Cannot configure server in configurator for WB Classic

[jameyab 0]

I'm new to the whole media center setup deal and currently have a HDHomeRun prime and an Intel NUC NUC5i5RYH with a SSD and 16GB RAM with WIndows 8.1 and WMC.  When I attempt to point to my main computer which is running WB Server, the configurator on the NUC in WB Classic doesn't give me the options to set up the system (see picture, sorry for size). As a matter of fact, I'm missing a few tabs as you can see.  This is on version 3.0.258.0.  I've attempted reinstalling with no success.  On a side note, WB Theatre works just fine.  However, I would like the integration into WMC instead.  Any help would be appreaciated.  Thanks!

[ebr 14960]

MBC should find your server automatically.  What happens when you bring it up?

[jameyab 0]

To be honest nothing. I never see the migrating library screen like the directions show. It just goes to a plain blue background screening of the WMC. I never see the login icons, it just sits there. I can back out and look at the rest of my windows media center content. But WB classic always shows a blue screen.

 

 

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[ebr 14960]

Sounds like a network connectivity or other problem.  Can you please post an MBC log?

[jameyab 0]

As soon as I get home I will. Thank you!

 

 

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[jameyab 0]

okay, so i just uninstalled and re installed since im at home and not over rdp and got the same results  attached are my configurator and mbclassic log files.  thanks again for your assistance  ana, i find it strange that theatre works just fine.  could it be a win 8.1 x64 issue?

Configurator-1832015f9d21acae7dc41d08e19159322ce1dc7.log

MBClassic-183201527ae47e8589e45fbaad469f38bd4a8d7.log

[ebr 14960]

No idea what is going on there.  MBC isn't even trying to connect to a server.  Do you have something blocking UDP?  Firewall?

 

Can you post your MediaBrowserCommonXml.config file found in %appdata%\MediaBrowser-Classic\configurations?

[jameyab 0]

no firewall enabled on the private network and only AV is really malwarebytes.  Here is that config file:

 

<Settings>
  <FindServerAutomatically>True</FindServerAutomatically>
  <ShowServerSelection>False</ShowServerSelection>
  <ServerAddress>
  </ServerAddress>
  <ServerPort>8096</ServerPort>
  <LastServerMacAddress>
  </LastServerMacAddress>
  <LogonAutomatically>False</LogonAutomatically>
  <SavePassword>True</SavePassword>
  <AutoLogonUserName>
  </AutoLogonUserName>
  <AutoLogonPw>
  </AutoLogonPw>
  <WakeServer>True</WakeServer>
  <EnableAutoLogoff>False</EnableAutoLogoff>
  <AutoLogoffTimeOut>180</AutoLogoffTimeOut>
  <WarnOnStream>True</WarnOnStream>
  <LocalMaxBitrate>30</LocalMaxBitrate>
  <RemoteMaxBitrate>2</RemoteMaxBitrate>
  <DisableMcConflictingOperations>False</DisableMcConflictingOperations>
  <DisableCustomPlayerForDvd>False</DisableCustomPlayerForDvd>
  <WeatherLocation>
  </WeatherLocation>
  <WeatherUnit>f</WeatherUnit>
  <LastNagDate>1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM</LastNagDate>
  <ConnectUserId>
  </ConnectUserId>
  <ConnectUserToken>
  </ConnectUserToken>
  <DefaultMessageTimeout>30</DefaultMessageTimeout>
  <EnableUpdates>True</EnableUpdates>
  <EnableSilentUpdates>True</EnableSilentUpdates>
  <SystemUpdateClass>Release</SystemUpdateClass>
  <PluginUpdateClass>Beta</PluginUpdateClass>
  <ExternalPlayers>
  </ExternalPlayers>
  <MBInstallDir>file:\C:\Program Files (x86)\MediaBrowser\MediaBrowser</MBInstallDir>
  <ExtenderNativeTypes>.dvr-ms,.wmv</ExtenderNativeTypes>
  <UseAutoPlayForIso>False</UseAutoPlayForIso>
  <EnableTranscode360>False</EnableTranscode360>
  <MBVersion>3.0.258.0</MBVersion>
  <IsFirstRun>False</IsFirstRun>
  <EnableMouseHook>True</EnableMouseHook>
  <AutoValidate>True</AutoValidate>
  <OverScanScaling>
    <X>1</X>
    <Y>1</Y>
    <Z>1</Z>
  </OverScanScaling>
  <OverScanPadding>
    <Bottom>0</Bottom>
    <Left>0</Left>
    <Right>0</Right>
    <Top>0</Top>
  </OverScanPadding>
  <BreadcrumbCountLimit>2</BreadcrumbCountLimit>
  <DaemonToolsLocation>C:\Program Files\DAEMON Tools Lite\daemon.exe</DaemonToolsLocation>
  <DaemonToolsDrive>E</DaemonToolsDrive>
  <EnableTraceLogging>True</EnableTraceLogging>
  <MinLoggingSeverity>Debug</MinLoggingSeverity>
  <LogFileRetentionDays>30</LogFileRetentionDays>
  <CacheFileRetentionDays>45</CacheFileRetentionDays>
  <LastFileCleanup>3/18/2015 7:09:05 PM</LastFileCleanup>
  <UserTileColor>DarkBlue</UserTileColor>
  <LoginBgColor>Black</LoginBgColor>
  <MaxPrimaryWidth>350</MaxPrimaryWidth>
  <MaxThumbWidth>500</MaxThumbWidth>
  <MaxBannerWidth>500</MaxBannerWidth>
  <MaxBackgroundWidth>1920</MaxBackgroundWidth>
  <MaxLogoWidth>400</MaxLogoWidth>
  <MaxArtWidth>400</MaxArtWidth>
  <MaxDiscWidth>300</MaxDiscWidth>
  <JpgImageQuality>90</JpgImageQuality>
  <UseCustomStreamingUrl>False</UseCustomStreamingUrl>
  <CustomStreamingUrl>http://{0}/mediabrowser/Videos/{1}/stream?Static=True</CustomStreamingUrl>
  <StartupParms>
  </StartupParms>
  <HttpTimeout>40000</HttpTimeout>
</Settings>

[ebr 14960]

The only thing I can figure is that UDP is never returning.  Try two things:

 

1) Open up MBC and just let it sit at that blue screen.  Eventually, something should happen.  Then post that log.

 

2) If that really never goes anywhere, then you can put your server address into that config file (in ServerAddress but be sure and remove that line feed) and change FindServerAutomatically to False.

[jameyab 0]

thanks again!  I'll just let it run tonight and see what happens tomorrow.  I'll let you know!

[jameyab 0]

So I let it run all night and it never changed from the blue screen.  I was about to set up a homeshare until I went back into the config file and tried once more to manually set it.  After setting autofind to false and making sure that

<ServerAddress>IP

</ServerAddress>

 

was actually

<ServerAddress>IP</ServerAddress>

instead, it fired right up.

 

Thanks again for your assistance!  You solved quite a headache

[ebr 14960]

Very interesting.  I think that means our UDP call is hanging and never actually timing out.  Never seen that...

[willme 0]

Hi there, just to let you know I had a similar problem with WMC, it sat there for several minutes and eventually came up with the 'welcome to media browser' screen, saying if I don't have a server then I can access a shared 1 by using MB connect and using a PIN code (or download a server) which was really confusing until I saw this post as I couldn't find anywhere to set the server address either (the setup guide is a bit out of date..). Thing is I do have a server, its running on the same box as WMC and all my mobile device apps connect fine to the server. After changing the config to autofind false and 'localhost' for the serveraddress it fired straight up with the login prompt and seems to work fine after logging in... so thanks for the solution

[Dan64 30]

MBC should find your server automatically.  What happens when you bring it up?

I have a similar problem. I have 2 Emby servers (one running on Linux, the other on Windows). In MBT it is possible to select which server connect to. But in MBC has been disabled the possibility to select the server and I don't know what will be selected and why. Probably you are asking why I'm running 2 versions of Emby server. The fact is that my client PC run on Windows and I'm using the Windows version as backup server (the linux version is promising but has not the same stability of Windows version).

Edited April 13, 2015 by Dan64

[ebr 14960]

MBC has the ability to select a server too.  Click on your user ID for the user menu and, at the bottom, there is a switch server button.