How Come the channels are not in order?

I think I am almost all setup, but I have one more step to go. Here's what i have:
Hauppauge WinTV 418 Video Capture set up (Hauppauge HVR-1850 tuner card) set up well. After a lot of tries, I am receiving channels and video and audio in NPVR. However, I can't get it to change channels. In Settings>Devices>Hauppauge WinTV 418 Video Capture, I have the Channel Changer Executable set to HaupBlast.exe, but nothing happens. I saw in a previous thread about running a command line "C:\Program Files\NPVR\HaupBlast.exe" 300 and that gets me the following:

m_IRBlasterPort == 0; hcwirblast.dll disabled

I've edited the irremote.ini as [url="C:\Program Files\NPVR\HaupBlast.exe" 300]directed here[/url], but still nothing.

The blaster does work. I have the system working great in Windows Media Center, except that Comcast put up a broadcast flag on the local channels (HD and SD) so that I can't record them now. However, the blaster works fine to change channels in WMC.

Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.

The PCH seems to lose connection after about 45 minutes to an hour. Computer, power settings set to High Performance, monitor sleeps after 15 minutes computer sleeps Never, HDD set to turn off after 20 minutes.

Not sure of the exact time, put on the football game fall asleep wake up around half time to a blank screen on the PCH. It has happened more than once. Both the sleeping and the blank screen (maybe I should follow a more exciting team)

Any suggestions would be great.

The title says it all really. If anyone has any good links to basic source code for a UPnP media server (or actual example code), I'd be grateful.

Cheers,
Brian

I know you can change the capture bitrate via the config.xml file, but was wondering if there was a utility to make this process simpler? I have a Hauppauge HDPVR2GE and use it to capture HD and SD content. Being able to adjust the bitrate on the fly without editing config.xml would be a big plus.

Can the start/end times be set precisely in manual recordings? I noticed the defaults are in 10 minute increments but would prefer if I could set the times precisely to say 4:03 - 5:05. Can the sliders be adjusted to one-minute increments or can I enter the numbers directly?

Thanks
Bob

I have some shows where the episode description doesn't match the actual recorded content. Is there any way to manually edit the description?

If I want to find a show in the future that I want to record, let's say "Sleepy Hallow" is there a way to search for it in the guide, or do I need to scroll around looking for it manually?

After years of watching shows via the Hauppauge Media MVP, an old PC is now the NPVR server and installed near the TV for direct HDMI connection. Does anyone have experience with the vast array of MCE remotes that are available? When looking on ebay I see generic ones, Microsoft ones, at least 2 different models from Lenovo, 3 or more models from HP and even some from Dell (which look exactly like the Lenovo-branded ones). The options are bewildering. http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trksid=p...&_from=R40

I notice that some are missing the colored buttons. Are these important? We do use the blue button frequently in NPVR to pull up the OSD, but I'm not even sure what the other colored buttons do. :confused: A couple of channels are flagged copy-once so we're forced to use WMC for that. Will these remotes control WMC when NPVR isn't running? I've also looked briefly at XBMC but is it really useful for use as a DVR? It looks geared more towards playing movies, but perhaps I'm missing something!

Anyway, I just wanted to "ask the audience" about their experiences with MCE remotes and see if there are things to watch for before pulling the trigger. (Perhaps I don't even know enough about them to even ask the right questions). :eek:

One thought is that perhaps the Hauppauge 45-button remote could still be used with the IR receiver that comes with the MCE kits? But will it work with WMC and XBMC?

Thanks!

Hello,

I have set up NPVR on a WHS 2011 box and, after breezing through the setup, have become frustrated at the remote web access portion. Here's what I've done so far:

1) Forwarded port 8866 on my router.
2) Opened up port 8866 on my firewall, and allowed exceptions the NRecord.exe and NPVR.exe.
3) Attempted to follow the wiki, but it seems it's outdated maybe? There are no options for VLC that I can find.
4) I can connect on the local lan, but when I click "Live TV", a browser window opens and I get nothing else.
5) Remote web access using my outside IP brings me to a login screen, but I get nothing after I click log in. Again, I tried following the wiki with no luck.

Is there are an easier way to do this? Perhaps somebody could share some screenshots? I'm fairly new to NPVR, all help is appreciated.

Thanks,

Adam