Hi, I'm really struggling to know how to edit the channels on nextpvr. I edited the list of categories on the right hand side and removed about 40 of the 60 or so categories of channels by pressing on the bin icon and confirming a delete. When nextpvr loads the channels into Kodi however it's still loading absolutely every single channel as if I had not made any edit at all. The list of channels on the next VPR web interface, also has every single one of them ticked. So again deleting various categories on the right hand side seems to do nothing. I can't understand what I'm doing wrong, because there's no option to save anything once I've deleted various sections using the bin icon. Thanks very much for any help.
I've noticed an issue where after watching live TV and then closing the NextPVR client the process NextPVRServer.exe continues to prevent the PC from entering sleep. This only seems to happen after watching live TV and the only way to clear it is to restart the NextPVR service. After scheduled recordings end the PC is able to enter sleep mode immediately.
For example, about 25 minutes ago I stopped a live TV stream and closed the NextPVR client, but powercfg /requests still shows requests from NextPVRServer.exe.
Is there any way to prevent this and allow the PC to enter sleep after watching live TV?
First of all may a say a really big thank you to Sub for all the work he has put into NextPVR, also to Martin for his support work and all the forum members for their help and assistance at various times.
I have been a NextPVR user since the early days of v5.0 initially on a RPi 4B and latterly on a more powerful Linux server via the official Docker image. I am based in the UK, have no use (don't want to pay) for Sky, Netflix etc, with the OTA UK FreeView providing all my watching needs. Along with the Schedules Direct EPG and a Silicon Dust Quatro HDHR the NextPVR software has served me well for a number of years.
The FreeView service has been freely (sic!) available OTA for a long time, requiring only a decent aerial and a suitable TV or a STB/Dongle to use it. Its services come and go but its main problem for me is the effect weather has on it. Picture breakup, particularly in hot weather, is for me the biggest gripe. A few years ago it was announced the FreeView would, eventually, be replaced by a new streaming service called Freely. This would be subscription free and initially available on TVs with a built in Freely 'receiver' via a broadband internet connection. Freely started operating in 2024 and it currently offers 40 channels with FreeView and Freely currently operating side by side with the former not due to be removed for several years (2030/2040 has been muted). Whilst originally Freely was only going to be made available via Freely enabled TVs recent pressure has seen the announcement of a Freely 'firestick-like' dongle:
which should be available by Christmas this year and will plug into a HDMI port on any TV. The dongle however will be internet enabled only, no aerial socket provided. Whilst Freely has a large number fo benefits, one of the biggest drawbacks of Freely is that there is no means of recording programmes broadcast over the Freely service.
Completely unrelated to the above, or least that's how it started, I have been keeping an eye, out of interest, on a Forum thread 'Legal IPTV?' (https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=66460). This talked about various ways the OP might continue to use his existing services possibly via IPTV, including the possible use of HDMI capture.
With the announcement of the Freely dongle and the possibility of HDMI capture this got me thinking. As noted above I use a SD HDHR Quatro to effectively stream Freeview programmes to NextPVR for recording purposes. NextPVR uses a 'special' inbuilt tuner for this purpose. Would it be beyond the realms of possibility to think that, one day, NextPVR might have HDMI capture capabilities built in so that a Freely dongle (or any other HDMI dongle) might be used to provide programme streams to NextPVR for recording purposes? If this were possible then this could go a long way to removing one of the major drawbacks of moving to the Freely services. Might this be possible in a future release of NextPVR ?
Whilst on the subject of where NextPVR might go in future, and completely unrelated to any of the above. Is it time to switch NextPVR to be a recording service only (may be as a separate version, this it too hard to swallow initially) ? I know from experience that NextPVR runs perfectly well on a RPi 4B for recording purposes - I know Martin will dispute the use of such a small system for NextPVR but the issues with using the Pi seem to be more around playback than recording. Is it time to retire the playback functionality completely and give it over to something else ? As noted above I have recorded with a RPi 4B, and now with a Docker image, BUT I map the NextPVR recording folder to a JellyFin Library for viewing. I use the NextPVR JellyFin addon to link to the SD provided EPG on the NextPVR server and so I can use the JellyFin TV Guide to setup recordings directly on the NextPVR server. Maybe its time to let NextPVR do what it does best - managing the recording processes and let, in my case JellyFin (but could be Kodi or some other 3rd party viewer), do the jobs they do best, managing and viewing media, in this case recorded programmes, with all their attendant artwork, cast list, synopsis, series and episode details etc ?
Contentious I know, but please don't simply shoot me down. Before replying think about what might need to be possible with NextPVR going forward as broadcast processes change and the way we are served up our TV (will it still be called TV ?) viewing ?
Have had NextPVR on Windows with addon in KODI on Sony Bravia Android tv working very well for months.
Nothing in my environment has changed in ages but suddenly yesterday the tv hung while displaying a screen saver and I had to power-cycle it manually (have never had a hard hang like that before! I think I will remove that screensaver).
Next launch of KODI and my recordings list was empty. On the NextPVR backend the recordings are all there and playable through its webUI. The NextPVR addon in KODI is otherwise fully functional and communicating with my server (guide, icons, custom groups all present, channels all work).
Uninstalled / reinstalled the addon, cleared PVR data in KODI, ensured NextPVR folder(s) completely removed under addons and userdata after uninstallation, etc. Nothing will seem to repopulate this list.
Enabled KODI debug logging for addons and PVR and see the following (complete KODI and NextPVR logs are also attached below):
info <general>: PVR Manager: Starting
error <general>: GetRecordings: Add-on 1 returned an error: server error
I see this error on KODI launch, on NextPVR addon restart, and following PVR "clear data" in KODI. A "pvr*.db" file is never created.
There's also a recurring error in the log saying it can't lookup the hostname of my backend server, but I found an old log where this error is also present, but it doesn't seem to affect functionality - and in any case, the server is specified by IP in the addon.
I'm hoping there's some targeted way to fix this without fully nuking my KODI install.
Posted by: hmc - 2025-07-31, 01:25 AM - Forum: Windows
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In Australia, DVB streams include teletext subtitles. I really dislike how these subtitles are rendered in NextPVR, so I thought I'd use ffmpeg to extract the subtitles into a SubRip (.srt) file and have control over the font used for rendering.
Using post processing, the SubRip is generated in the <filename>.English.srt format. Usefully, NextPVR detects the file automatically -- the OSD shows [SRT subtitles, English] after the teletext option. Unfortunately, when the SRT option is selected, no subtitles are displayed at all.
VLC has no problem with the same files. SRT subtitles are displayed immediately upon selection.
Kodi also displays the subtitles without issue using the Video source. It seems unable to play them from TV/Recording menu without loading the SubRip specifically, but that could be due to NextPVR or the related add-on package. However, using the yauiclient add-on, SRT subtitles are displayed without a problem. Not sure what's going on there.
I've attached the logs for NextPVR showing teletext subtitles and then my attempt to load SRT subtitles. Kodi is not involved here at all.
My EPG is no longer updating (source is DVB/ATSC). I even tried reinstalling NPVR. The EPG update works once but stops soon after. Is this a known issue?
Today we noticed that NPVR has stopped recording recurring recordings. Even after a reboot, there are no pending recordings listed, despite there being 55 recurring recordings set up, some of which happen every day.
If we manually schedule a recording, then that works.
The EPG looks to be working fine and is populated with 7 days worth of shows.
I also did an EPG update, but that did not help.
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but the issues with using the Pi seem to be more around playback than recording. Is it time to retire the playback functionality completely and give it over to something else ? As noted above I have recorded with a RPi 4B, and now with a Docker image, BUT I map the NextPVR recording folder to a JellyFin Library for viewing. I use the NextPVR JellyFin addon to link to the SD provided EPG on the NextPVR server and so I can use the JellyFin TV Guide to setup recordings directly on the NextPVR server. Maybe its time to let NextPVR do what it does best - managing the recording processes and let, in my case JellyFin (but could be Kodi or some other 3rd party viewer), do the jobs they do best, managing and viewing media, in this case recorded programmes, with all their attendant artwork, cast list, synopsis, series and episode details etc ? 