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[hsc]

Hello,

I just upgraded from the previous 11.1 version and struggle now with the Library server. In 11.1 everything worked fine: 1 server and up to 3 clients playing mp3s and apes. Now with 12.0.222 when trying to play a song on the client (mp3 or ape, tried both), the server goes to 100% CPU and Media Center freezes. I tried this with 2 different clients, both with Version 12.0.222. Has anybody seen a similar behavior? I guess it must be something very basic that I do wrong.

Something unrelated: When connected through a Remote Desktop connection, going into Theater View crashes MC (not really that important).

Thanks,
Horst

[John Gateley]

Are you using conversion? (Check on the client).

What does the server status page show?

j

[hsc]

Hi,

conversion is turned off on the clients. I did some further experiments and now discovered that the server even hangs without the client requesting actuals files for playback. What I did is as follows:
- Start MC on server
- Start MC on Client
- Search for a library server:
    Client finds the server and downloads the library
- I do some navigation on the client (not even playing stuff, switching view schemes)
- After a while (about 20-30 seconds) MC on the server hangs

I turned off the windows FW on both systems during the experiment.
My system info is as follows:
Media Center Registered 12.0.222 -- C:\Program Files\J River\Media Center 12\

Microsoft Windows XP  Workstation 5.1 Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 1346 MHz MMX / Memory: Total - 523 MB, Free - 240 MB

Internet Explorer: 7.0.5730.11 / ComCtl32.dll: 5.82.2900 / Shlwapi.dll: 6.0.2900 / Shell32.dll: 6.0.2900 / wnaspi32.dll: N/A
Ripping /   Drive D:   Mode:Normal  Type:Auto  Speed:Max
  Digital playback: Yes /  Use YADB: Yes /  Get cover art: No /  Calc replay gain: Yes /  Copy volume: 32767
  Eject after ripping: Yes /  Play sound after ripping: No 

Burning /  Drive D: PLEXTOR  CD-R   PX-W2410A   Addr: 3:3:0  Speed:24  MaxSpeed:24  BurnProof:Yes
  Test mode: No /  Eject after writing: Yes /  Direct decoding: Yes /  Write CD-Text: Yes
  Use playback settings: No /

Interface Plugins:
  Library Server (Active/Enabled)
  TiVo Server (Active)
  UPnP Server (Active)
  Cover Art Finder
  MCXMLExport


Last thing I saw in the library server window was:
JRiver Library Server Version 1.0.34 starting...
Trying Port 80
Starting Auto Detect beacon
Running on Port 80
Received request for version
Sending version
Received request for library
Sending library

I turned on debuging and the last few lines in the log are:
0244187: 3720: Sharing Plugins: CLibraryServerHTTPWorker::StatusMessage: Received request for cover art: E:\10Music\Alben\R\Ricky Martin\Best of Ricky Martin [Sony 2001]\03 - Ricky Martin - She Bangs [English Version].mp3: Finish (18516 ms)
0244828: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::OpenInternal: Start
0248484: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::OpenInternal: Create: 0
0250437: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::OpenInternal: Opening: C:\Documents and Settings\hschrake\Application Data\J River\Media Center 12\Thumbnails\{1005FDE9-C988-4129-A2CE-9DECA1D005DC}\Normal (v3)\field (thumbnail info (local)).jmd
0252281: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::OpenInternal: Finish (7453 ms)
0255531: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::Close: Start
0257500: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::Close: Closing: C:\Documents and Settings\hschrake\Application Data\J River\Media Center 12\Thumbnails\{1005FDE9-C988-4129-A2CE-9DECA1D005DC}\Normal (v3)\field (thumbnail info (local)).jmd
0259640: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::Close: Finish (4109 ms)
0262046: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::OpenInternal: Start
0264281: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::OpenInternal: Create: 0
0266015: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::OpenInternal: Opening: C:\Documents and Settings\hschrake\Application Data\J River\Media Center 12\Library\field (thumbnail info).jmd
0268375: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::OpenInternal: Finish (6329 ms)
0271578: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::Close: Start
0274093: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::Close: Closing: C:\Documents and Settings\hschrake\Application Data\J River\Media Center 12\Library\field (thumbnail info).jmd
0276046: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::Close: Finish (4468 ms)
0278187: 3500: Database: CThumbnailsDatabase::GetThumbnails: Creating object
0280703: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::OpenInternal: Start
0282625: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::OpenInternal: Create: 0
0284609: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::OpenInternal: Opening: C:\Documents and Settings\hschrake\Application Data\J River\Media Center 12\Thumbnails\{1005FDE9-C988-4129-A2CE-9DECA1D005DC}\Normal (v3)\field (thumbnail offset small).jmd
0285718: 3832: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleConnection: Start
0286890: 3500: Reader: CLocalReader::OpenInternal: Finish (6187 ms)
0285937: 780: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleConnection: Start
0286296: 444: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleConnection: Start
0285812: 1552: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleConnection: Start
0286296: 3208: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleConnection: Start
0286078: 1812: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleConnection: Start
0286203: 1276: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleConnection: Start
0286296: 3752: Sharing Plugins: CHTTPListenerWorker::HandleConnection: Start
   

[John Gateley]

Try this: as soon as the client gets the library, turn off library server on the server. Does it still hang?

j

[hsc]

Hi,

I stopped the library server after the client downloaded the library and the sever keeps working (but of course I can't do any meaningful on the client while the server is stopped). I did some additional tests and for me it looks like it has something to do with requests for coverart. I initially imported my MC 11.1 library (about 100k files in the lib) into MC 12 and that might be part of the problem. I created a new library and imported some files (about 500) into the library and with this it seems to work fine. And there is a difference in the tagging information when I compare files in the converted lib vs the imported version: Some mp3 show instead 192 kbps - CBR (MPEG-1 Layer 3) something like 192 kbps - unknown compression (Format field). So it might be a problem with  the initial import of the MC 11.1 database?

Thanks,
Horst

[John Gateley]

Can you turn on all debug logging, make it hang, and e-mail me the log?

Thanks,

j (gateley @ jriver.com)