Problem with Vista: livetv

[multirotor]

I have an XP with PVR250 and GBPVR 1.1.5. That is my streaming server.

I have a laptop with XP and the same version and it is running fine (LiveTV and Recordings with streaming)
I now have a new laptop with Vista and 1.1.5 and streaming LiveTV fails.
I can select LiveTV from the menu, the recording service on the PVR250 pc goes green but the screen on the Vista PC goes back to the menu.

Being desperate, I have copied over the config.xml from the XP to the Vista but the problem remains.

Another strange thing is that the changes I make in the Plugins tab in config.exe are not persitent on the Vista machine.
(I am Admin on all machines.)

PVRX2 log files show this:

[COLOR="DarkOrange"][B][SIZE="1"][SIZE="4"][SIZE="2"][SIZE="1"]2007-12-21 23:38:53.711 VERBOSE [1] About to play LiveTV File: C:\TV-1-120071221_2338.mpg Channel: Video
2007-12-21 23:38:53.711 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientModeLiveTVPrePlayDelay
2007-12-21 23:38:53.711 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientModeLiveTVPrePlayDelay : 2000
2007-12-21 23:38:55.714 VERBOSE [1] Before LiveTV Play
2007-12-21 23:39:00.558 VERBOSE [1] EnableScreenSaver()
2007-12-21 23:39:00.558 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ScreenSaverEnabled : true
2007-12-21 23:39:00.559 VERBOSE [1] StopLiveTV()
2007-12-21 23:39:00.868 VERBOSE [1] ReturnToMainMenu()
2007-12-21 23:39:00.890 VERBOSE [1] ReturnToMainMenu()@2
2007-12-21 23:39:01.025 VERBOSE [1] System.Exception: Failure playing back file
bij NativeUtilities.MediaHelper.playVideoFile(String filename, Form form)
bij GBPVRX2.Players.x6a72974b4271f25b.xe3563ac7f5bb9558(String x555fc8ac0bf47dac)
bij GBPVRX2.Players.xbe83d16b02243330.x4276385f71addb51(Channel xee500015fb4a65b6)
bij GBPVRX2.Players.xbe83d16b02243330.x4276385f71addb51()
bij GBPVRX2.x4a212861656a24dd.x3852f96f8dab4cab()
bij GBPVRX2.MenuTask.xd2a3a83a17aec615.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
bij GBPVRX2.x0061b801bdf12d35.xdae9991ab918b397(Object xdf2e3583f942db7b, KeyEventArgs xc4f45905cb1fc7ba)
bij System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
bij System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyEventArgs(Message& m)
bij System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyMessage(Message& m)
bij System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmKeyChar(Message& m)
bij System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
bij System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
bij System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
bij System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
bij GBPVRX2.x0061b801bdf12d35.WndProc(Message& m)
2007-12-21 23:39:01.841 VERBOSE [1] Key pressed: Down
2007-12-21 23:39:01.842 VERBOSE [1] Beginning animation....
2007-12-21 23:39:01.842 VERBOSE [1] Creating new GBPVRUiElement (normal)[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/B][/COLOR]

[whurlston]

Being admin does not mean that you have full admin privileges in Vista. Try setting the LiveTV folder to something other than the root like C:\LiveTV

[multirotor]

I already tried setting it to c:\temp and setting it to the desktop of the logged on user but in the log file it still says:

[SIZE="1"][SIZE="1"]About to play LiveTV File: C:\TV-1-120071222_1038.mpg[/SIZE][/SIZE]

And when I enter config.exe again on the streaming client (Vista) it did retain the setting but still it points to c:\ ?!

[whurlston]

Right mouse click config.exe and choose "Run as Administrator".

[multirotor]

That sounded very good but it doesn't work.
Thanks for the help !

[sub]

Try deleting the "c:\users\<account name>\appdata\local\virtualstore\program files\devnz" directory.

[multirotor]

Doesn't help.
I have used Process Monitor to see what is happening and there are lots of entries like this:

[COLOR="DarkOrange"][SIZE="2"][SIZE="1"]CreateFile C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\~C: NAME INVALID
[/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR]
and a little later:

[COLOR="DarkOrange"][SIZE="2"][SIZE="1"]CreateFile C:\Program Files\devnz\gbpvr\~C:\TV-1-120071222_1806.mpg NAME INVALID
[/SIZE][/SIZE][/COLOR]
Maybe that helps ?

[sub]

Make sure you've deleted that directory, then reproduce the problem then zip and attach your logs. Also include your config.xml file in the zip file.

[multirotor]

I have deleted that directory and the problem still occurs. I will send the logs this evening. Thanks !

[mvallevand]

In a default Vista setup live tv won't work with GBPVR because C:\TEMP doesn't exist. The easiest thing to do is just create it. whurlson's suggestion will work too if you create the target directory. A big no-no in Vista is to write files to

C:\
C:\Windows
C:\Program Files

Your error indicates that you have got at ~C in there, probably by editing the config.xml file manually something you should also not do in Vista unless you know about running the edit program as administrator.

Martin