error upon startup after reboot

[kcrandall758 1]

I get the following error when attempting to start emby after a reboot:

 

Unhandled exception: Could not load file or assembly 'ServiceStack.Text, Version 4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies.  The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest.

 

upon hitting OK, the error goes and emby does not start.

[Luke 42083]

That's very strange. I've never seen that before. If you have an anti-virus installed make sure it didn't delete any server files. There is a new update so I would just install the latest version on top of your existing install.

[kcrandall758 1]

that worked, although I had to do it twice.  the first time it gave an error after running; after the second time, it ran successful - thanks!

[Morphy 3]

I updated last night and have the same error today:

2016-04-04 16:38:54.3905 Error Main: UnhandledException
	*** Error Report ***
	Version: 3.0.5912.0
	Command line: C:\Users\AM1\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system\MediaBrowser.ServerApplication.exe -service
	Operating system: Microsoft Windows NT 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1
	Processor count: 4
	64-Bit OS: True
	64-Bit Process: True
	Program data path: C:\Users\AM1\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server
	Application Path: C:\Users\AM1\AppData\Roaming\Emby-Server\system\MediaBrowser.ServerApplication.exe
	Could not load file or assembly 'ServiceStack.Text, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest.
	System.BadImageFormatException
	   at MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.BaseApplicationHost`1.<Init>d__4.MoveNext()
	   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncMethodBuilderCore.Start[TStateMachine](TStateMachine& stateMachine)
	   at MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.BaseApplicationHost`1.Init(IProgress`1 progress)
	   at MediaBrowser.ServerApplication.MainStartup.RunApplication(ServerApplicationPaths appPaths, ILogManager logManager, Boolean runService, StartupOptions options)
	   at MediaBrowser.ServerApplication.MainStartup.Main()

Will try updating again.

[Morphy 3]

Ok so I've redownloaded the installer and disabled avast as suggested in another thread and it seems it had to download an update to .net framework. After rebooting I got an I/O error when backing up the emby dir. Now Emby has not launched as a service for some reason. Not sure what's going on but it seems to be working ok now. I'm going to look at the auto updater script and also maybe even a fresh install when I've got the time as I don't like the sound of that I/O error. It's a fairly new cloned samsung EVO SSD so it shouldnt have any issues...

[Luke 42083]

In my opinion I think you should run hardware diagnostics in addition to chkdsk. The only other time I've seen the error in post #4 was a main drive failure. I was already beginning to think that before you even mentioned the I/O error.

[badbread 7]

I'm getting the same thing after the last update.

 

*EDIT*

Reinstall fixed it.

Edited May 27, 2016 by badbread

[Luke 42083]

I'm getting the same thing after the last update.

 

*EDIT*

Reinstall fixed it.

 

Hi, thanks for reporting back. Glad to hear you're all set!

[MiChAeLoKGB 7]

Hi,

 

I just got this error after my PC froze and I restarted it (emby just hanged so I restarted again and same error). Emby version: 3.0.5986.0

Also I am not willing to re-install emby right now (I will be reinstalling whole Windows soon), but I thought that error log might be useful (and nope I can not start my emby at all, I always get this error):

Could not load file or assembly 'ServiceStack.Text, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The module was expected to contain an assembly manifest.
System.BadImageFormatException
   at MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.BaseApplicationHost`1.<Init>d__4.MoveNext()
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.AsyncTaskMethodBuilder.Start[TStateMachine](TStateMachine& stateMachine)
   at MediaBrowser.Common.Implementations.BaseApplicationHost`1.Init(IProgress`1 progress)
   at MediaBrowser.ServerApplication.MainStartup.RunApplication(ServerApplicationPaths appPaths, ILogManager logManager, Boolean runService, StartupOptions options)
   at MediaBrowser.ServerApplication.MainStartup.Main()

Edited July 15, 2016 by MiChAeLoKGB

[ebr 16187]

Make sure an anti-malware program didn't mess with the install.

[MiChAeLoKGB 7]

Nope it didnt. I looked at the logs od MBAM and MSE, they didnt do anything to EMBY at all. Id like to know what file I might be missing.

[Luke 42083]

Major sure you have the

.net frame work 4.6 installed. After that if the issue persists try installing the server from the website on top of your existing install.

[MiChAeLoKGB 7]

I had the .net, installing emby over existing install helped... I was kinda not wanting to do that in case it removed all my configs, but it didn't so yay and thx?

[Luke 42083]

If it happens again and you're sure it's not anti-virus tampering with it, then you'll probably want to run windows chkdsk to scan for hard disk errors, as well as other hardware diagnostics.

[MiChAeLoKGB 7]

I did check all my disks (as part of me trying to diagnose why the F does my PC freeze randomly when idle) and they are all OK. But I will be re-installing windows as my last attempt of trying to solve the freezing, so hopefully it wont happen again. But if it does, I will post here and do a bit more diagnostics.