Rebooted my computer (as I do once a week to refresh everything) and upon launching Channels, it is stuck on the Settings "booting" page (says "Status about this server), and will not complete the booting. Never had this before---has anyone else? Tried to gather diagnostic logs, but it just spins and will not do that either.
What are the last few lines in the log?
Thanks for the link and the quick reply! But cannot get there---getting this:
"Unable to connect
Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at 127.0.0.1:8089."
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It would only work from the PC where the dvr is running. Or else change the IP to match the dvr server
Thanks. This is the PC that has the DVR server. How to change IP match the dvr server?
Then it sounds like the dvr is crashing for some reason
Open c:/programdata/ChannelsDVR/data/channels-dvr.log and copy/paste the last page of lines
2022/07/18 19:18:35.253136 [SYS] Starting Channels DVR v2022.06.20.0235 (windows-x86_64 pid:15568) in C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR\data
2022/07/18 19:18:36.232120 [SYS] Started HTTP Server
2022/07/18 19:18:36.936923 [HDR] Found 1 devices
2022/07/18 19:18:38.759318 [ERR] Failed to refresh auth: missing oauth client
2022/07/18 19:18:38.851892 [SYS] Bonjour service running for dvr-jon-lenovo-2021.local. [192.168.1.112]
2022/07/18 19:19:20.509299 [DBG] Scheduling wake timer for scheduled recording in 23h58m30s
2022/07/18 19:19:20.527836 [DVR] Recording engine started in D:\Channels 11-2021
2022/07/18 19:19:20.757070 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 2869
2022/07/18 19:19:20.891012 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 2940
2022/07/18 19:19:20.897825 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 3154
2022/07/18 19:19:20.903173 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 3239
2022/07/18 19:19:20.908635 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 3333
2022/07/18 19:19:20.945385 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 3367
2022/07/18 19:19:20.957305 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 3377
2022/07/18 19:19:20.970917 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 3379
2022/07/18 19:19:20.987907 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 3381
2022/07/18 19:19:21.020210 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 3416
2022/07/18 19:19:21.037046 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 3479
2022/07/18 19:19:21.050774 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 3895
2022/07/18 19:19:21.060746 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 393
2022/07/18 19:19:21.097676 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 4048
2022/07/18 19:19:21.112514 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 4051
2022/07/18 19:19:21.115569 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 4411
2022/07/18 19:19:21.151158 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 4685
2022/07/18 19:19:21.160404 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 4699
2022/07/18 19:19:21.177561 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 5034
2022/07/18 19:19:21.210926 [CACHE] Deleted cache for already deleted file 5331
2022/07/18 19:19:23.180111 [SYS] Created database snapshot: backup-20220718.191922
2022/07/18 19:19:23.180655 [SYS] Removing old backup backup-20220623.230824
2022/07/18 19:19:30.524458 [DBG] Scheduling wake timer for guide data in 13h49m59.4755412s
2022/07/18 19:20:27.562240 cannot open index, metadata missing
2022/07/18 19:24:03.487049 [SYS] Starting Channels DVR v2022.06.20.0235 (windows-x86_64 pid:16944) in C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR\data
2022/07/18 19:24:05.709439 [SYS] Started HTTP Server
2022/07/18 19:24:06.275523 [HDR] Found 1 devices
2022/07/18 19:24:10.036979 [TLS] Requesting certificate for 0b9876012558.u.channelsdvr.net
2022/07/18 19:24:10.756661 cannot open index, metadata missing
2022/07/18 19:29:15.678556 [SYS] Starting Channels DVR v2022.06.20.0235 (windows-x86_64 pid:10912) in C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR\data
2022/07/18 19:29:15.957157 [SYS] Started HTTP Server
2022/07/18 19:29:16.527753 [HDR] Found 1 devices
2022/07/18 19:29:19.131094 [TLS] Requesting certificate for 0b9876012558.u.channelsdvr.net
2022/07/18 19:29:20.085167 cannot open index, metadata missing
2022/07/18 19:29:42.442363 [SYS] Starting Channels DVR v2022.06.20.0235 (windows-x86_64 pid:8660) in C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR\data
2022/07/18 19:29:42.605082 [SYS] Started HTTP Server
2022/07/18 19:29:43.174531 [HDR] Found 1 devices
2022/07/18 19:29:44.992365 [TLS] Requesting certificate for 0b9876012558.u.channelsdvr.net
2022/07/18 19:29:45.735469 cannot open index, metadata missing
2022/07/18 19:30:25.775521 [SYS] Starting Channels DVR v2022.06.20.0235 (windows-x86_64 pid:8624) in C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR\data
2022/07/18 19:30:26.123996 [SYS] Started HTTP Server
2022/07/18 19:30:26.681062 [HDR] Found 1 devices
2022/07/18 19:30:28.742048 [TLS] Requesting certificate for 0b9876012558.u.channelsdvr.net
2022/07/18 19:30:29.457179 cannot open index, metadata missing
2022/07/18 19:36:39.793830 [SYS] Starting Channels DVR v2022.06.20.0235 (windows-x86_64 pid:5316) in C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR\data
2022/07/18 19:36:40.391187 [SYS] Started HTTP Server
2022/07/18 19:36:40.947607 [HDR] Found 1 devices
2022/07/18 19:36:43.443033 [TLS] Requesting certificate for 0b9876012558.u.channelsdvr.net
2022/07/18 19:36:44.275695 cannot open index, metadata missing
I concede that I may have made it worse by (re)installing DVR tonight.
Try deleting the recorder.idx directory in C:\ProgramData\ChannelsDVR\data
If that doesn't work, delete the .airings and .groups folders
deleted recorder.idx
windows wont let me delete airings and groups
Huh. Try as administrator? Or rename them? Or move to some place else
cut them out (they're gone now) and stuck them on the desktop
Okay try starting the dvr now and I think it will work
I must have really messed this up. Still getting:
Unable to connect
Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at 127.0.0.1:8089.
Is there a way to clear all this out and start over?
Or even better (but I doubt) retrieve all my settings from before (and all those passes)?
Does task manager show channels-dvr.exe running?
Try running Channels DVR from the start menu. It should show up in the system tray
You can copy the .db files from the data folder then delete ChannelsDVR and reinstall
There are also backups of the db files next to your recordings in the Database folder.
no, not running channels-dvr.exe in task manager apps
launching from the start menu doesnt put it in the system tray (but prior to my mess, it did)
I see the backups of the db files in my recordings folder-yay.
How do I restore them, once I delete and reinstall?