1. Any chance of implementing the ability to archive at folder level. I just archived a series of 40+ kids programs and it took a lot of key presses to do each individual recording.
2. This maybe to usage specific to me but I'm about to fill up a hard drive of files for me and the kids to watch while we are away from home over Christmas would it be possible to have a backup function? i.e. it copies the recording to a usb or other drive without deleting the database version?
Thanks for your hard work on NPVR, and Merry Christmas!
I'm writing a utility that will run from the postupdateepg.bat script that will add an entry to the recurring recording table based on a season and episode number or alternatively title and subtitle. I figure I shouldn't need any custom rules as I will be searching the EPG for the show details. I was wondering if there is anything else that needs to be done after adding the show to the recurring recordings table? One thing I can think of off the top of my head is how to get NPVR to rerun the scheduling so any thing I added would be scheduled to record instead of having to wait 24 hours for it to run again.
Any ideas or pointers would be appreciated. If there were anyone wanting a specific feature added to it, I'd be open to taking doing it.
Is there a good way to debug this? Windows 8.1. I can run this bat file from the command line, runs fine. I can run it from the update EPG link in the nextpvr app under channels, runs. However, the daily run at time comes, and, passes with no update. So, I look in the nrecord.log file and see:
2014-12-17 08:08:24.769 [DEBUG][10] Pre EPG Update
2014-12-17 08:09:54.770 [DEBUG][10] About to update EPG
2014-12-17 08:09:54.793 [DEBUG][10] Updating EPG...
2014-12-17 08:09:54.794 [DEBUG][10] Running UpdateEPG.bat
2014-12-17 08:09:54.794 [DEBUG][10] About to run C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\UpdateEPG.bat
2014-12-17 08:10:04.800 [DEBUG][10] C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\UpdateEPG.bat has completed
2014-12-17 08:10:04.800 [DEBUG][10] Checking for any XMLTV listings
2014-12-17 08:10:04.837 [DEBUG][10] Will process xmltv file: C:\ProgramData\ServerCare\WebGrab\mdb\guide.xml
2014-12-17 08:10:04.838 [DEBUG][10] Skipping non-existant xmltv file: C:\ProgramData\ServerCare\WebGrab\mdb\guide.xml
Please note the non existant file does in fact exist, and, that the update epg script runs for an hour. I am not going to be using WebGrabber for when I go live with this, (will be using schedules direct but not going to purchase it until whole system is set up and all functioning as I want it) but, it's convenient for testing purposes. When the log file shows it running in 10 seconds, it's not running. But the clues are I suppose 10 seconds, and, the non existant file, and, that it works from Update EPG and command line. Sounds like security. However, I don't know what user the service runs under, and, I thought that the service as set up by the installer which runs as local system user should be fine with all default directories created by the installer, I cant seem to find anything wrong. But obviously there is. I don't really use Windows very much, so, not sure of the ins and outs or what to check.
The bat file contains:
@ECHO off
:CheckOS
IF EXIST "%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%" (GOTO BIT64) ELSE (GOTO BIT32)
:BIT64
SET ProgramPath=%PROGRAMFILES(X86)%
GOTO END
Hello!
I've got no EPG info for Cbeebies HD which is coming from Satellite tuner, but I do have EPG data for Cbeebies (Standard definition) which is coming from my freeview tuner.... is there a way I can set the Cbeebies HD channel to simply use the data from the other channel?? All data is OTA, not using any XML lists etc.
I have had NextPVR for about 5 months. It stopped working suddenly while I was watching LiveTV and recording at the same time. I tried restarting the service but it still did not work. Instead when starting up the service it either did nothing or just said "Stopped.." I tried restarting my PC but still did not work. I tried to reinstall the newest version but when it reinstalled an error occurred in the middle when the cmd prompt popped up "Process is terminated due to Stackoverflowexception". The installation finished but again when I tried to start the recording service it just said "Stopped.." I tried reinstalling the older version after uninstalling the newest version. The service still said "Stopped.." I also get a timeout error that I attached a screenshot of. when I tried to start it or nothing popped up. I looked in "C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Logs" but I do not see any files in there to post.
Specs: Windows 8.1 64bit Intel I5 4670k 3.4ghz 16gb of RAM GTX 770 2gb 128gb SSD 1tb HDD
Please let me know if you have any suggestions or how to generate an error log. Thanks
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.
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.
