DevonLad 1 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Apologies if this is covered somewhere, but I couldn't find it. I have a MBS with MBT setup at home, and this works just fine. I also travel for a couple of months at a time and like to have another MB setup on my Laptop, running the media files from a 3TB Portable HDD. On the assumption that neither MBC or MBT will work as 'off-network' standalone systems (in the same way that I have successfully been using MB2 on the laptop), my plan was to install MBS on the laptop, followed by MBT, linking MBS to the 3TB drive. When I install MBS on the laptop, I have tried 2 scenarios to get it working: with the laptop connected to my home network, which of course has another MBS/MBT setup running on it with the laptop disconnected from the network/internet Either way, when the initial browser opens and I get the 'Welcome to MB' wizard, clicking 'Next' does absolutely nothing. If I right-click the tray-icon and choose 'Configure Media Browser, I get a screen that is devoid of information, except for blank areas (under the Home tab) headed Server Information / Active Devices / Latest News. If I click on the Shutdown button under 'Server Information', it shuts down my home MB server (if the laptop is connected to the network), so it looks as if the laptop's MBS sees the home version of MBS and refuses to do anything in the way of configuration. But if I disconnect the laptop from the network, MBS won't install and/or configure anyway, so I am stuck. Is there a way to get this working on the laptop (hopefully I am missing something obvious), or is MBS just not designed to work on a standalone/off-network system at the moment (or perhaps never). I can of course carry on using MB2 on the laptop, but I assume MB2 will eventually not be available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legallink 187 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 Can you install it and run it not as a service on the laptop? Only start the laptop server when you are away and not when at home? For the players, you should be able to configure multiple servers, so that should take care of that issue. Just point it to the time you are using at the time. Then the question would be where is the media? If the 3tb drive is external, you should be able to work with that. I would just try and have only one server running at a time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted April 20, 2014 Share Posted April 20, 2014 I do this all the time. In fact, I have three servers - a production one, a development one and one on my laptop that goes with me. The issue you are describing, I don't think, has anything to do with the multiple servers. It sounds like a problem with the browser on the laptop. IE by any chance? Search out here for security settings in IE that need to be tweaked or try using a different browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonLad 1 Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Can you install it and run it not as a service on the laptop? Only start the laptop server when you are away and not when at home? Thanks for the suggestions. I can do these things, IF I can get past the initial configuration wizard screen. Until I can actually get into the program, I can't make any settings changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonLad 1 Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 I do this all the time. In fact, I have three servers - a production one, a development one and one on my laptop that goes with me. The issue you are describing, I don't think, has anything to do with the multiple servers. It sounds like a problem with the browser on the laptop. IE by any chance? Search out here for security settings in IE that need to be tweaked or try using a different browser. Well that's really great to know that I can do it, now I just have to work out how! I'm running Firefox (I don't use IE on anything), which I also use on my Server and HTPCs, so I imagine that suggests it's not a browser issue. It has now occurred to me that I can connect the laptop to the internet (for the initial download/install) via my mobile phone, and that way, it cannot be interacting with my existing home setups. At least if I can get it installed properly that way, I might then be able to configure it. I will report back after trying that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonLad 1 Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 OK, got it working now with a change of browser to Chrome (although why Firefox won't work, when it does with MBS on my other systems, is a mystery). I have attached 2 screen images, which show a slightly different wizard screen, depending on the browser. Hopefully, they are self-explantory Thanks for your help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Sounded like a browser problem. Could be different versions, different extensions or different settings between the two installations of FF. I know some of the security settings in IE make the wizard not work sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolerant 70 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 OK, got it working now with a change of browser to Chrome (although why Firefox won't work, when it does with MBS on my other systems, is a mystery). I have attached 2 screen images, which show a slightly different wizard screen, depending on the browser. Hopefully, they are self-explantory Thanks for your help. Have you tried clearing your FireFox cache and stuff on the laptop? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonLad 1 Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 what version of ff? Initially 26, and then updated to 28. Same result with both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonLad 1 Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Have you tried clearing your FireFox cache and stuff on the laptop? No I didn't; I'll give that a go next time I have the laptop on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke 37049 Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 OK, got it working now with a change of browser to Chrome (although why Firefox won't work, when it does with MBS on my other systems, is a mystery). I have attached 2 screen images, which show a slightly different wizard screen, depending on the browser. Hopefully, they are self-explantory Thanks for your help. what version of ff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonLad 1 Posted April 22, 2014 Author Share Posted April 22, 2014 Have you tried clearing your FireFox cache and stuff on the laptop? Cleared the Caches, Cookies etc and then tried again - still doesn't work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted April 22, 2014 Share Posted April 22, 2014 Have you compared versions, extensions and security settings between the two machines? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonLad 1 Posted April 23, 2014 Author Share Posted April 23, 2014 (edited) Have you compared versions, extensions and security settings between the two machines? On the Laptop [MBT+MBS]: Version: 28.0 Extensions: Adblock Plus / Amazon Wish List / British English Dictionary / Quidco Toolbar Plugins: Adobe Acrobat / AdobeAAMDetect / Java Toolkit / Java Platform / Shockwave Flash / Silverlight On the Server [MBS]: Version: 28.0 Extensions: None Plugins: Silverlight The Java Plugins are both 'Manual Activation' only. The problem might be Adblock, but it is disabled for anything MB related, and for localhost, but I might try uninstalling it and see if FF then works. I'm quite happy to run Chrome just for MBS, but I guess you might want to understand what's going on with FF, for future development and troubleshooting? Edited April 23, 2014 by DevonLad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebr 14910 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Yes we would like to understand. I think Adblock is the most likely culprit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikuf 663 Posted April 23, 2014 Share Posted April 23, 2014 Adblock or better popup blocker (or similar). I had a similar issue it seams eons ago now . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonLad 1 Posted April 27, 2014 Author Share Posted April 27, 2014 Yes we would like to understand. I think Adblock is the most likely culprit. Finally had a chance to remove Adblock and then try again. Still won't work in Firefox, so it's something other than Adblock: if I find the solution I will post it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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