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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>>>I
have updated TapeWorm, a parasitic MythTV front end for Windows, based on
feedback provided by users of this list. My thanks to all who have
contributed to the discussion.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>>Hi David,<br>
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>I'm trying TapeWorm Beta 2, with my MythTV 0.19 installation, but I'm
having no luck getting it to work. I've shared my video directory using Samba
and mounted it on the Win >PC. I've also configured the correct IP address
and mysql username/password for my backend. However, I always get the message
"Database Error" and <br>
>"TapeWorm is unable to connect to the MySQL database.<br>
>Please check TapeWorm's configuration and your MythTV Server's status."<br>
><br>
>Is there any way to turn on more debugging messages so I can try and track
down the problem? <br>
><br>
>There's nothing unusual about my setup - I've a combined frontend/backend,
but I haven't changed any of the ports that the servers listen onand both the myth
box and the PC are >on the same network so there shouldn't be any issue with
the port being blocked. The only messages in the log files are: <br>
><br>
>Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
> File "TapeWorm.py", line 246, in OnConfig<br>
>IndexError: string index out of range<br>
>Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
> File "TapeWorm.py", line 246, in OnConfig <br>
>IndexError: string index out of range<br>
>Traceback (most recent call last):<br>
> File "TapeWorm.py", line 128, in OnPlay<br>
>TypeError: coercing to Unicode: need string or buffer, NoneType found<br>
><br>
>Thanks for the help! </span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>The error traceback suggests you are
leaving the Video Directory field on the Configuration screen blank, that the
field is returning a string of 0 length. At the moment, that would also
prevent database access, as the method that reads the values from the
configuration screen would raise an exception before it got to looking for the
database values. Does that make any sense?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>I’d suggest the following:</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Get the MySQL Query Browser from mysql.org
and install it on your Windows computer. Enter the username, password, Host,
and Database information and see if you are able to connect and see data.
You did enable MySQL access from other computers as instructed, right?</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Second, using Network Neighborhood,
confirm that you can connect to the video directory by typing in \\IP address\share
name for your video folder using the same format as in TapeWorm’s video
directory.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>That should tell you which connection is
failing. Let me know what you find out.</span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>David</span></font></p>
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