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NextPVR had been working well but I have upgraded a few things and I no longer have the ability to change the channel without rebooting the server.  It seems strange because I can still connect via my phone to the local server on port 8866 and watch live TV from it. 

A brief description of my setup

I am running NextPVR version 5.2.4.220103  on Ubuntu server version 20.04.3 LTS and and accessing it from LibreELEC 10.0.1 running on a Raspberry PI4.
On the Ubuntu server I have a Hauppauge WinTV-quadHD card which takes in the local TV signal.  

I seem to have errors when checking if the service is running.  I have also attached log files.  I hope someone can help

andrew@mediaserver:~$ service nextpvr-server status
● nextpvr-server.service - NextPVRServer
    Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nextpvr-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
    Active: active (running) since Mon 2022-01-10 17:55:51 UTC; 6min ago
    Process: 971 ExecStart=/opt/nextpvr/shell/server.sh start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
  Main PID: 1013 (dotnet)
      Tasks: 32 (limit: 18874)
    Memory: 235.9M
    CGroup: /system.slice/nextpvr-server.service
            ├─1013 /opt/dotnet/dotnet /opt/nextpvr/system/NextPVRServer.dll
            ├─1471 /opt/nextpvr/system/DeviceHost/x64/DeviceHostLinux -listen:44745 -typeVB-T -device:adapter3/frontend0 -instance:1 -parent:1013 -primed
            ├─1473 /opt/nextpvr/system/DeviceHost/x64/DeviceHostLinux -listen:38757 -typeVB-T -device:adapter2/frontend0 -instance:1 -parent:1013 -primed
            ├─1475 /opt/nextpvr/system/DeviceHost/x64/DeviceHostLinux -listen:38709 -typeVB-T -device:adapter1/frontend0 -instance:1 -parent:1013 -primed
            └─1477 /opt/nextpvr/system/DeviceHost/x64/DeviceHostLinux -listen:40121 -typeVB-T -device:adapter0/frontend0 -instance:1 -parent:1013 -primed

Jan 10 17:55:51 mediaserver systemd[1]: Started NextPVRServer.
Jan 10 17:57:29 mediaserver server.sh[1471]: /var/opt/nextpvr/adapter3-DVB-T-channels.conf: No such file or directory
Jan 10 17:57:29 mediaserver server.sh[1473]: /var/opt/nextpvr/adapter2-DVB-T-channels.conf: No such file or directory
Jan 10 17:57:29 mediaserver server.sh[1475]: /var/opt/nextpvr/adapter1-DVB-T-channels.conf: No such file or directory
Jan 10 17:58:13 mediaserver server.sh[1471]: /var/opt/nextpvr/adapter3-DVB-T-channels.conf: No such file or directory
Jan 10 17:58:13 mediaserver server.sh[1473]: /var/opt/nextpvr/adapter2-DVB-T-channels.conf: No such file or directory
Jan 10 17:58:13 mediaserver server.sh[1475]: /var/opt/nextpvr/adapter1-DVB-T-channels.conf: No such file or directory
Jan 10 18:02:07 mediaserver server.sh[1471]: /var/opt/nextpvr/adapter3-DVB-T-channels.conf: No such file or directory
Jan 10 18:02:07 mediaserver server.sh[1473]: /var/opt/nextpvr/adapter2-DVB-T-channels.conf: No such file or directory
Jan 10 18:02:07 mediaserver server.sh[1475]: /var/opt/nextpvr/adapter1-DVB-T-channels.conf: No such file or directory

You should have uploaded all your zipped logs. Did you start with 5.2.4 or did you upgrade, there was a bug with copying the tuning files in previous versions that I was hoping was fixed in 5.2.4

In any case to correct the issue

- restart the nextpvr-service
- use the trash can to delete each of the channels on adapters 1,2 and 3.
- make sure all the channels you want are scanned on adapter0 properly.
- go back into each of the other adapters and copy the setup when promoted.
- if the channels are duplicated in the guide go to Settings->Guide Tools and Automerge

Martin

Great thanks. Can you tell me if you installed 5.2.4 directly or used an earlier version to configure it? I am hoping this is resolved for new users.

Martin

I had 5.2.3.x on not sure of the exact version. I was having the same problem with 5.2.3.x and upgraded it to 5.2.4.220103 hoping to fix the issue.

Good to know thanks, the issue wasn't addressed until 5.2.4 You might want to bookmark this thread since the same steps are required if you ever have to rescan and save changes.

Martin