2.2.6 recording service won't run

[smiffypr]

I'm running the 29/8 version of 2.6.6 on XP

I left NPVR paused for a while and when I came back there was an error on the screen saying NRecord.exe had died.

When I try to start the recording service I get the following message:

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)

I deleted the program files/NPVR folder and re-installed, still the same. I tried starting it from Services and I get the error on the screen saying NRecord.exe had died.

I have rebooted between steps, no difference.

HELP!

[smiffypr]

I've restored an archive (of the windows partition) from Friday, when I was running 2.1.5, and the problem is still here.
So what can be causing this problem?

[smiffypr]

I was thinking what could "update" itself onto an archive as soon as I rebooted, so I removed Avast (antivirus) and Spybot, and the recording service will now run!
I re-installed spybot, but without allowing automatic updates, still OK. I then updated spybot, (and re "immunized"), still OK.
Next I re-installed Avast, still OK, then updated it, still OK. Re-installed NPVR 2.2.6, and everything is still OK.

I'm sure it was something to do with spybot, but it seems OK now.

[sub]

Great - glad you got working. Also glad it wasnt my fault

[Jaggy]

smiffypr I have had that "time out exception" message right from early testing of NextPVR (at times) on this old snail test rig computer & what I have found is for me it's the slow old system HDD not not keeping up, what I do is just wait after the message for the HDD light to stop blinking & then stop the recording service again & then restart it & 99% of the time it will then start without a problem.

[smiffypr]

That's not what was happening here. It normally starts in about 2 seconds, when it was failing, it must have taken 20 seconds at least.
When I fist suspected spybot, I found that the Teatimer.exe process was using a whole cpu core for the time that the services was trying to start, but when I killed that process, DW20.exe (the Windows Error Reporting tool) took its place (in terms of CPU use), but when I un-installed spybot, the problem went away.
Now everything is back the way it was when I had the problem except that spybot is set not to update itself. A bit of a mystery.

[jksmurf]

A bit of a mystery.

Did anyone get to the bottom of this?
It stopped my NPVR, I cannot get back in, and the devices windows went blank too.

Code:

2012-08-17 22:04:51.602    [DEBUG][1]    Settings saved
2012-08-17 22:04:55.609    [ERROR][1]    Unexpected error calling ReloadSettings(): System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:8968

Server stack trace:
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect(IPAddress[] addresses, Int32 port)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.CreateNewSocket(AddressFamily family)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.CreateNewSocket()
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.GetSocket()
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketCache.GetSocket(String machinePortAndSid, Boolean openNew)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.SendRequestWithRetry(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.ProcessMessage(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream, ITransportHeaders& responseHeaders, Stream& responseStream)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.BinaryClientFormatterSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg)

Exception rethrown at [0]:
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
   at NShared.IRecordingService.ReloadSettings()
   at NShared.RecordingServiceProxy.ReloadSettings()
2012-08-17 22:04:55.664    [DEBUG][1]    YouTube: IEventNotification(RELOAD_SETTINGS, )
2012-08-17 22:04:55.666    [DEBUG][1]    LoadChannelListings(channel=7051)

Code:

2012-08-17 22:04:00.853    [DEBUG][7]    LoadListingsMatchingTitle(channel=7050,title=Kidnap and Ransom)
2012-08-17 22:04:04.850    [ERROR][7]    Unexpected error calling ReloadSettings(): System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:8968

Server stack trace:
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect(IPAddress[] addresses, Int32 port)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.CreateNewSocket(AddressFamily family)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.CreateNewSocket()
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.GetSocket()
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketCache.GetSocket(String machinePortAndSid, Boolean openNew)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.SendRequestWithRetry(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.ProcessMessage(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream, ITransportHeaders& responseHeaders, Stream& responseStream)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.BinaryClientFormatterSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg)

Exception rethrown at [0]:
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
   at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
   at NShared.IRecordingService.ReloadSchedule()
   at NShared.RecordingServiceProxy.ReloadSchedule()
2012-08-17 22:04:05.173    [DEBUG][7]    About to run C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\PostUpdateEPG.bat
2012-08-17 22:04:30.229    [DEBUG][7]    C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\PostUpdateEPG.bat has completed

Code:

2012-08-17 21:34:28.625    [DEBUG][4]    about to read 200000 from location 1187242560  (current length = 3300166100)
2012-08-17 21:34:28.705    [ERROR][4]    Unexpected error streaming file: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Send(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
   at Cassini.Request.StreamFile()
2012-08-17 21:34:28.705    [DEBUG][4]    RollingFile.Close()
2012-08-17 21:34:28.707    [DEBUG][4]    Got Web Request (192.168.1.201): /stream

k.

[jksmurf]

Fortunately I had an old but recent npvr.db3, so popped that back in and redid some settings, good to go, must have got corrupted somehow.

k.