Posted by: RAK - 2026-06-18, 03:38 AM - Forum: Linux
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I have tried installing the new Linux Version 7.1.0.260607 of NextPVR twice with no results. By "no results", I mean that the version of NextPVR shown when going to "Settings" remains the same as it has been 7.0.5.260307. The only difference is: "(7.1.1.260616 is available for download)" is now shown in a green font after my latest version number.
The Terminal Log of one of my installation sessions is shown below with my "# comments" added. I created a separate directory named "Downloads-2" to be sure I am only using the most recent downloaded files.
dick@deb:~$ cd Downloads-2 # Change to this directory for doing all the commands for installation.
dick@deb:~/Downloads-2$ ls # Nothing is shown because the directory is empty.
dick@deb:~/Downloads-2$ curl https://nextpvr.com/nextpvr-helper.deb -O # Download command is executed.
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 4626 100 4626 0 0 12877 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 12921
dick@deb:~/Downloads-2$ ls # Directory listing shows the file has been downloaded.
nextpvr-helper.deb
dick@deb:~/Downloads-2$ ls -l # Long Listing show file size and download date and time.
total 8
-rw-r--r-- 1 dick dick 4626 Jun 17 18:21 nextpvr-helper.deb
dick@deb:~/Downloads-2$ sudo apt install ./nextpvr-helper.deb --install-recommends # Installation command
[sudo] password for dick:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'nextpvr-helper' instead of './nextpvr-helper.deb' # THIS MAY BE THE PROBLEM
nextpvr-helper is already the newest version (3.1). # WHAT IS VERSION 3.1?
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 300 not upgraded. # SHOWS 0 INSTALLED - WHY?
I got an email today that the older generations of TabloTV won't be supported after Sept and that motivated me to to look into what could be done with a Gen 4 box. Turns out that with the help of Claude I was able to update my extra to support it.
Basically the extra install uses server authorization to scan and load the channel list from their server. After that tuning is all local as long as you don't change authentication.
Annoying for me all configuration is via mobile, but that is really just for scanning (of course you can watch mobile with their app). It defaults to H264 with AC-3 but AAC is possible in setting for playing in NextPVR web.
They seem to go on sale a lot so I wouldn't pay full price. Without rambling on further if anyone want to beta test this let me know.
Schedules Direct [Exceeded maximum number of unique IP addresses in 24 hours. Please contact Schedules Direct support: service@schedulesdirect.org for more information or create a support ticket: https://www.schedulesdirect.org/lineupsupport (not active)]
I can see that my VPN is changing server IP addresses (I am looking into this).
I have the NextPVR set to request updated schedules once a day.
Does NextPVR regularly "ping" schedules direct even if it is not requesting an update?
Just wondering why SD saw too many IP address changes.
I'm pleased to see this new movie library feature in the latest release (7.1.1.260616 ) and also the accompanying info on the wiki One row per genre (Action, Comedy, Drama, …), listed alphabetically. A movie appears in every genre it belongs to, so the same film can show up in several rows. Movies with no genre information are grouped under Unknown.
I appreciate that the scope of this new module is currently limited but wanted to share some thoughts and observations:-
I have a bunch of well known movies flagged with genre as unknown that I expected to be properly categorised (such as S:\Movies\Apocalypse Now (1979)\Apocalypse Now (1979).mp4)
I also have a bunch of movies in the somewhat generic genre "drama" and some where the genre is just wrong.
After deleting the files for these movies from C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\media\shows and re-scanning, generally things now look good, although it's a bit of a headache to do this in windows explorer when I have 11,800 files in this folder.
I note that when I select a movie, up arrow, select metadata, (just like in Videos module) it only appears to show a search of TVDB and not themoviedb.
I did do a tvdb lookup of some well known movies and the existing metadata and jpgs got deleted so I had to delete the xml files and rescan to fix these.
If it were able to do a movie lookup, this would help folks to better manage their movie metadata via the UI.
While I very rarely ever use kodi/jellyfin, I still use a third-party metadata manager (Media Companion) to create metadata .nfo and folder/fanart jpgs. IIRC, the very old Movies plugin for GBPVR used these files).
It would be great to be able to view movies in A-Z order (like I can do via videos) or release date order.
I've tried several times now to download and install the latest version on my Win11 machine. Each time, I execute NPVRSetup.exe from the NPVR-Data folder while NextPVR Service is running. It seems to run successfully to completion. But when I load up the WebApp from the tray and go to settings, the previous version info is shown and the latest version info is shown as available.
Quote:- speed/quality improvements in uiclient user interface
- fixed SAT>IP scan
- added Linux libdvbv5 update for DVB-T2 scan
- workaround Windows scan missing non-spec channels
- fixed issue with DeviceHostLinux in arm/arm64 builds in last build.
- audio/video sync improvements in NextPVR.exe
- improvements to scan popup sizing in web app
- now showing toggling play/pause button in uiclient apps
- new movies screen if you have a video library called 'Movies'.
- improvements to playback of mp4/mkv files in uiclient.html
- updated scan frequencies for DVB-S FTA in NZ.
I continue to struggle with watching recorded programs manually copied onto an offline laptop for viewing from the treadmill, on any player other than Windows Media Center. Had a chance today to play with the system, and here are my notes:
1.
I got Kodi to play WTV (Windows Media Center) files without stuttering, and without freezing up for unpredictable amounts of time when skipping (not FF, skipping) forward and back. This is good. However, Kodi does experience these stuttering and freezing-up issues when I try to play .TS or .MP4 files. This is bad, since it means that, for the foreseeable future, I'd have to do the additional step of converting Hauppauge/NextPVR's .TS files into .WTV files.
2.
Is yauiclient a 64-bit program? When I try to launch it on this 32-bit machine, Windows informs me that I can't run the program on this PC.
3.
Launching the NextPVR web app yields the following screen:
(Recall that this machine is not allowed online. There must be a way to reach a local address via the browser that doesn't trigger a complaint that it's not online?)
4.
I can launch the NextPVR UI client, but I can't get it to play any videos. Clicking on Videos in the menu in the left panel, leads to this long error message:
Evidently, this has to do with the proper folder for the videos not being indicated in Settings. But this is where the next problem arises. The window that pops up when I select Settings in the right-click context menu from the UI client, allows me to add a new folder in the Settings window... but the window is so huge that the button to Save the change is located far below the bottom of the screen. No display resolution that Windows allows, lets me see the buttons at the bottom. I can neither drag the window past the top of the screen, nor scroll down the window with a scrollbar, nor resize the Settings window so that I can see all of it within the confines of the laptop's screen. To confirm the creation of the new folder for NPVR, what else can I try?
Since few days / weeks, lot of issues with NextPVR, so I unsintalled and reinstalled, and now a channel scan on my DVB-T tuner only finds 15 channels.
Still works perfectly with same hardware on Linux.
**What the logs show (according to Claude):**
- The tuner locks fine — e.g. at 474000: `locked=1, present=1, strength=20, quality=20`
- But the scan only probes a small set of frequencies: 474, 490, 498, 522, 562, 586 MHz, which is far fewer than the full French UHF lineup.
- Result: `"channelCount": 15` for the DVB-T device (normally around 40)
It really looks like the scan isn't covering all the multiplexes it used to.
I attach the logs.
