Sockets General Exception

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jimbob
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Sockets General Exception

Post by jimbob »

Windows version crashes with a socket exception on startup when my firewall is set to 'lockdown' ..that is no applications can access the internet.

When I unlock my firewall (to allow Handbrake to access the internet) the application works fine.

The bug is repeatable
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s55
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Post by s55 »

What version are you using?

I can't remember how the update code works under 2.1 or previous versions as I have since re-written it. It should be able to recover from the execption unless its a really old version.

In the upcoming version the ability to disable automatic update checking on start-up will be available for you. I expect this to be released in the near future.


In the mean time handbrake simply accesses a file on my website to check the versions. You'd prob be best setting up a tempory rule to allow just handbrake access.
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