mad.

Have been running MP 1.0 RC2 for the last three weeks, and decided to get a Dual Tuner Sat card to use with it.

I reinstalled MP and installed the TV server as per the instructions. I've managed to get the connection to the Microsoft SQL Server.

However, TvServer pops up and says service is not running, start now? I click yes, and then after a few seconds I get an error message stating TVservice not started.

I believe it is the card more than anything, as I tried to change the drivers and the TVServer config loaded, but didn't detect the card. Once I changed the drivers back, it went back to the orignal problem.

I've attached the tv server log file, but reading it makes me think it can't detect the card.

The card is working in other applications such as DVBViewer and Vista Media Centre.

Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction to get this working please.

 

[evil Homer]

Anyone?

 

[cybergeek]

I'm having the exact same problem anyone help me too?

 

[dir]

Check that the network is up before the tv service starts. Check that the tv service can find the server named in the configuration (where it lists the server then the cards underneath it).

To start the TV Service when it gives you that warning, do a "restart". I do this the long way (right click My Computer, select Manage, select Services, select TVService, select restart.

I also created a bat file that did this:

net stop tvservice
net start tvservice

which I'd run after the network was completely up. I'd know this because I could then create shares and access remote files. Until I could do that, my network wasn't up. No matter what things told me it was; it wasn't. They lied.

So I created a bat file that does this:

net use * /d
net use * \\server\share
net stop tvservice
net start tvservice

then I got fancy and did something like this:

tart
if not exist \\server\share\filename goto startnetwork
goto starttvservice

:startnetwork
net use * /d
net use * \\server\share
goto Start

:starttvservice
net stop tvservice
net start tvservice


The above may not be exactly correct syntax but you get the idea:
check if a file on the network exists. If it doen't, it's cuz the network ain't up yet, so make the network share and try again. Once the network file can be found, the network must be up, so jump to restarting the tvservice.


Note that this can go into a loop if the file on the network doesn't actually exist or some other reason why the test fails.

I have this bat file in my startup now.