Hi all, it’s good to see GBPVR still going :-) as you can tell it’s a while since I was on the scene. NextPvr was a new upgrade that I didn’t get round to investigating..! Roll on however many years it is since then, and I have a whole host of hardware that I’d like to give away, if there is any interest.
I have two HTPC cases, and they contain various tv cards, haupage Nova, black gold, TBS? I think. Motherboards, memory, cpu etc. I don’t think there are any drives although I may have the odd 1 or 2 to drive kicking about. 
If anyone is interested I can make a full list, but ideally collection and I am near Sevenoaks Kent - so bear that in mind before asking.
It’s a job lot, I don’t want the hassle of splitting it all up. I almost took it to the tip the other week and just thought I’d check here first.
Happy to answer questions :-)
Nick

New NextPVR user, using the tvOS client on an Apple TV 4K. App version 3.5 (build 25). tvOS 17.  

Long press to select audio track does not appear to be working. I have tried both the Siri Remote and the iOS remote app. A long press only pauses/resumes playback upon release no matter how long I hold it. 

Incidentally, does the Apple TV app support Dolby Digital 5.1? I only get stereo playback from channels and recordings I know have AC3 audio. NPVR is not transcoding when playing to the Apple TV so I know it is getting the AC3 stream, and if I play the direct stream URL in tvOS VLC I get 5.1 AC3

Hello,
I have a recording problem.
I'm using Windows 11, and NextPVR 6.1.4.230625 
I have attached the latest logs.

I can view live TV, record live TV, but any future recordings record nothing, and show this error " [Failed: No errors, but no data delivered. This is usually because the device failed to lock a signal.] "

Any help would be appreciated in troubleshooting this problem.

Attached Files

  logs-20231012-1239.zip (Size: 515.1 KB / Downloads: 3)

Hi guys.  I've been away for a long while but am making my way back to NPVR.  I have NPVR installed via Docker and would like to set up PlutoTV live channels specifically.  I see from the sticky thread that a lot of things that need to be done using python and extracting files.  I am concerned that a Docker container update will wipe out these settings.  Is there a way to get PlutoTV going in Docker install of NPVR?

What is UIDroid?  I haven't used nextpvr in a while.

Evaluation of the Roku app on OS 12.0.0 working good.
Record and playback works a expected, no issues.
TV guide and setting recordings work as expected.
Video quality is outstanding!
Live TV works, but can only pause or resume live TV, timeshifting is not available. Channel overlay works good.
I may be nitpicking about the live TV not able to timeshift, but for me the Roku TV has it's own timeshift feature, I would use the app
mostly for watching recordings.
Keep up the good work Martin!

Hi,

I've finally become fed up enough with the unreliability of ArgusTV to move to something else, so I'm trying to import my recordings from ArgusTV.  These are .ts files, each with an associated .arg file (which is an XML file of tags specific to ArgusTV, some of which correspond to ones in NextPVR). I wrote a Python script to find the recordings and generate an importable XML file, but it doesn't seem to work as I expected.  For ease of testing, I only have one episode to import.  It does appear to import successfully, but it doesn't seem quite right.  In the scheduled recordings page it shows the recording (and I can play it from there), but it does not show any programme info (description or episode data), despite it seeming to be present if I open the database in a DB browser and browse the SCHEDULED_RECORDINGS table.  This is sub-optimal for 2 reasons - firstly I would end up with lots of recordings without being able to tell them apart, and secondly it won't prevent NextPVR from re-recording the same episode again (which happens to be tomorrow). I've attached the .arg file and the transformed xml file I'm trying to import, hopefully someone can shed some light on the problem, please ?

Attached Files

  xmls.zip (Size: 1.68 KB / Downloads: 1)

Hi I am new to the forum and having troubling figuring out how to proceed. I am currently running an old tivo bolt with a cablecard. I am located in the USA. I have 2 tivo mini's. I also have a firetv cube for streaming. I use Verizon as my tv provider. My spouse is not tech savy and has a low frustration tolerance with technology. I don't want to waste my money. I have a computer lab and spare pc parts. So I just have a ton of questions. The goal here would be to ditch tivo and have the best frontend experience.

Possible setups:

1. Use FireTv Cube as my frontend?
   
   1. Can I use Kodi or is there a NextPVR app for that?
      
      1. Whats easier to use the Kodi app or NextPVR app for tech challenged people
         
   2. Are there weird delays using a separate machine for the player? Is pausing live tv possible and is the fast forward smooth or choppy jumping like netflix?
      
   3. I see on the screen shots on the website there are channel numbers which I love. Can a remote be paired with the FireTv that has numbers on it
      
2. Build New, Frontend and Backend Combined, sits in my living room.
   
   1. Is the interface snappier if I just build a new computer where the backend and frontend both run on same hardware?
      
   2. Smoother Forwarding of live tv?
      
   3. Too noisy... fans & hdd for living room?
      
   4. Do I have to buy a gpu or can I use the integrated gpu? I don't have a 4K tv yet but it is in my future. Does 4K require a gpu?
      
   5. Can I use an old mobo I have sitting around? https://www.ecs.com.tw/en/Product/Mother...cification
      Using the old hardware I'd just have to buy an mATX case, and power supply... save some money.
      
3. Cable Card Tuner - I was just going to buy the InfiniTV 6 ETH, but can't tell if people got this working or not here. Is there a better option? I currently have 4 tuners, 6 would be nice but not a deal breaker.
   
4. Build backend as vm on my old HP Server, I have a couple drive slots available to use for video storage. Any issues with going vm on backend? I would kind of feel a touch safer that I could take snapshots of the system for backups and before attempting upgrades. Cost would only be purchasing a sas drive. There are spare network ports available here I could direct connect the server to the cable card tuner bypassing the switch.
   

Hi, I get the following in the logs:

NO EPG info for any SBS channel in Australia Brisbane
I have read previous posts about this but none are recent. I am running version 6.1.4 ( June 2023) version of NPVR on windows 10 with No Windows 10 updates for 6 months to anything.
My tuner card  is a Quad Hauppauge 16620 DV Tuner card. All has been perfect for at least 6 months. Suddenly SBS will not show any EPG on any channel (I do not use XML). Perfect until about Mid 09/23 might be slightly later but all of 10/23 no updates.

# Did the obvious delete all data EPG and update the  same... all other networks are fine.
# Deleted all devices and reloaded. Interestingly, the first time around used the "all countries" link to EPG it found no show info for any channels.
# Tried again using Australia/Brisbane. Now its the same all networks except SBS have content. That is Channel 2 ABC & 7 9 & 10

What is so special about SBS ?? Please help!!!