NPVR Recording Service - Unable to start service...

[BTJustice]

I am not sure what is going on, but NPVR never starts on boot so when I run START NPVR SERVICE, I get this message...

Code:

Unable to start service: System.ServiceProcess.TimeoutException: Time out has
expired and the operation has not been completed.
at
System.ServiceProcess.ServiceController.WaitForStatus(ServiceControllerStatus
desiredStatus, TimeSpan timeout)
at NCtrl.Program.Main(String[] args)

Also, npvr.db3 cannot be opened with Notepad.

Is my database messed up? How do I repair it? I want to avoid losing recordings and data via reinstall.

Logs attached.

P.S. - The forum time is 12+ minutes too fast.

[sub]

If you try running "nrecord.exe RUN" from the command line, what is the output?

Also, npvr.db3 cannot be opened with Notepad.

Thats normal. It's not a text file.

[BTJustice]

Initiating the command in Command Prompt displays a pop up called Windows Service Start Failure...

Code:

Cannot start service from the command line or a debugger.  A Windows Service
must first be installed (using installutil.exe) and then started with the
ServerExplorer, Windows Services Administration tool or the NET START
command.

[sub]

You needed to pass that "RUN" paramater I specified above or you'll get that. Try again. "nrecord.exe RUN". It's also case sensitive.

[BTJustice]

Code:

C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR>nrecord.exe RUN
MVPManager thread started
MVP Server: C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\NextPVR.exe
OnStart()
Using local in-process recording service
Unexpected error creating RecordingService()
RecordingServiceProxy@exit

Unhandled Exception: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException: Insertion failed becaus
e the database is full
database or disk is full
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Prepare(SQLiteConnection cnn, String strSql, SQ
LiteStatement previous, UInt32 timeoutMS, String& strRemain)
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.BuildNextCommand()
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.GetStatement(Int32 index)
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavi
or behave)
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteConnection.Open()
   at NUtility.DatabaseHelper.GetConnection()
   at NShared.EPGManager..ctor()
   at NShared.RecordingService..ctor()
   at NRecord.RecordingService.OnStart(String[] args)
   at NRecord.RecordingService.ManualRun()
   at NRecord.Program.Main(String[] args)

Then the generic Windows "NRecord has stopped working" pop up appears asking me to check online for a solution or close the program.

[BTJustice]

npvr.db3 is only 79.2 MBs in size and the hard drive has hundreds of GBs left in space.

[sub]

Try the same test with this patch. It wont fix anything, but should hopefully log info about why it wasnt able to create the recording service.

[BTJustice]

After the patch...

Code:

C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR>nrecord.exe RUN
MVPManager thread started
MVP Server: C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\NextPVR.exe
OnStart()
Using local in-process recording service
Unexpected error creating RecordingService(): System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException
: Insertion failed because the database is full
database or disk is full
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Prepare(SQLiteConnection cnn, String strSql, SQ
LiteStatement previous, UInt32 timeoutMS, String& strRemain)
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.BuildNextCommand()
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.GetStatement(Int32 index)
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavi
or behave)
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteConnection.Open()
   at NUtility.DatabaseHelper.GetConnection()
   at NShared.EPGManager..ctor()
   at NShared.RecordingService..ctor()
   at NShared.RecordingServiceProxy..ctor(Boolean serviceInstance)
RecordingServiceProxy@exit

Unhandled Exception: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException: Insertion failed becaus
e the database is full
database or disk is full
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Prepare(SQLiteConnection cnn, String strSql, SQ
LiteStatement previous, UInt32 timeoutMS, String& strRemain)
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.BuildNextCommand()
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.GetStatement(Int32 index)
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavi
or behave)
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
   at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteConnection.Open()
   at NUtility.DatabaseHelper.GetConnection()
   at NShared.EPGManager..ctor()
   at NShared.RecordingService..ctor()
   at NRecord.RecordingService.OnStart(String[] args)
   at NRecord.RecordingService.ManualRun()
   at NRecord.Program.Main(String[] args)

New logs attached if needed...

[sub]

It sound like something is screwed with your database. (unless you've somehow managed to change the permissions on the database and made it inaccessable)

If you dont have a backup you can use, you might need to rename it to npvr.old or similar, which will force the app to create a new empty database next time you run it.

[BTJustice]

Is there a .DB3 editor to copy/paste information from the old npvr.db3 file to the new one?