Object reference error on client

[Jaggy]

The (current) error is before any codec problems or recording directory, it can't find the database, this is a bit out of your pvrx2.exe.log where it errors out

2009-09-30 17:43:01.071 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientMode
2009-09-30 17:43:01.071 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientMode : true
2009-09-30 17:43:01.074 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ClientMode : true
2009-09-30 17:43:01.074 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientModeUseFileSharing
2009-09-30 17:43:01.074 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientModeUseFileSharing : true
2009-09-30 17:43:01.074 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientRemoteServer
2009-09-30 17:43:01.074 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientRemoteServer : MAINTV-PC
2009-09-30 17:43:01.074 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientRemoteDirectory
2009-09-30 17:43:01.074 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientRemoteDirectory : \\MAINTV-PC\GBPVR files\LiveTV Buffer Directory
2009-09-30 17:43:05.626 VERBOSE [1] OnPaint()


This is the same section from my client

2009-10-01 13:22:48.527 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientMode
2009-10-01 13:22:48.527 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientMode : true
2009-10-01 13:22:48.537 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ClientMode : true
2009-10-01 13:22:48.537 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientModeUseFileSharing
2009-10-01 13:22:48.537 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientModeUseFileSharing : true
2009-10-01 13:22:48.537 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientRemoteServer
2009-10-01 13:22:48.537 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientRemoteServer : Pvr-server
2009-10-01 13:22:48.537 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientRemoteDirectory
2009-10-01 13:22:48.537 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientRemoteDirectory : \\Pvr-server\gbpvr
2009-10-01 13:22:48.547 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientModeFileShare
2009-10-01 13:22:48.547 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientModeFileShare : \\Pvr-server\Recordings
2009-10-01 13:22:48.547 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientModeFileShareTV
2009-10-01 13:22:48.547 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientModeFileShareTV : \\Pvr-server\Recordings
2009-10-01 13:22:48.547 VERBOSE [1] Server DB Connection String: Data Source=".\gbpvr.db3";Version=3;New=True;
2009-10-01 13:22:48.547 VERBOSE [1] Server DB Identity Query: select last_insert_rowid()
2009-10-01 13:22:48.547 VERBOSE [1] Server DB Provider Factory: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteFactory

I hope this makes it clearer where the problem is?

[Snooze]

Hi Jaggy,

in his config under capture sources the entry \\MAINTV-PC\GBPVR files\LiveTV Buffer Directory

should look like

\\MAINTV-PC\GBPVR which is the shared C:\windows\program files\devnz\GBPVR (on the server)

Whereas, it appears he is pointing his shared at the recordings share in lieu of the database share.

The recordings directory is setup up in the directories tab as mentioned in my previous post.

Actually he will want to share on the server all folders shared by the client.

Agree Jaggy?

[mvallevand]

This error to me makes it look like the share is set up right

Code:

2009-09-27 20:08:03.811    VERBOSE    [1]    getValue: /settings/ClientRemoteDirectory : \\MAINTV-PC\Public
2009-09-27 20:08:04.126    ERROR    [1]    Error: msg=0x18 (WM_SHOWWINDOW) hwnd=0x30134 wparam=0x1 lparam=0x0 result=0x0  :  System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file '\\maintv-pc\Public\config.xml'.
File name: '\\maintv-pc\Public\config.xml'

Martin

[Snooze]

Is "public" the install directory? and Config.xml exists in there?

[mvallevand]

Looking at the first line of the log snippet I posted, it is the sharename that Engineer Ted gave to ClientRemoteDirectory

Martin

[Snooze]

Ok, im outta ideas. I agree w/ sub, something isnt right in the client directory setups

[whurlston]

This error to me makes it look like the share is set up right

Martin

Those are old logs and the folder would be wrong unless he installed GBPVR to "C:\Users\Public" which is what that share is.

His most current logs show what Jaggy posted:

Code:

2009-09-30 17:43:01.071 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientMode
2009-09-30 17:43:01.071 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientMode : true
2009-09-30 17:43:01.074 VERBOSE [1] getValue cached value: /settings/ClientMode : true
2009-09-30 17:43:01.074 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientModeUseFileSharing
2009-09-30 17:43:01.074 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientModeUseFileSharing : true
2009-09-30 17:43:01.074 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientRemoteServer
2009-09-30 17:43:01.074 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientRemoteServer : MAINTV-PC
2009-09-30 17:43:01.074 VERBOSE [1] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/ClientRemoteDirectory
2009-09-30 17:43:01.074 VERBOSE [1] getValue: /settings/ClientRemoteDirectory : \\MAINTV-PC\GBPVR files\LiveTV Buffer Directory
2009-09-30 17:43:05.626 VERBOSE [1] OnPaint()

/settings/ClientRemoteDirectory should point to the the share that has the GBPVR program files, not the Live TV buffer directory.

[Engineer_Ted]

/settings/ClientRemoteDirectory should point to the the share that has the GBPVR program files, not the Live TV buffer directory.

Ok, I got the message. I'm wrestling with Vista, the server computer says the GBPVR (installation directory, not data/buffer directory) is shared, but none of the other computers (vista, xp) are allowed to access it.

It's like Vista, even though the settings say it's a shared drive, won't really share anything under the program files.

I'll keep chopping away at it.

[Engineer_Ted]

Ok, no matter how much I try, Bill Gates seems to think I'm better off not allowing network sharing of the program files directory or any sub-directory under it.

Which means I may have to reinstall GBPVR into some other root directory.

I hate to go through all the setup again, but I think I can find a section where it tells me what ini type files to keep, etc.

[Engineer_Ted]

Ok. I saved the gbpvr.db3 and config.xml files, deinstalled GBPVR, reinstalled into a directory off the root, then transferred the saved files into the new location.

App started right up with no issues, just as before. Didn't have to tweak a single parameter.

Shared (that's network shared) the new directory (location not within "program files"), adjusted the directory location on the client, and it all worked just like it was supposed to.

Appreciate everyone's assistance in this matter, it has been quite frustrating on this end.