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<blockquote data-quote="CyberSimian" data-source="post: 1302734" data-attributes="member: 141969"><p>I don't understand the internals of MP, so it is rare for me to be able to provide a solution. But what I do try to do whenever possible is to suggest a <em>workaround</em>. The workaround that will <em>probably</em> work is to install an older release of MP, specifically <strong>MP 1.33</strong>. Do this:</p><p></p><p>(1) Run the uninstallers for MP1, MP2, MySQL, and MariaDB (depending on what is currently installed on your system).</p><p>(2) Reboot.</p><p>(3) With hidden folders visible (a Windows setting), delete any and all folders in: </p><p style="margin-left: 20px">"C:\Program Files\"</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">"C:\Program Files (x86)\"</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">"C:\ProgramData\" </p><p>that have any of the following strings anywhere in the folder name: </p><p style="margin-left: 20px">MediaPortal</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">MySQL</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">MariaDB</p><p>(4) Reboot.</p><p>(5) Run the installer for MP 1.33 with the internet accessible. This will be a simulated <strong>first-time install</strong>. You can choose either 32-bit or 64-bit MP. I use "Run as Administrator", although I don't know whether that is mandatory.</p><p>(6) Reboot.</p><p>(7) Run "TV Server Config" and check that you can scan for channels successfully.</p><p>(8) Run "MP Config".</p><p>(9) Start the MP client. It should work!</p><p>(10) Run the <strong>MP 1.37</strong> installer with the internet accessible. This will be an <strong>update install</strong>, and will update your system from MP 1.33 straight to MP 1.37 (but your system will still use MySQL -- see below).</p><p>(11) Repeat steps (1) to (6) and (8) to (10) on your laptop to perform a client-only install. In step (5) make sure that you use the same installer that you used for the TV Server system. Hopefully you won't encounter the problems that you experienced previously.</p><p></p><p>The reason that MP 1.33 is likely to work is that this is that last release of MP1 that uses MySQL as the database engine. Starting with MP 1.34, MP uses MariaDB as the database engine, and this has some problems in some circumstances. I should add that a few weeks ago I performed a true first-time install of MP 1.37 on Windows 10 and (much to my surprise) the install was completely successful and MP ran without problem. My production system is currently running MP 1.37 updated from MP 1.33, on Windows 7.</p><p></p><p>-- from CyberSimian in the UK</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CyberSimian, post: 1302734, member: 141969"] I don't understand the internals of MP, so it is rare for me to be able to provide a solution. But what I do try to do whenever possible is to suggest a [i]workaround[/i]. The workaround that will [i]probably[/i] work is to install an older release of MP, specifically [b]MP 1.33[/b]. Do this: (1) Run the uninstallers for MP1, MP2, MySQL, and MariaDB (depending on what is currently installed on your system). (2) Reboot. (3) With hidden folders visible (a Windows setting), delete any and all folders in: [INDENT]"C:\Program Files\"[/INDENT] [INDENT]"C:\Program Files (x86)\"[/INDENT] [INDENT]"C:\ProgramData\" [/INDENT] that have any of the following strings anywhere in the folder name: [INDENT]MediaPortal[/INDENT] [INDENT]MySQL[/INDENT] [INDENT]MariaDB[/INDENT] (4) Reboot. (5) Run the installer for MP 1.33 with the internet accessible. This will be a simulated [b]first-time install[/b]. You can choose either 32-bit or 64-bit MP. I use "Run as Administrator", although I don't know whether that is mandatory. (6) Reboot. (7) Run "TV Server Config" and check that you can scan for channels successfully. (8) Run "MP Config". (9) Start the MP client. It should work! (10) Run the [b]MP 1.37[/b] installer with the internet accessible. This will be an [b]update install[/b], and will update your system from MP 1.33 straight to MP 1.37 (but your system will still use MySQL -- see below). (11) Repeat steps (1) to (6) and (8) to (10) on your laptop to perform a client-only install. In step (5) make sure that you use the same installer that you used for the TV Server system. Hopefully you won't encounter the problems that you experienced previously. The reason that MP 1.33 is likely to work is that this is that last release of MP1 that uses MySQL as the database engine. Starting with MP 1.34, MP uses MariaDB as the database engine, and this has some problems in some circumstances. I should add that a few weeks ago I performed a true first-time install of MP 1.37 on Windows 10 and (much to my surprise) the install was completely successful and MP ran without problem. My production system is currently running MP 1.37 updated from MP 1.33, on Windows 7. -- from CyberSimian in the UK [/QUOTE]
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