Blank video and no sound when trying to play recordings

[darag2358]

Just getting this all set up today. Got the client and server both installed successfully on windows xp. I've been trying different codecs and finally got ts files to play back decently outside of npvr.

However I am unable to play back recordings. I get a blank screen and no sound. If I map the recordings directory and play it under the Videos menu, it plays fine. Do I need to open up some ports on the network?

Logs from the client attached. Thanks as always.

[sub]

It looks like you've got your server name set wrong/

2011-03-29 21:43:15.140 [ERROR][1] Unexpected exception activating .net remoting: System.UriFormatException: Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed.
at System.Uri.CreateThis(String uri, Boolean dontEscape, UriKind uriKind)
at System.Uri..ctor(String uriString)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink..ctor(String channelURI, TcpClientChannel channel)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSinkProvider.CreateSink(IChannelSender channel, String url, Object remoteChannelData)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.BinaryClientFormatterSinkProvider.CreateSink(IChannelSender channel, String url, Object remoteChannelData)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientChannel.CreateMessageSink(String url, Object remoteChannelData, String& objectURI)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.ChannelServices.CreateMessageSink(String url, Object data, String& objectURI)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingServices.CreateChannelSink(String url, Object data, IMessageSink& chnlSink)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingServices.CreateEnvoyAndChannelSinks(String url, Object data, IMessageSink& chnlSink, IMessageSink& envoySink)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.RemotingServices.Unmarshal(Type classToProxy, String url, Object data)
at System.Activator.GetObject(Type type, String url, Object state)

[darag2358]

I saw that too in the logs, but the name is correct in the settings. (Disregard the "NBPVR Recordings" name for the folder directory, I accidentally mistyped it when I set up the share.)

[darag2358]

Just noticed when I try Live TV, it says "unable to communicate with the recording service."

[darag2358]

Nevermind, you were right of course. I didn't realize that I shouldn't have had the "\\" in front of the server name. Thanks again.

[jcjefferies]

You mentioned about opening network ports in the original post. The simple way is to add NPVR.exe and Nrecord.exe to the firewall exception list on both computers.