setting up pc client

[rowland]

The database connection string IS ".\gbpvr.db3" and not "C:\InstalledStuff\Devnz\GBPVR\gbpvr.db3". I.e. it was already the value that you wanted. I've attached the config.xml in a zip.

Would you like me to try installing GBPVR in the "normal" place, i.e. in the c:\Program Files folder?

[sub]

Is \\Backbone\GBPVR\gbpvr.db3 visible from the client?

[sub]

Would you like me to try installing GBPVR in the "normal" place, i.e. in the c:\Program Files folder?

Short of any other ideas, it might be worth trying this.

[rowland]

Yes, \\Backbone\GBPVR\gbpvr.db3 is visible from the client. And, installing gbpvr in the "normal" place didn't make any difference. The attached logs.zip is from the new installation.

[sub]

Sorry, I'm not really sure. I cant see an obvious cause in your logs.

[baj1]

Rowland,

Did you figure this out? I had the exact same issue, to the letter. The one thing I changed (and your's may be different) is that I had the absolute path defined for the Database Share under Capture Sources in the Config. I changed this to \\<PC>\GBPVR and it worked (when I shared the GBPVR folder I left it at the default share name "GBPVR").

Good luck,
-Brad

[rowland]

I haven't figured it out but I'm making progress. I typically install stuff in C:/InstalledStuff not in the normal C:/Program Files. At one point I re-installed the server in C:/Program Files and this allowed the client side to run, although there seemed to be a subsequent problem with watching LiveTV. I had also run regedit to remove the stuff that got left in the registry from the previous installation that I had un-installed. After first going back to C:/InstalledStuff to determine if that was the cause both server and client are now installed in C:/Program Files but it presents the original error.

I've been hoping that I would hit the right combination of installs and things would just work. I can see that I need to be more deliberate so that I can be more definitive about what configurations will work. I'll report if I find anything.

[rowland]

I've been experimenting installing the server and client in C:\Program Files and C:\InstalledStuff. Sometimes the client side works and sometimes it fails with symptoms presented in this thread. I had come to the conclusion that the server had to be installed in C:\Program Files but that doesn't seem to be the case anymore. I'm using the same uninstall/install procedure everytime I change the install directory. Anyway it works presently.

I did discover that in order to run watch LiveTV on the client side it's necessary that GBPVRRecordingService be allowed through the firewall on the server side.

[whurlston]

Does your server ever sleep? This could be the cause of your problems.

[rowland]

No