Comment 3 for bug 886367

I have the same problem using Me TV 1.4 from bzr:

I deleted the database in ~/.local/share/me-tv and started "me-tv-client".
A popup says "Failed to communicate with Me TV server. Would you like the Me TV client to attempt to start it?
After clicking "OK" Me TV creates a database file but ends with the error message "Exception: Failed to communicate with Me TV server" in terminal.

Starting "me-tv-server" without the client works and it creates a database file. Starting the client with "me-tv-server" running results in the popup described above, followed by the following error message in terminal:
2012-01-31 09:48:06: Me TV Server 1.4.0.4 started
2012-01-31 09:48:06: An unhandled exception was generated
2012-01-31 09:48:06: Error: The Me TV database version does not match the Me TV server version.
31.01.2012 09:48:11: Exception: Failed to communicate with Me TV server