Problem with watching live TV on GB-PVR

[aodphreak]

Well I'm still having the same problem. Having it on both my computers. Both running XP. My hosts file is fine too 127.0.0.1 localhost.

[aodphreak]

Well it now works. I now publicly admit that I am retarded...I did not add any channels. Sorry to bother anyone at all. Wow do I feel stupid.

EDIT: And I double posted. Wow do I SUCK.

[sub]

Well it now works. I now publicly admit that I am retarded...I did not add any channels. Sorry to bother anyone at all. Wow do I feel stupid.

EDIT: And I double posted. Wow do I SUCK.

lol I'm sure we'll forgive you - dont beat yourself up

[johnsonx42]

In Vista, in the hosts file, the localhost settings is directed to ::1 instead of 127.0.0.1
The service is not started on the ipv6 address, and therefore doesn't response to it.
All I needed to do, is change the hosts file to have 127.0.0.1 as reference to localhost, instead of the original settings.

Thank you very much for you assistance. It was found because of your help, and some of my understanding.

Well done sir, and interesting too. My hosts file has both entries; I'm running Windows 7 upgraded from Vista, but the date on my hosts file predates Windows 7 so what I have came from Vista. But it's an interesting mental note that this can happen; all kinds of things can break if localhost can't be resolved.

Glad our help led you towards the problem. Basic networking skillz go a long way.

[gapgapman]

Wow, I have been having the same issue since April, and never found a solution, until you posted this simple update to the hosts file. Thank you, my live TV is working again, and I can once again use GBPVR on the PC instead of only on the MVP.

[mvallevand]

Interesting catch. My hosts file on Vista 32 has both by default.

127.0.0.1 localhost
::1 localhost

Martin

[whurlston]

That entry is because both IPv6 and IPv4 are installed and configured on the network card. Disabling or removing the IPv6 client (recommended) should solve it as well.

[johnsonx42]

no, both is fine, having the IPv6 client installed is ok. the problem comes from NOT having the IPv4 localhost entry.

[sub]

Its good we've found a fix.

Its odd that connection that was failing was trying to connect to "127.0.0.1" not "localhost" though. I guess something behind the scenes was converting "127.0.0.1" to "localhost".