I have been using NPVR for about a month with no issues.
I just re-installed my OS (Windows 7 Ultimate), re-installed NPVR and suddenly I am having issues with the audio when watching Live TV. After about 10 minutes the audio goes out of sync and then after that goes on about 15 minutes, the picture freezes/pixelates then it starts playing again but now the audio is back in sync. After another 5 or 10 minutes, same thing happens with the audio going slowly out of sync.
This is not an issue if I record a show then watch it later. It only happens with live TV. I have uninstalled the program and re-installed it twice but the same issue keeps happening. I downloaded the patches in the sticky thread even though they didn't say anything about my issue to see if that would handle but it did not.
I finally uninstalled it completely and downloaded MediaPortal to see if it is an issue with my system. I have not had any issues with MP using Live TV.
I prefer to use NPVR as I am an MB3 user and I use the plugin for Live TV as well and I find NPVR is less resource intensive than MP.
I have had NRecord crashes several times after installing 3.2.9. I have also installed BitDefender AV+. The last time this occurred I was not able to see any information in the NPVR logs. Below are the entries from the Windows log:
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Log Name : Application
Source : Windows Error Reporting
Logged : 5/4/2014 5:30:28 PM
Event ID : 1001
Task Category : None
Level : Information
Keywords : Classic
User : N/A
Computer : PVR
Opcode :
Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
These files may be available here:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_NRecord.exe_37f0728745c5c94e15e8fb50f8b3f89fb311c0_9159aa1e
Analysis symbol:
Rechecking for solution: 0
Report Id: 746dba43-d3ec-11e3-a850-14dae96bed8f
Log Name : Application
Source : Windows Error Reporting
Logged : 5/4/2014 5:30:28 PM
Event ID : 1001
Task Category : None
Level : Information
Keywords : Classic
User : N/A
Computer : PVR
OpCode :
Fault bucket , type 0
Event Name: APPCRASH
Response: Not available
Cab Id: 0
These files may be available here:
C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\WER\ReportQueue\AppCrash_NRecord.exe_37f0728745c5c94e15e8fb50f8b3f89fb311c0_9159aa1e
Application: NRecord.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: System.Runtime.InteropServices.SEHException
Stack:
at DShowHelper.CoCreateInstanceFromDLL(Char*, _GUID*, IUnknown*, _GUID*, Void**)
at Native.HDHomeRunCapture.BuildGraph(System.String, Int32, System.String, System.String ByRef)
at NShared.HDHomeRunRecorder.StartStream(NUtility.ChannelMapping, System.String, System.String ByRef)
at NShared.RecordingService.WorkerThread()
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(System.Object)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object, Boolean)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(System.Threading.ExecutionContext, System.Threading.ContextCallback, System.Object)
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()
Log Name : Application
Source : ASP.NET 4.0.30319.0
Logged : 5/4/2014 5:30:25 PM
Event ID : 1325
Task Category : None
Level : Error
Keywords : Classic
User : N/A
Computer : PVR
OpCode :
An unhandled exception occurred and the process was terminated.
I've been having spdif audio sync issues and even playback issues with my Colossus.
I've got an I7 with at least 8 GB of RAM, using LAV decoders and on some channels and worse on a particular program where the audio is almost always out of sync. I'm on rogers using a SA4642 digital box recording in 1080i. I've tried watching the channel, but different show and it doesn't seem to have any audio sync issues at that time.
I've tried different decoders but still no luck.
I've since switched to analog audio and it hasn't had a problem for a few days.
I remember someone talking about the audio changing between different channels. I was wondering if that had anything to do with it.
Has anyone else had this problem and solved it? Are most people on Rogers in Canada using analog or digital audio?
In Ready Recordings, whenever I ESC back from browsing a recording, it always resumes focus on the first show in my list of recordings rather than the show that I had highlighted before pressing enter. So if I have scrolled down to Jools Holland, pressed enter to view the shows, when I press ESC, it is highlighting Aardvarks - A natural history. (to illustrate my point).
I have placed the following bat file under scripts in the data directory (windows 7).
PostProcessing.bat:
cd\
cd C:\Program Files (x86)\Cypheros\TSDoctor\
tsdoctor.exe "d:\video\*.ts" AUTOFIX "d:\temp\"
del d:\video\*.*
rem /Q
What I would like it to do is run the program and use the TSDoctor AUTOFIX metod to correct recordings for commercial removal and or errors then move it to a second location. Second all data in the recording directory is to be deleted.
But it ain´t working it has been tested from cmd promt and there it worked.
I just installed NextPVR and your nDroid program. Initially, the service failed to install. I traced this initially to the batch file test on line 4 of the InstallService.bat :
Code:
sc query state= all | find /I "nDroid Service"
It seems That this test matches
Code:
c:\Program Files (x86)\Beetec Services\nDroid Service>sc query state= all | find /I "nDroid"
SERVICE_NAME: BstHdAndroidSvc
DISPLAY_NAME: BlueStacks Android Service
in my system. So I changed Line 4 to Read
Code:
sc query state= all | find "nDroid Service"
this changed made the test for the "nDroid Serivce" case sensitive , bypassing the false positive hits against the two BlueStacks Android services this permitted the test to process correctly and the service installed properly.
It's based on the fairly new âWeb-apiâ and provide a native NextPVR UI, much like the NMT.
Plugins in general are supported but not guaranteed to work.
The app is available for LG Smart TVs (2012/2013/2014?) and newer Samsung TV/BDs with Smart Hub (D-models not supported, sorry).
In the future I hope to make the app available (for free) in LG and Samsung stores but currently it has to be installed using a process designed for developers to test their apps on real hardware.
Sadly LG-BDs does not support this option (yet?) so currently the LG-version is only available for TVs.
Samsung E/F and probably G-models TVs and BDs should work. D-models will install the app but won't work.
If your device is a Samsung you should be able to do the installation using the instructions found in the linked zip. https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9995...amsung.zip
If you are familiar with âlogin as developâ and know what you're doing here's the IP 76.76.102.42, but I advice everybody to download the zip and read the instructions.
Everybody is free to try it with no obligations. At this stage the app is fairly usable but has some flaws and also some features are missing.
Supported functions:
Navigating the full NextPVR UI including your installed plugins.
Recorded TV - play, pause, seek
Live TV - play, pause, now and next mini guide
Videos - play, pause, seek
Music - play, pause, seek
Resume on play
Comskip
Improvements I hope to implement:
Subtitles
Known issues:
No seeking in Live TV
Known Samsung F-models specific issues related to seeking:
Resume not very reliable.
The first seek is usually off
Player will sometimes completely ignore a seek.
The player sometimes freezes after a seek.
Feedback is welcome but please don't expect all bugs being fixed in an instant. Even if it's fun, work, toddlers and house demand their attention too.
Is there a way of getting in to the IP Camera streams?
Would like to record a camera thats IP enabled, i am hoping to not need any hardware as the image stream is already in the IP layer, however i have no idea what to add to NPVR to have this as a "channel", any ideas?
I have noticed a problem with some recordings and not others that is related to metadata. In the X-NEWA emulation of the NextPVR screen when you click on a recording you get the option pop-up with Close, Play, Delete etc. This works fine for most recordings but I have one in which when you press down-arrow to move from Close to Play it unhighlights Close but then won't highlight any other option. You can still press Esc to leave the screen though.
However, if I deselect "Enable downloading of metadata and artwork" in NextPVR->Settings->Misc2, it works OK.
I suspect the particular artwork here is tripping something up. The thetvdb URL was "http://thetvdb.com/api/3DC9CDF8E41D4737/series/280354/en.xml". Perhaps the asterisks in the Overview field are to blame? <Overview>*Duplicate* See 'The Trip' Season 2.</Overview>
Here is some NPVR.log at the time:
2014-05-03 12:41:03.573 [DEBUG][10] GetMetadataForFile@3
2014-05-03 12:41:03.573 [DEBUG][10] GetMetadataForFile@4
2014-05-03 12:41:03.573 [DEBUG][10] GetMetadataForFile@4.1
2014-05-03 12:41:03.573 [DEBUG][10] GetMetadataForFile@4.2: The Trip to Italy
2014-05-03 12:41:03.573 [DEBUG][10] http://thetvdb.com/api/3DC9CDF8E41D4737/...354/en.xml
2014-05-03 12:41:03.853 [DEBUG][10] DownloadMetaData@exit
2014-05-03 12:41:03.853 [DEBUG][10] Got it new artwork
2014-05-03 12:41:05.767 [DEBUG][1] ClientKeyPress(Down)
2014-05-03 12:41:05.767 [DEBUG][1] Setting activity:
2014-05-03 12:41:05.767 [DEBUG][1] OnKeyDown() called: Down
2014-05-03 12:41:05.803 [DEBUG][9] GetMetadataForFile(2): 'The Trip to Italy'
2014-05-03 12:41:05.880 [DEBUG][1] DoCompositeRendering() took 112.0064ms
2014-05-03 12:41:05.920 [DEBUG][1] OnKeyDown() done. Took 153.0088 ms
2014-05-03 12:41:05.939 [DEBUG][7] DoCompositeRendering() save too 19.0011ms
2014-05-03 12:41:06.080 [DEBUG][9] GetMetadataForFile@3
2014-05-03 12:41:06.080 [DEBUG][9] GetMetadataForFile@4
2014-05-03 12:41:06.080 [DEBUG][9] GetMetadataForFile@4.1
2014-05-03 12:41:06.080 [DEBUG][9] GetMetadataForFile@4.2: The Trip to Italy
2014-05-03 12:41:06.080 [DEBUG][9] http://thetvdb.com/api/3DC9CDF8E41D4737/...354/en.xml
2014-05-03 12:41:06.358 [DEBUG][9] DownloadMetaData@exit
2014-05-03 12:41:06.358 [DEBUG][9] Got it new artwork
2014-05-03 12:41:16.054 [DEBUG][9] GetMetadataForFile(2): 'The Trip to Italy'
2014-05-03 12:41:16.132 [DEBUG][7] DoCompositeRendering() took 111.0064ms
2014-05-03 12:41:16.152 [DEBUG][7] DoCompositeRendering() save too 20.0011ms
GetMetadata loop is repeated many times without any further keypresses being made.
For some time I've been having a problem where partway through the OTA EPG update something in the NVPVR software hangs. Whilst existing scheduled recordings still record and you can still playback existing stuff, the EPG doesn't get updated again until the recording service has been re-started. You may also notice other odd behaviour such as can't delete watched recordings or new recurring recordings don't get scheduled. This is all triggered after the EPG update has aborted part way through.
This doesn't happen every night and when it does there are absolutely NO error messages in any of the NPVR logs. The only thing you see is the EPG update stops partway through a channel scan (and not the same channel each time either). Everything can run fine for a week or more then suddenly one night the EPG update will hang. My EPG update would run for a long time because of the number of FreeSat channels being scanned and I was hoping that the update to 3.2.9 with the fixed FreeSat (UK) option would improve EPG stability....unfortunately not.
Having updated to 3.2.9, added the patches and set all the FreeSat channels to the new FreeSat (UK) option, I cleared the EPG, re-started the recording service and started NPVR. Go to the system menu and trigger an EPG update. The channels get scanned, but partway through the scan I now get "NPVR has stopped working" "Windows will close the programme"
Again there are no errors in the NPVR logs but there are errors in the Windows Application logs.
