[denmonta]

I have been using ServerWMC before and it was working well with Live TV.
I have a Windows 7 that runs the latest (1135) ServerWMC.
The WMC part is configured and working fine.
I am using a HDHomerun Prime running the latest stable firmware (20140121) on Comcast and that is working fine from WMC.
When I request a live TV channel from a xbmc client (another Windows 7 or a Raspberry Pi),
the request arrives at the server and a wtv file is created correctly, but the file is always 512kb and the server does not find any
video and closes the stream and communicates back to the client that it failed. This is true for any channel I try.
Any idea how I can troubleshoot and fix this problem ?
Thanks for your help.

Below is the portion of the log showing details.
2014/05/04 11:07:53.438 Received client request: Denmonta-PC|OpenLiveStream|56948|0|807|WPHLDT/807
2014/05/04 11:07:53.443 OpenLiveStream> -----------------start------------------------
2014/05/04 11:07:53.443 OpenLiveStream> client: Denmonta-PC requesting live stream
2014/05/04 11:07:53.457 StreamProc> live-tv started
2014/05/04 11:07:53.467 SetChannel> Attempt: 0, Tuner: HDHomeRun Prime Tuner 13106DFF-1 / 7613efab-f740-4115-9b0c-c11205d30ebe
2014/05/04 11:07:53.468 SetChannel> > Digital: True
2014/05/04 11:07:53.468 SetChannel> > Encrypted: False
2014/05/04 11:07:53.468 SetChannel> > RecorderInfo found: True
2014/05/04 11:07:53.469 SetChannel> > Recorder Content Protection: PROT_COPY_FREE
2014/05/04 11:07:53.483 SetChannel > busy: False, client: none
2014/05/04 11:07:53.483 SetChannel> > tuner is available => stopping search
2014/05/04 11:07:54.697 SetChannel> Recorder acquired: True
2014/05/04 11:07:54.760 SetChannel> TuneRequest set
2014/05/04 11:07:54.843 StreamProc> wtv recording started in 1.39 sec
2014/05/04 11:07:54.843 StreamProc> stream output file: LiveTV_Denmonta-PC_Digital Cable_807_2014_05_04_11_07_53.ts
2014/05/04 11:07:54.846 StreamProc> started remux thread: 'WPHLDT-807: 56948'
2014/05/04 11:07:55.065 Remux::FindDescriptors> Scanning wtv for streams...
2014/05/04 11:07:55.204 Parse> Guid: 0 took 0.02 sec, it was attempted 3 times
2014/05/04 11:07:55.254 Parse> Next 4 Guids: 0.05 sec, 0.00 sec, 0.00 sec, 0.00 sec,
2014/05/04 11:07:55.254 GetNextGuid> end of stream is coming, next empty guid will terminate
2014/05/04 11:07:55.254 GetNextGuid> wtv file size: 524288
2014/05/04 11:07:55.257 WtvToPesDemuxer:arse> Guid header detects stream end
2014/05/04 11:07:55.257 Parse> Descriptor pass done, using 13 guids in 0.00 sec
2014/05/04 11:07:55.257 Parse> Total Descriptor parse time: 0.08 sec
2014/05/04 11:07:55.257 Pass 'Descriptor':
2014/05/04 11:07:55.257 > WtvToPesDemuxer:arse> total guid headers processed: 13
2014/05/04 11:07:55.257 > WtvToPesDemuxer:arse> total data packets processed: 0
2014/05/04 11:07:55.258 Remux::FindDescriptors> no streams descriptors were found.
2014/05/04 11:07:55.258 Remux::FindDescriptors> error: no audio or video stream found - aborting remux
2014/05/04 11:07:55.292 Remux> error: System.Exception: FindDescriptors failed
at Remuxer.Remux.Start(String clientName, String outFullFileName)
2014/05/04 11:07:55.293 Remuxer::Start> warning: no MuxFilter output in list during remux shutdown.
2014/05/04 11:07:55.293 Remux> requesting C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\TempSWMC\LiveTV_Denmonta-PC_Digital Cable_807_2014_05_04_11_07_53.wtv be saved from deletion
2014/05/04 11:07:55.293 Remux> ENDED, >>>>>>>>>> Run Time: 0.00 min <<<<<<<<<<
2014/05/04 11:08:04.850 StreamProc> process start error: Stream file 'ts' does not exist (likely no data was found to remux), timeout: 10,000 ms reached. calling Close()
2014/05/04 11:08:04.856 StreamProc::Close> remux thread had already stopped
2014/05/04 11:08:04.859 RecordToWTV::Close> isPassive is False => COM recorder will be stopped
2014/05/04 11:08:08.094 RecordToWTV::Close> exception at recorded stop: The client was disconnected from the remote object.
2014/05/04 11:08:08.095 StreamProc::Close> wtv closed successfully
2014/05/04 11:08:08.145 StreamProc::Close> wtv file size: 524,288
2014/05/04 11:08:08.147 StreamProc::Close> WTV FILE SAVED FOR DEBUG: C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\TempSWMC\LiveTV_Denmonta-PC_Digital Cable_807_2014_05_04_11_07_53.wtv
2014/05/04 11:08:08.147 StreamProc::Close> closed in 3.29 sec
2014/05/04 11:08:08.147 OpenLiveStream> error: Stream file 'ts' does not exist (likely no data was found to remux), timeout: 10,000 ms reached.
2014/05/04 11:08:08.148 Finished request OpenLiveStream in 14.71s

[Musicmad]

Hi,

I'm new here, but I think you have a better chance of getting a response to your issue if you follow these:

http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=179426

Apparently you should post the _full_ log and use pastebin. Don't paste logs directly into the forum. I hope you take this constructively

[krustyreturns]

@denmonta

According to the log you posted, no data is being captured from the tuners. and I can't tell why that's happening. Please try this experiment (just try this setting temporarily), in serverwmc on the debug tab, turn on 'remux the playback of all recordings...'. After turning it on, restart swmc. Then see if you can play a previously recorded wtv file from one of these channels. Let me know what happens if you try it.

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Also, the subject heading of this thread says 'new Serverwmc will not...'. Does that mean the old version of swmc works fine??

[krustyreturns]

Oh, I see that you already posted that it worked on the previous version. If you can, try reverting and see if really does solve the problem. That would be a real head-scratcher if that's the case.

[denmonta]

Thanks to both of you for helping....you fixed it...

I am not sure what happened, but when I tried again yesterday from my Windows 7 client, I was able to view live tv.

Very strange since I did not even try the procedures that Krusty suggested. However, the Raspberry PI was still
not working. I looked around and think I had another problem with that one because my workgroup is not the
default "WORKGROUP".
I then modified the OpenElec Raspberry PI to use my workgroup name instead of the default and now it appears to
work from the PI as well. It is not that simple to find out exactly where to make the change
for the workgroup but I finally created a /storage/.config/samba.conf from the sample file and did the reboot and that
seems to be the right place....

Anyway thank you for your suggestions and your hard work on that ServerWMC and client.

Now I am able to reliably watch HD channels from the PI without pixelation, which is not the case when I try the
direct route (going straight to the Silicondust HDHomerun Prime devices).

[krustyreturns]

I remain confused, but that's nothing new. Glad you got it working.