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After having successfully installing MM3.03 as a client to my server on a Vista Home Premium laptop, I decided (don’t ask why...  ) to try and uninstall and re-install as Standalone. Now when I start up MM3 it still try’s to connect to the server IP address and nothing I do will allow me to get past the “My Movies could not connect to the file system on server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx etc”. I have tried various things found on forum including uninstalling (in order) MM3 – SQL (all four parts) – deleting the “program files/SQL Server” folder as well as the “Program Data/ My Movies” folder, then running a reg scan to delete unwanted entries before rebooting and doing a clean “Standalone” install. Whatever I do, when I run up My Movies it still try’s to connect to my servers IP address which it has remembered somewhere. Where am I going wrong?
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I am having the same issue! Would love to know a solution.
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That is the PROBLEM!!! It constantly prompts for a server to connect to. Since the computer is now a standalone in a new location, there is no server anymore. In the new setup it is all suppose to be self contained. The problem is that you can't get past the prompt to start a new database or attempt to recreate (on the new machine) the server database from a backup. Every time it starts up, you immediately get stuck at the prompt.
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Standalone is actually a server and client on the same machine - there is still a server, it just happens to be the same machine as the client. Have you tried the following at the server prompt 1) localhost, 2) name of the standalone machine, 3) ip address of the standalone machine, and as a last resort 3) 127.0.0.1?
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Thank you, thoses are good suggestions and I will try them next time I boot the machine and let you know if they work.
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Glad to know I am not on my own with this one. I have already tried Localhost and loopback address, but each time MM3 starts by trying to connect to the IP Address of what used to be the server. Whatever I do it always starts up with the Dialog Box: "My Movies could not connect to the Database Server on '192.168.1.30'." - This address was the address of my server. If I re-install as a client, this connects fine, but I want to now run as Standalone. If I then click "Change" on the above Dialog box and enter "localhost" or 127.0.0.1 - it still fails "Could not connect to server". I have unistalled, deleated all MM3 folders, deleted the SQL database and even unistalled MS-SQL before running a Reg Cleaner. If I then re-install as Standalone, it always remembers the Server address and tries to connect. If I install as Client/Server, it still tries to connect to 192.168.1.30, if I then change this to localhost or 127.0.0.1 it still can't find it. It is driving me up the wall.....
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Having just made last post - it occured to me that I had not searched the Registry. Guess what - hkey_local_machine - Software contains a "mymovies" key containing sub-keys with file location and server settings. Just deleting this key was not successful on its own however. The final solution was:
Unistall MM3
Delete "Program Data - mymovies" folder
Uninstall Microsoft SQL including MM3 Database Engine
Reboot and re-install as Standalone
All's well that ends well.....
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binnerup wrote:There is 0 differences between a Standalone and Server/Client.
Your problem have been ONLY in relation to what server it is asked to connect to. I'm confused by this - I'm currently running the standalone successfully, but want to stream to a couple of Xbox 360's, and apparently need the server version to enable transcoding options? (I am getting transcode errors on the xBox 360 extender If the versions are the same, shouldn't I have the transcode options in the standalone? If so, where are they? Else, what is the proper way to uninstall the Standalone and installer the Server/Client? Just follow the GUI uninstall/install options, or are there some manual things I have to do first...? Thanks
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thrang wrote:binnerup wrote:There is 0 differences between a Standalone and Server/Client.
Your problem have been ONLY in relation to what server it is asked to connect to. I'm confused by this - I'm currently running the standalone successfully, but want to stream to a couple of Xbox 360's, and apparently need the server version to enable transcoding options? (I am getting transcode errors on the xBox 360 extender If the versions are the same, shouldn't I have the transcode options in the standalone? If so, where are they? Else, what is the proper way to uninstall the Standalone and installer the Server/Client? Just follow the GUI uninstall/install options, or are there some manual things I have to do first...? Thanks ' Ok, I found the transcode option, but when I try to play a title, I get a message that it couldn't transcode 30 seconds of video in 60 seconds, and that my computer may not be powerful enough...I'm running Windows 7 64 bit on a 1366/i7 with 6 GB of RAM, which I would THINK is powerful enough.... What's odd is that when I run Network Tuner from the xBox 360 extender, I get a high (into the HDTV) bar graph reading - seemingly excellent performance. The xBox is connected to a Wireless adapter (Apple Airport Express), and there is no gaming lag when my son plays on it... However, when I enter the network tuner for that particular xBox 360 extender from the WMC PC itself, I get almost no bars! (The WMC PC is hardwired to a gigbit network...)So I'm guess that's the problem, but why such different readings between two devices looking at each other... As an aside, why must I transcode,or more accurately, when to transcode and when not to...? I have DVD, Blu Ray, and HD-DVD folder structures store on my WMC computer, and normally use TMT3 for playback - I'm guessing all HD content will not be available though the extender (I don't see Total Media Theater in the main list of programs in the xBox 360 extender main menu...) Thanks
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