serviio startup with windows

[npuser]

kubbaz - Here is what you could do in windows environment. Add 'Tcpip' and/or 'NetBT' services as dependencies to serviio service. This does require you to change registry which could potentially cause problem if you are not careful. However, if setup correctly, this approach is a fail safe method than that of delay start. Setting up a Tcpip dependency on serviio service tells windows not to start serviio until Tcpip (or NetBT = NetBios over TCPIP) is ready.

Procedure to add dependency:
1. Start regedit
2. Go to - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Serviio
3. Then click Add Value
4. Create a new value name "DependOnService" (without the quotation marks) with a data type of REG_MULTI_SZ, and then click OK.
5. When the Data dialog box appears, type Tcpip (case sensitive, one entry for each line if you are adding multiple dependencies), and then click OK.

If the everything entered correctly, your serviio service dependency should look like attached picture.

Note: I also have .reg file with encoded dependonservice key with this post. The .reg file only applies to windows 7 64bit.

WARNING !!! DO NOT APPLY .REG FILE DIRECTLY TO YOUR PC. THE FILE IS FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY.

thanks for the suggestion, i shall give it a try.

Im still curious as to why the server starts up for the first few times after i install serviio. Doesn't really make much sense that it decides to fail after 5 or so pc restarts.

And secondly, if i leave it (like i have a choice) every so often it works anyway. What ever the discrepancy is, seems only infrequent.. Or something

[moltra]

thanks for the suggestion, i shall give it a try.

Im still curious as to why the server starts up for the first few times after i install serviio. Doesn't really make much sense that it decides to fail after 5 or so pc restarts.

And secondly, if i leave it (like i have a choice) every so often it works anyway. What ever the discrepancy is, seems only infrequent.. Or something

Can you post your serviio.log file.

thanks for the suggestion, i shall give it a try.

Im still curious as to why the server starts up for the first few times after i install serviio. Doesn't really make much sense that it decides to fail after 5 or so pc restarts.

And secondly, if i leave it (like i have a choice) every so often it works anyway. What ever the discrepancy is, seems only infrequent.. Or something

Can you post your serviio.log file.

thats already up champo !!

http://forum.serviio.org/viewtopic.php?p=40166#p40166

kubbaz - Here is what you could do in windows environment. Add 'Tcpip' and/or 'NetBT' services as dependencies to serviio service. This does require you to change registry which could potentially cause problem if you are not careful. However, if setup correctly, this approach is a fail safe method than that of delay start. Setting up a Tcpip dependency on serviio service tells windows not to start serviio until Tcpip (or NetBT = NetBios over TCPIP) is ready.

Procedure to add dependency:
1. Start regedit
2. Go to - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Serviio
3. Then click Add Value
4. Create a new value name "DependOnService" (without the quotation marks) with a data type of REG_MULTI_SZ, and then click OK.
5. When the Data dialog box appears, type Tcpip (case sensitive, one entry for each line if you are adding multiple dependencies), and then click OK.

If the everything entered correctly, your serviio service dependency should look like attached picture.

Note: I also have .reg file with encoded dependonservice key with this post. The .reg file only applies to windows 7 64bit.

WARNING !!! DO NOT APPLY .REG FILE DIRECTLY TO YOUR PC. THE FILE IS FOR YOUR REFERENCE ONLY.

I cant imagine im the only one with this issue, it seems too simple.

i think the above info should be stickied, and maybe elevated to have this reg edit incorporated in the next version. It certainly done the job for me anyway

As far as the results have gone, so far, flawless. I have restarted several times and has worked every time

[zip]

added to the wiki: http://wiki.serviio.org/doku.php?id=net_reboot

[molitar]

Ok the Wiki is awful. Nowhere under Windows Install does it tell about this problem with Servio failing to start at bootup. Nowheres. Where that Wiki link led me to doesn't even make sense when viewing Wiki from Wiki home. This problem needs to be stickied under support itself here! It took me ages figuring out why it was failing to start. And why is the service not installed with delayed startup by default when created or with dependency with TCP/IP?

[zip]

Ok the Wiki is awful. Nowhere under Windows Install does it tell about this problem with Servio failing to start at bootup. Nowheres. Where that Wiki link led me to doesn't even make sense when viewing Wiki from Wiki home. This problem needs to be stickied under support itself here! It took me ages figuring out why it was failing to start. And why is the service not installed with delayed startup by default when created or with dependency with TCP/IP?

The Wiki is user generated content. Feel free to update it to help others in future

You may have fixed you problem by now but, I had a similar issue.

When I looked in the Serviio log, it was allocating the "unknown invalid IP address" to itself because the service was starting up before the network card was ready. In my case its because my router (BT HomeHub 2.0A) is a pile off poo! The DHCP Server was not allocating an IP address to my PC fast enough. I fixed the issue on my PC by allocating it a static IP address.