In the last couple of days, I've started seeing this error and I've not been able to figure it out:
"Recording Error: No errors, but no data delivered. This is usually because the device failed to lock a signal."
For tuners, my main NextPVR machine (version 3.2.9) has an internal Hauppauge HVR-2250 and also uses the tuners from a SiliconDust HDHomerun Dual network tuner. At this time, analog recordings on the Hauppauge sometimes work but most fail with this error. I haven't gotten any shows to record from the HDHomerun Dual, however. This was all working and only seems to have started having issues within the last couple of ways. For sure, a scheduled analog recording of Vikings worked fine last Thursday night and last weekend I was recording fine from the HDHomerun Dual.
I know the HDHomerun Dual is working fine because 1) I can watch live TV from it and 2) My second NextPVR machine (it is still on the version prior to 3.2.9) is able to record from it fine as well. I'm not quite sure what might be happening, so I've attached the Logs folder in a zipped file and recordings were attempted on 4/6/2014 from 11:00 AM to 11:30 AM and again from 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM. Neither worked and failed with the message above (there were zero byte video files for each of these recording attempts).
I have just updated to 3.2.9. I think the local transmitter (Meridian Whitehawk Hill) had changed a few things so I deleted all the channels and rescanned. Now all the channels are in random order. The previous version of nextpvr always ordered them correctly according to the free view numbering system. What have I done wrong?
I just did a fresh install on Windows 8.1 (with Media Center Pack) and for some reason the Microsoft DTV-DVD decoder is not available in the drop-down list for MPEG-2 decoders in the TV section but is available for MPEG-2 in the DVD section. Any ideas why this is the case? For some reason the LAV Video decoder behaves badly with NPVR and MPEG-2 content (when skipping ahead I get a pixelated picture and it takes a while to start playing again and the video "fast forwards" to catch up with the audio). Thanks.
Hi there.
I found a fix for those who are having trouble with their programs being recorded at the wrong time after daylight saving, but that is only for automatically scheduled recordings. What about manual recordings. Can I still clear the EPG and then update it and my recordings will work as normal, or do I need to delete them from the database and redo them all over again?
Also, I'm having difficulty inputing the right time and date format in the newa interface while trying to set up a manual recording. In case you're wondering,
I cannot use the interface built in to the npvr program, only the web interface.
Please help if you can.
Thanks.
After the player downloads the app, it thinks for about 30 seconds and then displays the message: "Failed to install. For more information, visit http://www.samsungdforum.com/Support/TVAppsSecurity". That page doesn't tell me anything that helps me.
I have a fullsized TV antenna on the roof (takes me back to the 70's) hooked up to two HDHR's.
About 1/3 of the shows recorded on NPVR will freeze up with any comskip jump or skip from a button press.
The same shows are recording on SageTV simultaneously and playback flawlessly (on a HD200 box).
I understand that .ts is a crappy container for video playback, especially when it comes to skipping ahead and back.
What does SageTV do that NPVR doesn't? Transcoding on the fly?
I have had success with a few of the bad files by transcoding them into mp4 and back out again immediately. ie.
ffmpeg.exe -i npvr.ts -acodec copy -vcodec copy npvr.mp4
rename npvr.ts npvr.ts.old
ffmpeg.exe -i npvr.mp4 -acodec copy -vcodec copy npvr.ts
It's nice because it takes less than ten minutes each way because there's no transcoding but I wouldn't be able to watch the shows for at least 20 mins after recording ends.
What's the best solution for this problem? Will it just go away if I buy Hauppauge tuners?
If I don't get the WAF up, we'll go back to Comcast when SageTV finally dies. (insert vomiting emoticon here)
I have been working on a program to retrieve season and episode data (using tvrage.com instead) and incorporate it into the npvr.db3 database. It was all set to go live when you announced the new version.
Is that function going to be included now through thetvdb.com metadata?
How is the metadata going to be used?
Will it be accessible to us (like schedulesdirect xml)?
I checked the new check boxes but don't get any of the pictures or metadata shown in the announcement thread in videos or recorded tv.
Mostly, I don't want to waste time duplicating new features.
I am trying to transition from SageTV since it has an uncertain future but there are several WAF issues to overcome first.
So the HD BBC channels in my guide have started to show Huffman 0x... in place of the program names. I've tried changing them to XMLTV and to the Freesat EPG but they are all completely unusable, though they retain the correct time spots. Has anyone seen this before? This looks like some kind of text decompressing error but I don't know why it just started happening. It was not related to the upgrade to the latest version because I did this to see if the Freesat option could help.
