At least you are big enough to admit when your wrong, we all get brain fades at times.
Arne i feel your pain dude, ill spread the word as much as i can and try and get some potential customers for when you get back up and running.
I was watching that feature request wiki with great interest waiting to see what new goodies where being added to the next beta.
Anyway good luck getting it all back up, dgaust and others have done a brilliant job as they always do ;) helping people in your absence.

Cheers

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Always willing to help.

Wow, George Carlin is alive and well...

Yo Arne....

Glad to see your still kicking. Kinda figure you are doing your best to get back online. I never really relised how much i miss my typical routine to log on to your site and see whats happeing, and say cheers to fellow MYTV users. I feel so deprived. ( this site is alright for temp but it doesnt have your personality to it.) Cant wait to see the site up and running again.

 Monkey Slapper

Hey all, I've got a problem that's driving me crazy.

I'm working with the last build from before the site crashed and trying to get it working with MyMovies 2.46.  I can install it just fine, but when I try to start the service, it stops right away with an 'onstart' error...and control panel -> Services says it started but then shut down right away.

When I try to go into myTV from the MC interface, it hangs...forever.

There is a thread on this problem...or rather, there was a thread on the old site:

http://www.google.com/search?q=cache:GaNMp8k4dnMJ:mytv.senseitweb.com/forums/t/1020.aspx+mytv+onstart&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us&client=firefox-a

however google cache is not pulling it up...soooo frustrating to be that close.  Anyone remember what the resolution was?

Tybio: I can't access the site myself at the moment, but I remember vaguely what you're talking about.

Some things to check would be that the service useraccount is configured correctly, as well as making sure the netsh commands have been run allowing port 9321-9325 to be opened by anyone rather than just the Administrator. Finally, make sure these ports are open in your firewall (even on the loopback adapter if applicable).

If all else fails, try renaming your Settings.xml file and rebooting the computer - as a "faulty" settings file could still cause problems in 08116.

You could also dig through the Eventlogs and see what pops up. There should be an exception and stacktrace logged somewhere pinpointing what the service was up to when it died.

spplutchok: It's all good. I probably overreacted a bit myself reading your "initial" post. As for lightning striking - I've been joking about that to my wife the past couple weeks (as we've had some really weird weather) saying we no longer require insurance against lightning nor surge-protectors as it never strikes twice in any one place :) That being said I'm currently in the process of sourcing some RJ11/45 protection which I can place everywhere external cabling is entering the building. Of course it won't take a direct hit, but should offer some protection against nearby hits.

everyone: Thanks for your supporting emails/PMs.

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Well, that's interesting.  I don't seem to have a Settings.xml.

Very odd.

Do you remember the netsh commands? I ran them, but should try again I think.

 

Ok, so I found a version of the settings.xml file online and set one up manually....no change at all, so my guess is that it is not even coming up enough to create the default one.

 

Here is the exact error from event viewer:

Service cannot be started. System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

at myTVservice.myTVservice.OnStart(String[] args)

at System.ServiceProcess.ServiceBase.ServiceQueuedMainCallback(Object state)

You looked in the correct place (%SYSTEMROOT%\ProgramData\senseIT\myTV\Settings.xml)?

Commands to run are netsh.exe http add urlacl url=http://+:9321/ sddl=D:(A;;GX;;;BU) and again for 9322 thru 9325. It will display an error if the port is already available, so this will instantly tell you if that was the problem or not.

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Just noticed your edit - I have this logged as something I need to reproduce and fix actually, so it could be an actual bug in 08116 occuring during new installs or similar. Unable to look into it fully until server is back up though.

Try creating a new Settings file though, using the excerpt below as a template - changing the obvious and leaving the rest.

---Settings.XML BOF---
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<myTVSettings xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
  <myTVDBConnection>Data Source=(local)\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=SSPI;Initial Catalog=myTV;Pooling=True;Connection Timeout=15;Max Pool Size=100;</myTVDBConnection>
  <BackupPath>\\STORE\Users\MCE\Backups\myTV\</BackupPath>
  <ShowFolders>
    <string>\\STORE\Video\Television</string>
    <string>\\STORE\Video\Television2</string>
    <string>\\STORE\Video\TV</string>
    <string>\\SERVICES\Television</string>
    <string>\\SERVICES\Television2</string>
    <string>\\NEPTUNE\Video\TV</string>
  </ShowFolders>
  <SkipFolders>
    <string>\\NEPTUNE\Video\TV\Various</string>
  </SkipFolders>
  <EnableTorrentSearch>true</EnableTorrentSearch>
  <DownloadedTorrentsPath />
  <ServiceMachine>SERVICES</ServiceMachine>
  <ServiceInterval>3600000</ServiceInterval>
  <ServiceUpdateEpisodeData>true</ServiceUpdateEpisodeData>
  <ServiceUpdateShowData>true</ServiceUpdateShowData>
  <ServiceCheckImages>true</ServiceCheckImages>
  <ServiceWatchDatabase>true</ServiceWatchDatabase>
  <ServiceWatchFileSystem>true</ServiceWatchFileSystem>
  <ServiceAutoDeleteEntries>false</ServiceAutoDeleteEntries>
  <ServiceLastUpdateTimeShows>0</ServiceLastUpdateTimeShows>
  <ServiceForceFullRefreshShows>true</ServiceForceFullRefreshShows>
  <ServiceLastUpdateTimeEpisodes>0</ServiceLastUpdateTimeEpisodes>
  <ServiceForceFullRefreshEpisodes>true</ServiceForceFullRefreshEpisodes>
  <ServiceForceOnlineDataIntegrity>false</ServiceForceOnlineDataIntegrity>
  <AlwaysCreateLocalThumbs>false</AlwaysCreateLocalThumbs>
  <ShowOrderBy>Show Name</ShowOrderBy>
  <EpisodeOrderBy>Sequential</EpisodeOrderBy>
  <NewEpisodesOnly>false</NewEpisodesOnly>
  <NewEpisodeDays>14</NewEpisodeDays>
  <UseSeasons>true</UseSeasons>
  <SkipSingleSeasons>true</SkipSingleSeasons>
  <HideOverviews>true</HideOverviews>
  <StartupCheckShows>false</StartupCheckShows>
  <StartupCheckMissing>false</StartupCheckMissing>
  <StartupLoadMissing>false</StartupLoadMissing>
  <RotatingMainMenu>true</RotatingMainMenu>
  <ShowBannerOnEpisodeScreen>true</ShowBannerOnEpisodeScreen>
  <BannerSize>Small</BannerSize>
  <ShowPivots>true</ShowPivots>
  <UseSeenCheckmark>true</UseSeenCheckmark>
  <DisplaySeenTimes>true</DisplaySeenTimes>
  <MainMenuStyle>Helix</MainMenuStyle>
  <EnableFanArt>true</EnableFanArt>
  <UseOwnPlayer>true</UseOwnPlayer>
  <ExtenderImpersonation>false</ExtenderImpersonation>
  <ElevatedUserDomain />
  <ElevatedUserName />
  <ElevatedUserPassword />
  <TranscodeExtensions />
  <DeleteFiles>false</DeleteFiles>
  <ShowClock>true</ShowClock>
  <ShowClockSeconds>false</ShowClockSeconds>
  <EnableOnline>true</EnableOnline>
  <AccountIdentifier />
  <Language>en</Language>
</myTVSettings>
---Settings.XML EOF---

If that still doesn't help any... The only thing popping out at me (looking at the OnStart method) would be the ServiceMachine setting (should be set to . in most cases whilst running current beta builds) or your firewall settings.

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Ok, the exceptions were already there.  Is it possible they were added incorrectly and are now just blocking things?

Your right, I was looking in the wrong place for the Settings.xml file...I'm removing it now and trying a restart.

Thanks for the help!

Well, it's better now I suppose.

Now I can't access the SQL server:

UNKNOWN ERROR DETECTED! in Media Center when I click on any of the myTV options.

I think it's time to remove it all and delete the settings file, then try again with a new install.

This is now getting silly.  I'm going to remove it till the next build comes out.

I've reinstalled it...and even when the service is started manually I get the "Unable to start myTV Service..." box then "Pogram not responding" and dumped back into the main Media Center interface. 

Teach me not to have a copy of a stable build around.

Tell me about it - I am way to reliant on the internet for reinstalls myself. The only time I save install packages locally these days are if they are huge (ie. several gigs). Taught me a lesson this past week without net access at all let me tell you.

One last thing before you give up - is your SQL Server running locally or remotely? The settings file I posted above was taken from my devbox, so relies on a local SQL Server (and a remote service - which only works in post 08116 builds, meaning you'll need to change it to >.<) and will need changing if remote.

If you want I can email you the "stable" 08040 build tomorrow.

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That might have gotten it.  I was able to add in the folder and the service seems to be working.

It still crashes back to Media Center, but that's a hellishly large tree it is indexing.

I'm going to let it go overnight and see where it stands :)

Tybio:

That might have gotten it.  I was able to add in the folder and the service seems to be working.

It still crashes back to Media Center, but that's a hellishly large tree it is indexing.

I'm going to let it go overnight and see where it stands :)

Tybio:

To my knowledge, the only way to get MyMovies to work with myTV correctly is to install MyMovies first. So uninstall mytv, mymovies, and SQL and then install SQL with MyMovies. then when you install myTV again, change the name of your SQL instance to Mymovies (I believe there is a note about this during the install process?).

Hello Arne... glad to see you back!  Sorry to hear about your home... hope that you and your family are safe!  You were definitely missed and glad to see that everything is alright!  Can't wait till you're up and running again!

jeffersonbarsoum:

Tybio:

To my knowledge, the only way to get MyMovies to work with myTV correctly is to install MyMovies first. So uninstall mytv, mymovies, and SQL and then install SQL with MyMovies. then when you install myTV again, change the name of your SQL instance to Mymovies (I believe there is a note about this during the install process?).

Yep, that's what I've been doing.