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[TP1964]

Running into a really strange issue - I have my main library on my Mac mini. I'm using a MacBook Pro with Media Center loaded as a client. The MacBook doesn't connect to the media server - yet, JRemote connects on my phone - connected to the same network - and (and this is the weird part) - if I completely delete Media Center for Mac off of the MacBook and completely reinstall it- then connect to the remote library, it works - until I shutdown Media Center - once I do that, the next time I start Media Center, it says "Error Connecting to Library" - If I delete and reinstall - it works again.

During this entire time both JPanel (From the very same MacBook) and JRemote (on my phone connected to the same network) works without an issue.

Any ideas?

[TP1964]

In case it's helpful - I produced a log while trying to load the library and this seems to be the pertinent area of the error log:

0191306: 8592521856: Database: MCDB::Load: Loading (Type: 3, Path: , Key: XXXXXXX, URL: , Name: Master Library)
0196312: 8592521856: General: CAppleINetReader::Open: timed out waiting for bytes available
0196312: 8592521856: Database: MCDB::Load: Finish (5006 ms)
0208939: 8592521856: General: CMCUICore::SystemPowerManager_UpdateActions: Start
0208940: 8592521856: General: CMCUICore::SystemPowerManager_UpdateActions: UI Mode: -999; Playing: 0
0208940: 8592521856: General: CMCUICore::SystemPowerManager_UpdateActions: Finish (result: 0) (0 ms)
0208940: 8592521856: Database: MCDB::GetMFDB: Creating object
0208940: 8592521856: Database: CMediaDatabase::CMediaDatabase: Start
0208940: 8592521856: Database: CMediaDatabase::CMediaDatabase: Creating field array
0208940: 8592521856: Database: CMediaDatabase::CMediaDatabase: Creating file map
0208940: 8592521856: Database: CMediaDatabase::CMediaDatabase: Creating album analyzer
0208940: 8592521856: Database: CMediaDatabase::CMediaDatabase: Initializing data
0208940: 8592521856: Database: CMediaDatabase::CMediaDatabase: Finish (0 ms)

I'll also add that reboots of both the server and the MacBook Pro does not clear this issue.

[JimH]

Same version on both sides?

Any old version running a Media Server?

[TP1964]

I had .45 on the macbook and .44 on the server - updated to .45 on the server. Same issue. Almost like it's timing out waiting for some response. It's a fairly large library 120k plus songs but I wasn't having this problem with my Windows server.

Just odd that JRemote and JPanel are working without a glitch on the same network - so I think that eliminates any connectivity issues (firewall, ports, etc.)

[TP1964]

Just for good measure I tried to connect via IP address:port as well - same thing.

[TP1964]

One more update - I restarted the mac mini server, I deleted and reinstalled MC 30.0.45 on the Macbook pro. I opened MC and connected to the remote library. The load takes about 10-15 seconds, after which everything was there. I added an album to the server. Did a refresh on the client and the new album didn't show up. I did a "sync" and it didn't show up. I shut down MC on the macbook and when I went to reopen MC, it could no longer connect to the server version.

It's like a fresh install connects long enough to get the current state of the library - but after that, it is no longer able to connect. I'm happy to send someone a full error log directly, but since it contains sensitive info I don't want to post it up here. Let me know - this is baffling. Never had this issue between my macbook and windows server - so not sure if this is an issue between MC for mac or what.

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

[TP1964]

More info: I went into user/myname/library/application support/j river/Media Center 30/connected library

deleted the contents

Loaded the remote library as new and it worked. So at least now I have a way to connect again without uninstalling/reinstalling - and thought I'd share in case it narrows where the issue might be. Some kind of weird file corruption?

[TP1964]

More info: I went into user/myname/library/application support/j river/Media Center 30/connected library

deleted the contents

Loaded the remote library as new and it worked. So at least now I have a way to connect again without uninstalling/reinstalling - and thought I'd share in case it narrows where the issue might be. Some kind of weird file corruption?

this no longer works - so must have been a weird fluke. I'm at a loss...

[TP1964]

This resolved after completely deleting MC from the server and reinstalling it - and NOT importing in the old Windows-based library, but just re-importing everything from scratch. So maybe some weirdness with the old files. Not sure. But this part is working now.