MVP server trouble in NPVR

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I've got a problem with the PCH. When my PC goes to sleep, the connection to the PCH is dropped. That's good. Normally, after waking the machine, the PCH can connect just fine. But sometimes it cannot, I believe because the mvp server is not available but I have no mvpmcx2 logs yet. The screen stays black for a long time and goes back to the main menu. What's even a bigger problem is that I cannot restart the npvr recording service (I've seen this mentioned before), not even by right clicking the npvr tray icon. The only solution is to restart my PC.
To end positive: it's working fine with GBPVR, so it can work!

Chris

[sub]

You'd probably have to post the mvpmcx2 logs so we knew what was happening at the time.

[mvallevand]

I don't think the mpvmcx2 logs will show anything. I can only think of two scenarios that would make sense here and the second isn't likely

1. The connect times out after 30 seconds and mvpmcx2 simply goes to back to the NMT screen.

2. mvpmcx2 connects to the servers, opens the sockets and then NextPVR crashes killing the sockets. If mvpmcx2 crashed it would not return to the main NMT menu.

Martin

[Sheik Yerbouti]

I don't think the mpvmcx2 logs will show anything. I can only think of two scenarios that would make sense here and the second isn't likely

1. The connect times out after 30 seconds and mvpmcx2 simply goes to back to the NMT screen.

2. mvpmcx2 connects to the servers, opens the sockets and then NextPVR crashes killing the sockets. If mvpmcx2 crashed it would not return to the main NMT menu.

Martin is right, no 1 is what happens. But here are the logs to prove it. When I try to restart the service using the tray icon, I get the following error:

"Unable to start service: System.ServiceProcess.TimeoutException: Er is een time-out opgetreden en de bewerking is niet voltooid bij System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus desiredStatus, TimeSpan timeout) bij NCtrl.Program.Main(String[] args)"
The logic for starting a new npvr server after waking up hasn't reached the same level as gbpvr. I do notice there is a "MVP has dropped connection" message in the mvp.log, so maybe that's the place to search the coding.
Not being able to kill the service can be tested by connecting the PCH and stopping the service.

Chris

[mvallevand]

First, don't use the tray icon, use the stop/start on the Start Menu to recover from recording service errors.

Reading the logs, and unfortunately you didn't include the .1 logs, I thought your problem was onnly power up but this is a little different it looks like you were using your NMT a bit (those are putty logs I'd like) when it seems to drop connection maybe a power off but in this case NextPVR didn't restart and it was hung, so no new service is started.

What is device 192.168.1.86? if it is your NMT it looks like it has quite a bit of trouble connecting on power up of the server near 08:55 Your system is very busy get EPG data etc for the first five minutes, so that might be impacting the connection

Martin

[Sheik Yerbouti]

The 192.186.1.86 is my PCH for testing. But the connection problem occured after the system went to sleep on 09:51:19.017, I had no problems before that. I don't know when the service is suppose to restart with sleep modes on W7, but it definitely works fine with GBPVR.

Chris

[sub]

See if this patch helps. If it doesnt, post the nrecord.log and I'll take a look.

[mvallevand]

That patch didn't help for me if I connect with a PCH disconnect and reconnect I still get this

Code:

The NPVR Recording Service service is stopping........
The NPVR Recording Service service could not be stopped.

The NRecord.log is

Code:

[...startup]
2010-09-12 14:19:23.875    [DEBUG][4]    OnStart()
2010-09-12 14:19:23.966    [INFO][4]    Using local in-process recording service
2010-09-12 14:19:24.700    [DEBUG][4]    RecordingServiceProxy@exit
2010-09-12 14:19:24.814    [INFO][4]    RecordingService.Startup()
2010-09-12 14:19:24.814    [INFO][4]    Starting remoting service
2010-09-12 14:19:25.312    [INFO][7]    RecordingService starting...
2010-09-12 14:19:25.312    [DEBUG][7]    Loading recording schedule
2010-09-12 14:19:25.499    [INFO][4]    Starting web server on: 8866
2010-09-12 14:19:25.499    [INFO][4]    Setting working directory to: C:\Program Files\NPVR\
2010-09-12 14:19:25.499    [INFO][4]    Web root: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\web
2010-09-12 14:19:28.159    [DEBUG][4]    OnStart() complete...
2010-09-12 14:19:30.322    [DEBUG][9]    Client Listener starting on port 7969
2010-09-12 14:20:24.036    [DEBUG][5]    Restarting MVP server 0
2010-09-12 14:21:20.106    [DEBUG][4]    OnStop()

When the stop fails I have both an NRecord.exe and the original NextPVR.exe in the task list.

Martin

[sub]

It wasnt meant to change anything about start/stoping the service. It was an attempt to correct the behavior Sheik described with server sometimes not being available after coming out of standby. It also added some logging around when MVP servers were started.

[Sheik Yerbouti]

The same problem today, logs attached.

Chris