I've just bought myself an Intel NUC (D54250WYKH) to try out as a prototype NPVR client. It's very nice and with NPVR 3.2.9 and Windows 8.1 runs HDTV very happily at about 20% CPU usage. I'm using ffdshow for the video decoding and lav for the audio (both courtesy of SAF). I'm quite happy with that, but I did notice that by default, ffdshow wasn't taking advantage of the Intel Quicksync hardware decoding on the HD5000 video chipset. The odd thing is that when I reconfigured the ffdshow decoders to use the hardware decoding instead of libavcodec, the cpu usage went up noticeably, lipsync went out and the video developed a distinct stutter.
I'm not concerned, because the i5 CPU is more than up to the job of the software decode, but it struck me as odd, so I thought I'd put it out here to see if wiser heads could suggest why. I did think of buying the cheaper Celeron version to give it a try, but without the hardware decode working, it might struggle.
I'm trying to figure out the best options for playing back a recording in progress. In all cases, when I've tried, it stops playback once it reaches the amount of time i started the recording from -- i.e., I i started at 10 minutes into a 1 hour recording, after ten minutes playback ends even though there is another 10 minutes of video.
I've tried both Direct and Timeshift modes. I increased the Pre-buffer to the max. None of these had any effect.
I saw on another post about sharing the time shift folder on the NextPVR server, but I didn't see where I set this in the configuration options for X-NEWA.
I am tearing my hair out here. Clean install on two machines running win 7, which are themselves a clean win 7 install.
Main machine/server runs ok but have had several weird problems of an erratic nature.
The Main problem is the client, Lenovo laptop, Npvr loads fine but on trying to play recordings I get a blank screen. I had it all working fine a day or so back but then had a problem with the main machine while installing Catalyst Control Center and had to re-install windows but since then have had this problem.
Log shows "GetDuration returning 0" until I exit.
Here are the client logs..
When my "Upcoming Recordings" list is empty on the home screen, I am unable to access the NextPVR Options menu using the left arrow to get to all recordings, the guide, etc. I cannot use the down arrow on the remote either to access the What's Next list. This happens in the Confluence skin.
I have switched to the Classic skin and it does not have this problem. Besides forcing an upcoming recording, is there a resolution to this issue? I am on version 2.4.3.
I've used GBPVR for years and now moving to NextPVR. Install and software are working perfectly on Windows 7 64 machine with HVR-1600 card. The problem I'm having is with the Client PC (Windows 8.1 64). Other than the long lag to start the interface, everything seems fine up to the point of invoking live TV. Guide displays perfectly and c:\users\Public\NPVR share on Win7 server is read/write shared to Everyone as is the recording and buffer folders. If TV is invoked NPVR displays "please wait" for a long time (minutes) then eventually throws a .NET error:
"A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 192.168.0.50:8968"
The log sometimes is very clean with this single error "Unable to query server recording directories". Other times there are additional errors depending on what I try to resolve the problem. I have attached one such log and the .NET framework error message.
I have tried using IP instead of DNS name, making sure both machines have static IPs, changing decoders, etc but nothing works. Any suggestions would be most welcome.
The Schedules Direct built in updater is not updating the EPG. If this cannot be fixed does that mean I have to use another source for XMLTV? Like Microsoft. I would like to know before prime time tonight. I could revert back to Microsoft if need be.
I just gave up on MediaPortal after it once again kept recording for 13 hours when it was supposed to record 30 minutes. (You can fill up a hard drive quick that way!) I have switched back to NextPVR, which I used to use on my old computer with an AverMedia TV card; it worked fairly well although I never could get the EPG auto-update feature to work properly.
I have a new computer (homebuilt around an Intel i7 processor and an ASUS Z-97 Pro motherboard) and a new TV card (Hauppage HVR-2250). I have also subscribed to Schedules Direct. NextPVR installed OK, but when I go to Device Setup and scan for channels it misses the local station broadcasting on physical channel 8 (KUHT-DT[1-4]). I've tried scanning four or five times with a few reboots thrown in for good measure, and it still doesn't pick up the channel. I know that the TV card is receiving it because when I go into the Hauppage WinTV program I can watch the channels with no difficulty and a good clear picture.
I'm willing to try hand-editing the channels XML file, but I can't find all the information that I need on the Schedules Direct web site. Does anyone have a good method of adding individual channels that the automatic scan misses? Also, is there any way to automatically map the channels to the Schedules Direct info? I've searched the documentation and I haven't yet found a way which works other than going through the channels and mapping them individually one by one...kind of tiresome when you have 105 broadcast channels....
