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Feature Suggestions / Re: What PVD is missing is...
« on: January 02, 2010, 05:51:38 am »
I am curious to know if Nostra received my error log email regarding Playlists in Windows 7 (quoted above) but if neither Nostra nor Rick.ca could reproduce the error then is there anything in the error log to suggest that it has something to do with my hardware.

PS: The error is reproducible with a standalone machine running PVD using a local C: drive based database.

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Support / Re: Windows 7 bug in version 0.9.9.14 with playlists
« on: November 27, 2009, 10:22:56 pm »
Hi Rick,

Very pleased to have any kind of reply. Thank you.

The error is very reproducible in Windows 7 without Compatibility Mode enabled. I will email the report to Nostra as suggested.

PS: The compatibility mode I suggested is included in Home Premium, so you should be able to use PVD in its current version and see for yourself what I am posting about. I think you are thinking of the virtual XP machine (ie. XP running as a complete operating system in a window) which is only available in Professional edition and up. This does not seem to be required for PVD as it is relatively compatible with Windows 7. Only very incompatible programs seem to require this extra level to install and run.

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Support / Re: Windows 7 bug in version 0.9.9.14 with playlists
« on: November 26, 2009, 12:03:03 pm »
I seem to have found a temporary solution to my own problem (Compatibility Mode), which may help others wishing to use PVD with Windows 7:

Right click on viddb.exe program file and open 'Properties', go to 'Compatibility' tab and tick 'Run this program in compatibility mode for:' and select 'Windows XP (SP3)' and then your Playlists should work (see attachment).

It's not really fixing the problem but as a temporary work around for those who wish to get the benefits of Windows 7 it's an option.

Hope this helps someone else.

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Support / Re: Windows 7 bug in version 0.9.9.14 with playlists
« on: November 26, 2009, 11:48:54 am »
More info...

I tried setting up PVD 0.9.9.14 on a single, stand-alone PC using Windows 7 with the database on the local C: drive and the video files stored on the local D: drive and found that the playlist files produced exactly the same error (see attachment) ie. this error is not related to firebird or the networking but would appear to be a fundamental issue with Windows 7 compatibility.

Has anyone else tried PVD with Windows 7?



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Support / Re: Windows 7 bug in version 0.9.9.14 with playlists
« on: November 25, 2009, 11:23:21 am »
More information...

Personal Video Database works surprisingly well on Windows 7 given that the home page states: "Runs under: Windows 2000, XP, 2003 Server, Vista". I am hoping Windows 7 could be added to this list at some point in the future.

I have set up another computer running Windows Vista 32 remotely and freshly installed MPC-HC, PVD and connected via Firebird to my PVD database, exactly the same way I set up the Windows 7 machine and not surprisingly, the Vista machine works perfectly with playlists and all the other files (exactly as it was designed).

Apologies for pushing the envelope and trying PVD with Windows 7 - hopefully someone finds this information helpful, especially if they are tempted to upgrade from Vista to Windows 7.

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Support / Re: Windows 7 bug in version 0.9.9.14 with playlists
« on: November 22, 2009, 04:56:50 am »
More information....
When I play a multipart movie on the server (Vista Home Premium 32 bit) it works as expected, creating a .pls file which is played by my movie player (MPC Home cinema). However when running PVD on a separate computer (windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit), connected to the server (Firebird) it crashes when I try to play a movie from PVD with the following error "An error occurred in this application" and the report has "File access denied".

Note I have edited the configuration file to replace folder in file path as I could not edit it via the preference menu as described here.
Modified config file code:

[Folders]
SameDirOpts=0
InitDir0=
InitDir1=
InitDir2=
InitDir3=
InitDir4=
InitDir5=
InitDirType0=0
InitDirType1=0
InitDirType2=0
InitDirType3=0
InitDirType4=0
InitDirType5=0
FindFolders=C:\Users\Public\External Drives
RepFolders=\\MMTV-PC\Users\Public\External Drives

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Support / Windows 7 bug in version 0.9.9.14 with playlists
« on: November 22, 2009, 01:41:51 am »
PVD is an excellent program! I have been using it with Vista, over a network using Firebird. Very impressive. I recently installed upgraded to Windows 7 (clean install) and have begun testing various programs. The main home server is still running Vista 32 bit Home Premium but the test computer now runs Windows 7 32 bit Home Premium. PVD works well for the most part except it crashes with .PLS extension under Windows 7. Hopefully, this bugs can be fixed for the new version.

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