Ceton Proxy won't load when windows starts

[Ronstang]

Every time I have to restart my HTPC or the power goes out I have to manually start Ceton Proxy because it will not load automatically even though it is in the startup folder. Each time the issue is the same it says "avuti-56.dll is missing" and to reinstall the program. When I upgraded to the latest install the other day I thought this issue might go away because I see you fixed the part where you have to manually request channels....but no, the issue still exists.

The biggest problem with this is when the machine restarts by itself if I don't know it happened I can loose a half days worth of recordings. The other problem is I have to go to task manager, end task on NextPVRServer, and restart it after I have launched Ceton Proxy from the icon on my desktop.

Why does Ceton Proxy start fine from the icon but won't autostart saying avutil-56.dll is missing....both the icon and autostart point to the exact same executable in the same folder?

[mpatriche]

Hi, I had a similar situation. So to get around it, I created a script that starts CetonProxy after a short delay. Also, I use Emby with my setup, which doesn't seem to care if CetonProxy loads after. But you can add a step to load NextPVRServer after CetonProxy which would hopefully resolve your issue. Below is the script...should help in getting you started. Feel free to reach out if you need some help.

And to 'craigmox', thank you soo much for this tool. Soo happy to get rid of WMC....nice work!

:: Name: CetonProxy.cmd :: Purpose: Starts CetonProxy after system reboot. :: Author: mpatriche :: Revision: September 2020 - initial version

@ECHO OFF ECHO Starting CetonProxy... Please Wait... timeout /T 30 >nul start C:\Tools\CetonProxy\cetonproxy.exe

[Ronstang]

I really appreciate this mpatriche......but I'm a newb.....I don't code or even know what to do with a script but I can follow directions and learn if you have a few minutes to post what I should do.

And yes, thanks to craigmox.......even with the pain of having to manually restart cetonproxy when the system restarts I still prefer not dealing with WMC

[mpatriche]

Hey...no worries.. Glad to help.. I can write you a custom script...and explain how to implement it.

Couple questions about your setup, and again, I'm not that familiar with NextPVR. When you have to restart NextPVR, how do you restart it? Do you restart the NextPVR Recording Service (NRecord.exe) via the "Services" management console?

Also, can you post the full path to where "CetonProxy.exe" is installed on your computer?

[Ronstang]

Thank you so much

I have never manually launched the NextPVR service. What I do to reset my system after a reboot is I manually hit the icon for cetonproxy, thanks craigmox for taking out the need to search for channels.....and after cetonproxy loads I simply start the NextPVRserver manually. If I wait too long I have to use the task manager to first shut down the server and restart but since I no longer have to search for channels in cetonproxy if I hit the icon I created for the server it loads and identifies the tuners and then NextPVR is up and runnng. So it appears that as long as cetonproxy loads and activates before the NextPVRserver is started all is well.

Cetonproxy is located in C:\Program Files\Ceton Proxy

and

NextPVR is loacated in C:\Program Files\NextPVR

Thanks again........Ron

[mpatriche]

Hey Ron... Cool if we do a Zoom conference? My email is listed under my profile....if you're down..

[mpatriche]

Hey Ron...hope all is well. Just reaching out if you need any more help on this issue? Thanks! Mike

[Ronstang]

Thanks Mike, sorry i didn't see this because I stopped having an issue with my machine restarting all the time. But....now I am going out of town and I need to make sure my system auto restarts without me here so I need a little help getting CetonProxy to auto restart too......I always have to manually click on the icon to get it running.

Thanks Ron

On Wed, Oct 28, 2020 at 9:23 PM Mike Patriche @.***> wrote:

Hey Ron...hope all is well. Just reaching out if you need any more help on this issue? Thanks! Mike

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