I am trying to set up my first client on a Windows 7 X64 machine. I get an error trying to update the EPG. see photo

After reading some posts, I came across the realization that depending on your HDHR configuration, NextPVR records the shows in different formats.

H.264: HDHR config - NextPVR
MPEG2: HDHR config - Other ATSC/QAM

I found this YouTube video explaining the differences between MPEG2 and H.264
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uyxy9DCrq1U
Obviously H.264 has much better compression algorithms and captures videos in smaller files. What I didn't get was what impact does this have on the quality (if any)?


Ultimately, my question is, for recording, what is the best setting for my HDHR, NextPVR or Other ATSC/QAM taking into account not only recording size, but quality (and other variables)?

I retired my firewire recording using Network Recorder last weekend after more than 3 years of nearly flawless performance. Thanks, Martin for a great application, and thanks also to the SageGraphRecorder and SageChanger developers. With the loss of clear QAM, I took the plunge with a HDHR Prime.

Hi Martin,

I have been using Imagegrablite and it is great, thank you. When I switched from the mc2xml Microsoft Legacy service to the New Service (apparently more metadata), imagegrablite crashes each time it runs. I rebuilt the XML file with the legacy service again and erased/updated EPG again and all is OK. Can you look into this? The new service is available for those that donate to MC2XML, so not sure how many people use it with your utility.

Thanks

Jim

Setup:
HDHomerun plus (hdtc-2us)
Windows 7 64
NPVR 3.3.8

NextPVR works and records. EPG was fully populated for a whole day when initially setup. Using OTA EPG.

But now EPG only shows about 1 hour channel data. The rest appears "no show details". I can manually update EPG hourly, but that only gets the next hour of data.

Am I doing something wrong?


Update:
In HDHomeRun Setup if I change Main application to "NextPVR" I only get about 1 hour of EPG data & video is saved in H.264 format. However, if i use "Other: ATSC/QAM" I get about much more. About 12-24hrs worth, but video is saved as mpeg2.


So how can I configure it to save video as H.264, but still get a full day of epg data?

So with subs help I got my WinTV prv 150 card working (I think) on my npvr.
But now with I start LiveTV all I get is a black screen. My connection is to a Comcast HD STB via the Video and right / left audio out the back.
So I decided to download EPG follow the procedure npr documentation thinking that was the next step to get a picture but after loading the channel list I still get a black screen when I select LiveTV.

some direction on fixing this would be helpfull.

thanks

Will leave here rather than deleting, in case helps someone doing a search in the future.

The following did the trick - I found the suggestion in a post from johnsonx42

administrator command prompt
sc delete "NPVR Recording Service"
re-install


Now it works fine!!!

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Hi,
Anyone got a solution for this one:

Can't do anything on npvr anymore... stopped working.. uninstalled, reinstalled.
Now when I look in the logs it says this when going into the devices tab to rescan... is there a way to unlock said database?!?!?!!?

Thanks,
John

2014-12-16 22:43:42.477 [ERROR][1] Unexpected error saving capture source: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException (0x80004005): database is locked
database is locked
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Step(SQLiteStatement stmt)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavior behave)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
at NShared.Visible.CaptureSource.Save()
2014-12-16 22:44:12.505 [ERROR][1] Unexpected error saving capture source: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException (0x80004005): database is locked
database is locked
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Step(SQLiteStatement stmt)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavior behave)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
at NShared.Visible.CaptureSource.Save()
2014-12-16 22:44:42.585 [ERROR][1] Unexpected error saving capture source: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException (0x80004005): database is locked
database is locked
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Step(SQLiteStatement stmt)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavior behave)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
at NShared.Visible.CaptureSource.Save()
2014-12-16 22:45:12.653 [ERROR][1] Unexpected error saving capture source: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException (0x80004005): database is locked
database is locked
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Step(SQLiteStatement stmt)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavior behave)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
at NShared.Visible.CaptureSource.Save()

Hi,
I've had a strange problem with my sat tuner stick.... it won't play anything.
I deleted all the channels and rescanned.... picked them all up quickly.
It just won't play!!!! in NPVR I get the message saying unable to find available caputure device. It's there and working, as it scans for channels no problem...

I've attached logs in the hope that someone can see what the problem is!?!

Thanks,
John

last week, and again today, my wife notices her daily soap not recording. I notice then that all my "season passes" are not showing for a particular channel (CBS Affiliate from ATSC HDHR Dual). I added them back via the guide and they were fine for a week - than again today same thing. Will zip up the logs and add when I can stop the service. It does appear other channel recurring recordings are OK.

Hi, I hadn't re-tuned my system for ages, and was running 3.2.9. (For those in NZ, I still had C4 in my channel list, which shows how out of date it was!)

So I thought I'd remove all channels and retune. But NPVR didn't detect anything.
I noticed 3.3.8 had been released, so I updated, but same problem, does not detect anything.

The tuner was working fine up until the point I removed channels. My EPG-Collector is still working fine.
I have a Hauppage 2200 dual-tuner card and using DVB-T.
Transmitter: NZ-Wgtn-Mt Kaukau.

Please help!