Checking on a scheduled recording after it should have finished, I received the message "channel not found, deleted."
With at least four copies of that channel, what went wrong?
Some one that can read the logs and determine what happened would be greatly appreciated. I'm just not sure what/where to look.

Another utility I am working on moves recordings from local storage (small ssd) to the server. I move the file and its .edl then, if the move was successful, update the file name in the db. Sporadically, recordings were disappearing from the DB entirely even though the update was successful. I tried running the utility at startup before nextpvr is launched rather than shutdown and the problem seems to have disappeared but I don't know why.

What would be the best method to update the db so that I don't lose recordings?
Does the .exe or one of the services watch recordings directories and delete db entries when files disappear?

Thanks,

Jim

I have a utility that automatically adds every show premier to the recurring recordings list (ie. s01e01) filtered by time and channel. I manually add a record to npvr.db3. Every update, I worry about if I am going to break something. This year I broke the recurring recordings screen by not escaping an ampersand in the show title (Blood & Oil).

I have seen references to SchedulingHelper and web interfaces but I have no idea where to find them or documentation.

What approach would you recommend to avoid breakage when future releases come out?

Thanks,

Jim

I started creating groups and hit OK. No changes were saved when I went back in there. I didn't leave the main window. Is this a known issue? If so, is there a work around?

i just set up Schedule Direct for my channels. What do I need to do in order to update the EPG on Windows 10? Please note that I'm leary of putting an executable in a folder unprotected by UAC.

Hi Sub,

Win 7 Home edition.

Upgraded to Norton Security 2015 from NIS this week and "Always on top" now loses focus at 2 mins and again at 3 mins from reboot.

If Norton is disabled, focus stays with NPVR – no problems.

Solved it – not elegantly – by putting two files in Windows/Start/All Programs/Startup as below:
(Stay on top box is ticked with this bat file.)
=========
REM .. Start.bat
c:
cd\program files (x86)\NPVR\
start nextpvr.exe -ontop & start nextpvr.exe –updateepg
==========

AND - second file:

==========
; Remark - Autohotkey file – NPVR.ahk

#WinActivateForce #NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
; #Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.

;

Timethen= %A_Now%
EnvAdd, Timethen, 2
Timethen += 3, m

start:

if (A_Now >= Timethen)
{
goto done

}
else

#WinActivateForce
IfWinExist, NextPVR
WinActivate ; use the window found above
goto start

done:
exitapp

=======
The += 3, m is set to 3 mins but can be anything longer than the loss of focus.

I know this is not elegant – can it be done within NPVR ? Or, am I missing the obvious ??
(Alternatively – stop using Norton, I guess ..)

Regards

during QAM setup process. Have searched and searched this site and the web in general, but to no avail. Not sure how it works fine with WMC (which +I want to eliminate thru WIN10 upgrade), yet no channels show up during device setup. Help please! Thanks

While I was troubleshooting some issues with my computer not waking up to record shows, I noticed that running "powercfg -waketimers" from an elevated command prompt resulted in the following message; "An unexpected error condition has occurred. Unable to perform operation. You may not have permission to perform this operation." This message only appears if the "NPVR Recording Service" is running. If the service is not running, it acts normally and reports that no waketimers have been set. Is the "NPVR Recording Service" supposed to cause an error condition in the "powercfg -waketimers" command?

I believe my sleep/wake issues were related to a setting in my BIOS as everything seems to be working now.

Thanks,
Scott

I've asked about this a few days ago, and I was told that something else was using the tuner(s). So, I've transferred all of my recordings from WMC to NPVR, and now I find it hard to watch unrecorded programs. About 80% 0f them fail.

Each time they fail, if I check NPVR, it indicates that it is currently recording the program. But, the end result is an empty file.

In this case, I was recording Shepard Smith on channel 1214 at 3pm (1 hour). It is now 3:51pm, and NPVR still indicates that it is recording, yet the output file is zero bytes.

Event logs indicate NPVR Recorder service stopped at 3:23p

I'm at a loss.......


2015-09-25 13:00:00.058 [INFO][6] DRIRecorder.StopStream() handle: 2
2015-09-25 13:00:00.058 [DEBUG][6] Stream stopped. (0 streams remaining)
2015-09-25 13:00:00.058 [DEBUG][6] Stopping graph
2015-09-25 13:00:00.332 [DEBUG][6] SetIncomingPort@2
2015-09-25 13:00:00.332 [DEBUG][6] SetIncomingPort@exit
2015-09-25 13:00:02.332 [DEBUG][6] Sending:
TEARDOWN rtsp://192.168.200.1:8554/cetonmpeg3 RTSP/1.0
CSeq: 6
User-Agent: Next/3.x
Session: 97550


2015-09-25 14:31:59.153 [DEBUG][1] ldDiscovery_DeviceAdded: HTPC
2015-09-25 15:00:00.054 [INFO][13] DRIRecorder.StartStream(E:\NPVR Recordings\Shepard Smith Reporting\Shepard Smith Reporting_20150925_15001600.ts)
2015-09-25 15:00:00.054 [DEBUG][13] RewritePAT@1
2015-09-25 15:00:00.054 [DEBUG][13] RewritePAT@2
2015-09-25 15:00:00.054 [DEBUG][13] RewritePAT@3
2015-09-25 15:00:00.054 [DEBUG][13] RewritePAT@exit
2015-09-25 15:00:00.054 [DEBUG][13] DRI: About to tune channel: 1214
2015-09-25 15:00:00.361 [DEBUG][13] DRI: CAS.SetChannel() failed
2015-09-25 15:00:00.365 [DEBUG][13] DRI: reusing. Calling Play()...
2015-09-25 15:00:00.862 [DEBUG][13] Mux reports 0:0
2015-09-25 15:00:01.126 [DEBUG][13] Mux reports 0:0
2015-09-25 15:00:01.458 [DEBUG][13] Mux reports 0:0
2015-09-25 15:00:01.715 [DEBUG][13] Mux reports 0:0
2015-09-25 15:00:01.976 [DEBUG][13] Mux reports 0:0
2015-09-25 15:00:02.132 [DEBUG][13] Mux reports 11:0
2015-09-25 15:00:02.280 [DEBUG][13] Mux reports 11:0
2015-09-25 15:00:02.457 [DEBUG][13] Mux reports 11:0
2015-09-25 15:00:02.828 [DEBUG][13] Mux reports 11:0, 44C, 4B0, 514, 44D, 1F4, 46A, 44E, 44F
2015-09-25 15:00:02.828 [DEBUG][13] Forcing PAT rewrite with Program Number 11, PMT PID: 0
2015-09-25 15:00:02.828 [DEBUG][13] RewritePAT@1
2015-09-25 15:00:02.828 [DEBUG][13] RewritePAT@2
2015-09-25 15:00:02.828 [DEBUG][13] RewritePAT@3
2015-09-25 15:00:02.828 [DEBUG][13] RewritePAT@exit
2015-09-25 15:00:02.829 [DEBUG][13] StartStream() returned handle=3
2015-09-25 15:00:02.829 [DEBUG][13] Temp at 9/25/2015 3:00:12 PM
2015-09-25 15:23:12.886 [INFO][10] DRIRecorder.StopAllStreams() <------------
2015-09-25 15:23:12.886 [INFO][10] DRIRecorder.StopStream() handle: 3
2015-09-25 15:23:12.886 [DEBUG][10] Stream stopped. (0 streams remaining)
2015-09-25 15:23:12.886 [DEBUG][10] Stopping graph
2015-09-25 15:23:12.925 [DEBUG][10] SetIncomingPort@2
2015-09-25 15:23:12.925 [DEBUG][10] SetIncomingPort@exit
2015-09-25 15:23:14.925 [DEBUG][10] Sending:
TEARDOWN rtsp://192.168.200.1:8554/cetonmpeg3 RTSP/1.0
CSeq: 7
User-Agent: Next/3.x
Session: 97550


2015-09-25 15:23:15.201 [INFO][10] DRIRecorder.StopAllStreams()
2015-09-25 15:23:16.172 [DEBUG][1] Parent appears to have exited. Host exiting.
2015-09-25 15:23:16.173 [INFO][1] DRIRecorder.StopHost()

I am swapping out my 3 DCR-2650s for a single Ceton 6-channel tuner.

Is there any way to cut&paste anything in the DB or Config file, or must I go thru the entire channel setup procedure for the Ceton.

Thanx.