Install service

[VCR58]

Tried the latest build but the service was not created when I ran installservice.bat as admin and got this message...

C:\WINDOWS\system32>echo OFF

adding firewall rules...
starting service...
The service name is invalid.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185.

will start web app setting soon...please wait

For one thing, in the bat file part of line 8 has a syntax error which creates an incorrect firewall rule
program="installpath%Client\NextPVR.exe" enable=yes > nul

So I changed it to...
program="%installpath%NextPVR.exe" enable=yes > nul

The firewall rule was fixed but it still gave me the error message.
After messing with the bat file I got it to work by changing the last bit of line 12 from ">nul" to "> nul" 

I attached the modified file that works for me.

[sub]

Tried the latest build but the service was not created when I ran installservice.bat as admin and got this message...

C:\WINDOWS\system32>echo OFF

adding firewall rules...
starting service...
The service name is invalid.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185.

will start web app setting soon...please wait

Have you already installed the service? ie, you don't need to reinstall it with each release.

For one thing, in the bat file part of line 8 has a syntax error which creates an incorrect firewall rule
program="installpath%Client\NextPVR.exe" enable=yes > nul

So I changed it to...
program="%installpath%NextPVR.exe" enable=yes > nul

nextpvr.exe is not in the same directory as NextPVRServer.exe. It's in a 'client' subdirectory.

The firewall rule was fixed but it still gave me the error message.
After messing with the bat file I got it to work by changing the last bit of line 12 from ">nul" to "> nul" 

I attached the modified file that works for me.

Oops. Right you are. I've updated the Windows zip file to include this extra space in this batch file.

[VCR58]

For one thing, in the bat file part of line 8 has a syntax error which creates an incorrect firewall rule
program="installpath%Client\NextPVR.exe" enable=yes > nul

So I changed it to...
program="%installpath%NextPVR.exe" enable=yes > nul

nextpvr.exe is not in the same directory as NextPVRServer.exe. It's in a 'client' subdirectory.

Ok. That's right.

But I think there is still a missing % in line 8 in front of installpath

[VCR58]

I'm still getting the error message.

"adding firewall rules...
starting service...
The service name is invalid.

More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185."

This part is not working I think

  set _ServiceName="NextPVR Service"
  sc query %_ServiceName% | find "does not exist" > nul
  if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 1 (
    echo installing service... 
    sc create "NextPVR Service" binpath="%installpath%NextPVRService.exe" start=delayed-auto
  )

even though the service does not exist it still does not create the service.

[mvallevand]

Yes the line

if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 1 (

should be

if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 (

Martin

[VCR58]

Yes the line

if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 1 (

should be

if %ERRORLEVEL% EQU 0 (

Martin

That works. So, this statement

sc query %_ServiceName% | find "does not exist" > nul

if it finds "does not exist" in the response then %ERRORLEVEL% is supposed to return a "0"?

[mvallevand]

Yes 0 in the error level means that there was no error, it was able to find the string "does not exist"

Martin

[sub]

argh...right you are. Windows NPVR.zip has been updated to fix this installservice.bat.

[VCR58]

Sorry to keep bringing this up, but after running installservice.bat I noticed a firewall rule in my list of inbound rules named "NextPVR" with program location "installpathClient\NextPVR.exe" which is not going to do much.

This line in the bat file is missing a % in front of the variable
netsh.exe advfirewall firewall add rule name="NextPVR" dir=in action=allow program="installpath%Client\NextPVR.exe" enable=yes > nul

"installpath%Client\NextPVR.exe" should be changed to "%installpath%Client\NextPVR.exe"

[SilverTiger]

Wow, I didn't even know there was an "InstallService.bat" file. Sub's original note just says to run NextpvrServer.exe, which is what I've been doing. I'm assuming the service will perform whatever NextpvrServer.exe does? Should I be using that instead?