Client Live TV: "Failed to connect to remote server"

cncb · 2012-06-09, 12:35 AM

I just rebuilt a client PC and can't get it to play Live TV for some reason. After several seconds NPVR displays this error message: "Failed to connect to remote server". I can play recordings just fine and Live TV worked on the same PC before I replaced the hard drive and reinstalled everything so I'm not sure what I messed up. I have attached the client log.

***sub*** · 2012-06-09, 01:05 AM

Its hard to tell from that log, but I think it's failing to connect to the server. Probably a case of firewall on either the client or server getting in the way of communication.

(I'm about to get on a plane, so there wont be any quick reply to follow up questions)

cncb · 2012-06-09, 01:58 AM

I tried disabling the firewall on the client and it still doesn't work. The server has not changed so I'm not sure what's going on.

cncb · (This post was last modified: 2012-06-09, 02:59 AM by cncb.)

Some more data for this. I have a different client where Live TV worked earlier today but now I'm getting the same error message with no changes to the client or server - it just stopped working. Also, there are a bunch of smaller Live TV .ts files on the server so it looks like it is able to connect enough to at least start the recordings.

This is from the nrecord.log on the server:

Code:
2012-06-08 22:52:09.605    [DEBUG][20]    StartStream(7176:NBC-1)

2012-06-08 22:52:09.605    [DEBUG][20]    looking for capture source (in reverse priority order)

2012-06-08 22:52:09.605    [DEBUG][20]    checking: Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner 101427E2-1     (QAM)

2012-06-08 22:52:09.605    [DEBUG][20]    enabled and present

2012-06-08 22:52:09.605    [DEBUG][20]    does not have channel

2012-06-08 22:52:09.605    [DEBUG][20]    checking: Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner 101427E2-1     (ATSC)

2012-06-08 22:52:09.605    [DEBUG][20]    enabled and present

2012-06-08 22:52:09.605    [DEBUG][20]    has channel

2012-06-08 22:52:09.621    [DEBUG][20]    live tv is possible

2012-06-08 22:52:09.621    [DEBUG][20]    Asking NDigitalHost to start: LIVE&T:\live-NBC-1-4829.ts

2012-06-08 22:52:10.729    [DEBUG][20]    Live TV handle: 0x1A0011

2012-06-08 22:52:30.929    [ERROR][7]    Live stream expired without renewal. (handle:1A0011)

2012-06-08 22:52:30.929    [DEBUG][7]    StopStream

Reddwarf · 2012-06-09, 09:55 AM

You'd probably need to post the NDigitalHost.log files too, but it seems that NDigitalHost is not allowed through the firewall. Don't be fooled by the firewall beeing disabled, I'v seen cases where it is still prevents programs communicating.

cncb · 2012-06-09, 02:21 PM

From ndigitalhost log:

Code:
2012-06-08 22:52:09.621    [INFO][70]    DigitalRecorder.StartStream(LIVE&T:\live-NBC-1-4829.ts)

2012-06-08 22:52:09.621    [INFO][70]    Creating BDA graph

2012-06-08 22:52:09.621    [DEBUG][70]    Using tuner Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner 101427E2-1 (1)

2012-06-08 22:52:09.636    [DEBUG][70]    About to auto detect capture filter

2012-06-08 22:52:09.636    [DEBUG][70]    Skipping capture filter detection

2012-06-08 22:52:09.636    [DEBUG][70]    No BDA capture filter for this device

2012-06-08 22:52:09.667    [DEBUG][70]    EIT collection disabled

2012-06-08 22:52:09.667    [DEBUG][70]    Graph filter list:

2012-06-08 22:52:09.667    [DEBUG][70]     - MPEG-2 Sections and Tables

2012-06-08 22:52:09.667    [DEBUG][70]     - BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter

2012-06-08 22:52:09.667    [DEBUG][70]     - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer

2012-06-08 22:52:09.667    [DEBUG][70]     - NPVR TS Mon

2012-06-08 22:52:09.667    [DEBUG][70]     - Tuner

2012-06-08 22:52:09.667    [DEBUG][70]     - Network Provider

2012-06-08 22:52:09.667    [INFO][70]    About to start BDA graph

2012-06-08 22:52:09.667    [DEBUG][70]    Starting graph...

2012-06-08 22:52:09.667    [DEBUG][70]    About to tune BDA graph: 

<tuning>

  <type>ATSC</type>

  <locator>

    <physical_channel>48</physical_channel>

  </locator>

  <service_id>3</service_id>

  <tsid>529</tsid>

  <service_type>1</service_type>

</tuning>

2012-06-08 22:52:09.789    [DEBUG][70]    Calling LockChannel()

2012-06-08 22:52:10.719    [DEBUG][70]    locked=1, present=1, strength=95, quality=99   (took 936ms to check)

2012-06-08 22:52:10.729    [INFO][70]    DigitalRecorder.StartStream() allocated handle: 0x11

2012-06-08 22:52:10.729    [DEBUG][70]    Temp at 6/8/2012 10:52:20 PM

2012-06-08 22:52:30.929    [INFO][69]    DigitalRecorder.StopStream() handle: 11

2012-06-08 22:52:30.949    [INFO][69]    No more streams active. Stopping device.

2012-06-08 22:52:30.949    [DEBUG][69]    About to request async graph stop

2012-06-08 22:52:30.949    [DEBUG][68]    Graph stopping... (async)

2012-06-08 22:52:30.969    [DEBUG][68]    Graph reports state 'Stopped'

2012-06-08 22:52:30.969    [DEBUG][68]    Graph stopped (async)

2012-06-08 22:52:30.969    [DEBUG][69]    Async stop completed successfully

2012-06-08 22:52:30.969    [DEBUG][69]    Removing filter  MPEG-2 Sections and Tables

2012-06-08 22:52:30.969    [DEBUG][69]    Removing filter  BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter

2012-06-08 22:52:30.969    [DEBUG][69]    Removing filter  MPEG-2 Demultiplexer

2012-06-08 22:52:30.969    [DEBUG][69]    Removing filter  NPVR TS Mon

2012-06-08 22:52:30.969    [DEBUG][69]    Removing filter  Tuner

2012-06-08 22:52:30.969    [DEBUG][69]    Removing filter  Network Provider

Regarding the Firewall, I am using Comodo Internet Security and it doesn't show any "events" that it has blocked. I also have added NPVR as a trusted application. I only see how to disable the firewall, I don't see how to shut down the whole Comodo program to try that.

Reddwarf · 2012-06-09, 05:49 PM

cncb Wrote:From ndigitalhost log:

Code:
2012-06-08 22:52:09.621 [INFO][70] DigitalRecorder.StartStream(LIVE&T:\live-NBC-1-4829.ts) 2012-06-08 22:52:09.621 [INFO][70] Creating BDA graph 2012-06-08 22:52:09.621 [DEBUG][70] Using tuner Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner 101427E2-1 (1) 2012-06-08 22:52:09.636 [DEBUG][70] About to auto detect capture filter 2012-06-08 22:52:09.636 [DEBUG][70] Skipping capture filter detection 2012-06-08 22:52:09.636 [DEBUG][70] No BDA capture filter for this device 2012-06-08 22:52:09.667 [DEBUG][70] EIT collection disabled 2012-06-08 22:52:09.667 [DEBUG][70] Graph filter list: 2012-06-08 22:52:09.667 [DEBUG][70] - MPEG-2 Sections and Tables 2012-06-08 22:52:09.667 [DEBUG][70] - BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter 2012-06-08 22:52:09.667 [DEBUG][70] - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer 2012-06-08 22:52:09.667 [DEBUG][70] - NPVR TS Mon 2012-06-08 22:52:09.667 [DEBUG][70] - Tuner 2012-06-08 22:52:09.667 [DEBUG][70] - Network Provider 2012-06-08 22:52:09.667 [INFO][70] About to start BDA graph 2012-06-08 22:52:09.667 [DEBUG][70] Starting graph... 2012-06-08 22:52:09.667 [DEBUG][70] About to tune BDA graph: <tuning> <type>ATSC</type> <locator> <physical_channel>48</physical_channel> </locator> <service_id>3</service_id> <tsid>529</tsid> <service_type>1</service_type> </tuning> 2012-06-08 22:52:09.789 [DEBUG][70] Calling LockChannel() 2012-06-08 22:52:10.719 [DEBUG][70] locked=1, present=1, strength=95, quality=99 (took 936ms to check) 2012-06-08 22:52:10.729 [INFO][70] DigitalRecorder.StartStream() allocated handle: 0x11 2012-06-08 22:52:10.729 [DEBUG][70] Temp at 6/8/2012 10:52:20 PM 2012-06-08 22:52:30.929 [INFO][69] DigitalRecorder.StopStream() handle: 11 2012-06-08 22:52:30.949 [INFO][69] No more streams active. Stopping device. 2012-06-08 22:52:30.949 [DEBUG][69] About to request async graph stop 2012-06-08 22:52:30.949 [DEBUG][68] Graph stopping... (async) 2012-06-08 22:52:30.969 [DEBUG][68] Graph reports state 'Stopped' 2012-06-08 22:52:30.969 [DEBUG][68] Graph stopped (async) 2012-06-08 22:52:30.969 [DEBUG][69] Async stop completed successfully 2012-06-08 22:52:30.969 [DEBUG][69] Removing filter MPEG-2 Sections and Tables 2012-06-08 22:52:30.969 [DEBUG][69] Removing filter BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter 2012-06-08 22:52:30.969 [DEBUG][69] Removing filter MPEG-2 Demultiplexer 2012-06-08 22:52:30.969 [DEBUG][69] Removing filter NPVR TS Mon 2012-06-08 22:52:30.969 [DEBUG][69] Removing filter Tuner 2012-06-08 22:52:30.969 [DEBUG][69] Removing filter Network Provider

Regarding the Firewall, I am using Comodo Internet Security and it doesn't show any "events" that it has blocked. I also have added NPVR as a trusted application. I only see how to disable the firewall, I don't see how to shut down the whole Comodo program to try that.

But is it possible to allow Nrecord and NDigitalHost through in Comodo?

cncb · 2012-06-09, 05:57 PM

Reddwarf Wrote:But is it possible to allow Nrecord and NDigitalHost through in Comodo?

I don't think this is necessary on the client (I'm not using Comodo on the server and it worked consistently before so the server is setup ok)?

Reddwarf · 2012-06-09, 09:52 PM

cncb Wrote:I don't think this is necessary on the client (I'm not using Comodo on the server and it worked consistently before so the server is setup ok)?

Na y'r right about that. But always when I had trouble connecting a client it has had to do with the firewall/ports.

cncb · 2012-06-10, 03:39 PM

Well, I uninstalled Comodo and made sure the Windows Firewall is disabled and I still can't get it to work so it doesn't seem firewall related. Also, on my other client it still works intermittently? We hardly ever watch Live TV so it is possible I haven't tried this since 2.4.3 was released and it may have been broken for me since then...

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