Looks like a lot of good stuff in the update, will have to try out soon. I did have a question about this "spread mode" option, recording on the drive with the most space available.
Back when I had a DVR with an external hard drive, I would run into a problem, when it used a similar scheme. I was often very close to full on both drives. Let's say an hour long HD program takes about 5GB of space. Drive 1 has 8GB free, drive 2 has 6GB free. On my DVR (where, I should point out, it was difficult to determine where the free space was), if I had two hour long programs scheduled to start at the same time, both would look at the situation, see that Drive 1 had the most space, and record both programs to it, of course failing before the hour was up. It had no concept of the other tuner being at work, and this didn't just apply to simultaneous starts, it also didn't note programs already in progress on a particular drive.
So, is NextPVR's implementation similar, that it only looks at the current situation, or does it somehow take into account things that are happening?
Stopped Nextpvr service...
Tried installing it as an upgrade. Glitches at (recalling from memory) regsrv netpush.ax or something similar but continues. NextPvr does not run after "successful" install.
Additional tries... same result.
Uninstalled NextPVR and achieved successful install, didn't glitch/pause at regsrv stage.
- The lite family (imageGrabLite, SearchLite, genreLite) all need updates
- NMTInstall will be updated for new version but support for installing .NET and VS Runtime are deprecated since NextPVR installer takes care of this now
- X-NEWA 1.0 works but major 2.0 with the Chameleon touch interface in the works, testing package
- Universe will not work until packaged and updated
- WebRadio - works but a major upgrade is waiting for packaging. Doesn't work with touch clients
- MB4 - works no update planned until touch interface supports music
- NetworkRecorder - works but EPG Mode LiveTV not supported
- NMT shouldn't be any problem with mvpmcx2
- MVP mvpmc not tested
I will work from the top down. Note I am redoing my packages so all plugins install to the DataDirectory so sub can implement on line plugin installs.
Good luck and thanks to sub for 3.1, it's great and worth installing over the weekend, which happens to appropriately be the Canadian Thanksgiving long weekend.
Current patches for 3.1.1 - see post #2 for getting started and other reference info, and [NEW THING HERE!!!] post #3 for New Feature highlights/documentation.
02/19/2011 10:03 PM 421,200 msvcp100.dll
11/20/2013 07:21 AM 706,560 NextPVR.exe
12/16/2013 07:49 AM 182,784 NPVRTSMon.ax
11/10/2013 01:36 PM 73,728 NPVRWriter.ax
11/14/2013 07:49 AM 8,704 NScriptHelper.exe
11/28/2013 05:41 PM 591,872 NShared.dll
11/01/2013 11:15 AM 883,200 Unmanaged.dll
ANY NPVR USERS EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS SHOULD INSTALL THE CUMULATIVE PATCH UPDATE AND RECREATE THE PROBLEM BEFORE POSTING A SUPPORT REQUEST. These updated files represent the latest version of NPVR code, and may include other changes not documented, so your problem may already have been fixed. Also, other later patches you may find posted by sub may fail if all your NPVR program files are not up to date. (no, it is not necessary to install any patches before upgrading to a new release of NextPVR - unless otherwise stated, you can upgrade from any release of NextPVR to any later release).
It should be noted that patches are listed generally in chronological order, but not perfectly so. The thread a given patch is posted in may contain additional information on exactly what a given patch was intended to do, and may also contain information on additional settings required if you wish to use the functionality provided. Finally, not all patches actually fix what they are supposed to, or are merely extra logging to help diagnose a problem, but the changes usually remain in the file going forward so they are listed as part of the update history.
Installation Notes These "patches" are simply replacement files for the existing NPVR program files. You should extract them and copy them over the existing files; the default directory is C:\Program Files\NPVR. If you are running Vista or 7 and have UAC enabled, you will likely need to grant administrator permissions, or do the copy from an elevated command prompt.
Before installing patches, you must exit NextPVR.exe, shutdown the NPVR Recording Service and close the NPVR Tray Icon (using the "Stop NPVR Service" icon accomplishes both).
I recommend that you restart your system after installing patches. I've seen numerous cases where the Recording Service is not able to restart properly due to a socket error. You can check your NRecord.log to see whether it did or not, or just reboot to be safe.
This release of NextPVR uses .NET 4.0, unlike previous releases which used .NET 2.0. The installer will automatically install this if it's not detected on your machine.
If you're upgrading from a previous release, remember to make sure you stop NextPVR before running the upgrade.
Please post any support issues in the support forum.
Existing plugins you have installed may have issues with this update, and may need updating.
From the change log:
Quote:- NextPVR updated to use .NET 4. The installer will automatically install it if the user doesn't have it.
- fixed an issue that could cause streams from HDHR Prime and Hauppauge DCR devices to stop prematurely.
- new now/next screen shown when you use the up/down keys in live tv. It's along the lines of what reven has added in the samsung client, so we can keep it fairly consistent for users.
- fixed an issue where NextPVR would sometimes try to use a device for live tv that was already in-use (when analog and digital channels are setup for the same tuner resource, and one is already in use).
- fixed issue with double mouse clicks in Search screen.
- added a 'Default to recording location with the most space available' checkbox. (aka 'spread' mode)
- improved skipping logic when playing in-progress recordings.
- added support for Freesat (and Freeview HD) huffman EPG.
- fixed XBMC channel change bug with analog/colossus/hdpvr tuners.
- fixed bug with playing blu-ray movies from iso files. Previously it assuming the iso file contained a dvd.
- fixed a bug where pressing 'escape' from the DVD resume prompt would leave the DVD player in a state were you couldn't interact with it.
- fixed a bug where DVD playback could start with incorrect aspect ratio when set to 'auto'
- added diseqc support for a couple of additional TBS devices
- fixed issue where Blurays would not play when launched from an ISO.
- added logic to ignore any plugin called "system.dll" (since it's been renamed to meet .NET 4 requirements).
- added support for a PostCancel.bat, for users wanting to run custom processing on recordings that are cancelled while recording.
- changed the default 4:3 aspect ratio modes as per recommendations.
- fixed an incompatibility between HDHomeRun Prime / Hauppauge DCR2650 and the OpenVPN client being installed.
- changes to timeshift buffer. You can now choose if the rolling segments are based on time or the epg. If it's set to 'epg based', then pressing 'record' will keep the buffer and add it as a record. If you're set to 'time based', then it'll behave as per previous releases.
- to support the change above, recorder plugins can optionally implement a new 'roll to' method, otherwise it'll revert to the existing live tv scheme
- fixed a problem where screensaver could kick in while Pictures slide show was in progress.
- fixed exception that could happening when pressing 'play' to initiate slider show in Pictures while the ".." directory was selected.
- fixes a problem with initiating a recording from live tv, then stopping live tv, cancelling the recording, then restarting live tv, and trying to schedule another recording of that same show.
- fixed a problem with some local addresses being treated as remote addresses.
- added ability override mime type when streaming recordings/live tv using "/live" by specifying mime type as a parameter. For example http://127.0.0.1:8866/live?recording=123...tion/octet
- added 'advanced settings' screen for the HDPVR2, where you can enable hardware scaling etc, and finer control over the H264 profile used.
- fixed issue with the cleanup when a digital device hangs when stopping.
- 'channel details' and 'bulk map' screens will now take ATSC OTA major.minor numbers into account when trying to find channel match when user switches epg source to Schedules Direct.
- 'HDHR' source now only added for HDHomeRun Prime and Hauppauge DCR devices. Previously it'd also appear for older HDHR3 etc, where it shouldn't have been.
- changes to the way the DVB EPG is collected when using out-of-process digital
- sort options now working for recurring recordings.
- slight changes to the way OSD graphics are rendered when plugins were visible over video to make it appear more responsive (rather than rendering half a second or so later)
- improved support for playing .ts files that are not correctly 188 byte aligned.
- added optional ability to hide [..] entries in the library screens. See the <HideDotDot> setting in config.xml
- added new "MovePIP" command in keymappings.xml, for use cycling through each PIP window position.
- added new "SizePIP" command in keymappings.xml, for use cycling through each PIP window sizes.
- fixed issue with aspect ratio when resizing window, or making changes to PIP window.
- fixed several touch related bugs, making the interface more reliable and stable.
- touch interface now able to run in background service
- touch interface now supports multiple instances. Clients can pass in a "client=....." parameter to address a specific session. If "client" is not supplied, then it's assumed to be "client=default". Any unique string can be used for a client identifier.
- added support for fred250/reven's suggestion of overriding a player's http seek request, using hint provided by client. Hopefully will lead to more accurate skipping for of the new clients being created.
- removed out-of-process-recording-service checkbox in Recording settings screen.
- added support for national characters to /stream
- if you do a 'Find All', then view the details of a show, then press escape, it'll go back to the 'Find All' screen.
- fixed bug where custom task executable and parameters were forgotten when disabling and reenabling a custom task.
- when FF/RW buttons are set to do 'Fast Play', the Right/Left buttons can be used to do the +/-10 second short skip.
- if the recording service is unable to delete a recording (when 'keep' number set of recurring recording, and recording past that number), then a message is set on that recording to let the user know it couldn't be deleted.
- various additions to the web api, to support reven's Samsung client, and future changes to XBMC support etc:
+ method=setting.list now returning more settings
+ method=setting.get&key=%2fSettings%2fVersion%2fCurrentVersion can be used for requesting specific setting in the config.xml, using key=xpath parameter.
+ method=channel.listings.current returns the currently airing shows. It defaults to all channels, but you can selectively request &channel_id=123 or multiple using &channel_id=123,124,125
+ method=system.status for a information about recordings and live tv sessions etc.
+ method=recording.list now includes some additional attributes in the output, including any failure reason, whether it's been played and previous playback position
+ method=recording.save now supports a format where only an event_id is passed. This will cause a one-off recording to be scheduled based on that EPG entry. If the request fails, it also returns a list of conflicts.
+ method=recording.watched.set&recording_id=123&position=75 where position is playback time in seconds
+ method=recording.watched.clear&recording_id=123
+ method=recording.edl&recording_id=123 for getting comskip points. Also supports format=json, aswell as default xml.
+ method=recording.recurring.list gives the list of recurring recordings. Format may seem a little cryptic, but its the format used internally within the app.
+ method=recording.recurring.delete deletes a recurring recording
+ method=recording.recurring.save&... to create a recurring recording.
+ method=recording.recurring.save&recurring_id=123&.... to update a recurring recording.
... You must specify either event_id or start_time/end_time (ie manual recurring recording). Optionally can specify:
... "day_mask=SAT|SUN|MON" etc or "day_mask=WEEKDAYS" or "day_mask=WEEKENDS"
... "timeslot=true" for a timeslot recording
... "only_new=true" to record only new episodes (where EPG info indicates it is new, or explicitly states it's not a repeat, or isn't new vs repeat isn't known).
... "start_time=1381424400&end_time=1381428000" for manual recording.
... "keep=3" maximum number of recordings to keep. 0 is keep all recordings.
... "pre_padding=1" minutes of pre-padding
... "post_padding=1" minutes of post-padding
... "directory_id=kids" other it'll record to the default directory.
- updated NEWA. Thanks UJB and fjbpchristiaens.
The RecordingService does not stop just holds the tuner but the file does not grow after the show is over.
Thanks greg
2013-10-08 18:33:57.020 INFO [4] GB-PVR Recording Service starting
2013-10-08 18:33:57.145 VERBOSE [4] installDirectory is C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\
2013-10-08 18:33:57.145 VERBOSE [4] configurationFile is C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\config.xml
2013-10-08 18:33:57.176 VERBOSE [4] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DatabaseConnectionString
2013-10-08 18:33:57.176 VERBOSE [4] getValue: /settings/DatabaseConnectionString : Data Source=".\gbpvr.db3";Version=3;New=True;
2013-10-08 18:33:57.176 VERBOSE [4] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DatabaseIdentityQuery
2013-10-08 18:33:57.176 VERBOSE [4] getValue: /settings/DatabaseIdentityQuery : select last_insert_rowid()
2013-10-08 18:33:57.176 VERBOSE [4] databaseConnectionString is Data Source="C:\Program Files\Devnz\GBPVR\gbpvr.db3";Version=3;New=True;
2013-10-08 18:33:57.176 VERBOSE [4] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/DatabaseProviderFactory
2013-10-08 18:33:57.176 VERBOSE [4] getValue: /settings/DatabaseProviderFactory : System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteFactory
2013-10-08 18:33:57.176 VERBOSE [4] getValue() loading new key/value into cache: /settings/LoggingLevel
2013-10-08 18:33:57.176 VERBOSE [4] getValue: /settings/LoggingLevel : Error
2013-10-09 19:19:31.355 ERROR [13] Unexpected error checking the conversion queue in database: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException: The database file is locked
database is locked
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Reset(SQLiteStatement stmt)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Step(SQLiteStatement stmt)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavior behave)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteDbDataReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.Common.DbCommand.ExecuteReader()
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x92f6085038c83bb7.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
2013-10-09 19:21:19.511 ERROR [13] Unexpected error checking the conversion queue in database: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException: The database file is locked
database is locked
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Prepare(String strSql, SQLiteStatement previous, String& strRemain)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.BuildNextCommand()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.GetStatement(Int32 index)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavior behave)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteDbDataReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.Common.DbCommand.ExecuteReader()
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x92f6085038c83bb7.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
2013-10-09 19:21:40.455 ERROR [12] Encountered unexpected error in LiveTVFileManager.WorkerThread(): The database file is locked
database is locked
2013-10-09 19:21:40.456 ERROR [12] at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Prepare(String strSql, SQLiteStatement previous, String& strRemain)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.BuildNextCommand()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.GetStatement(Int32 index)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavior behave)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteDbDataReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.Common.DbCommand.ExecuteReader()
at GBPVR.RecordingService.xe14ff94ac1bb1522.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
2013-10-09 19:22:51.510 ERROR [13] Unexpected error checking the conversion queue in database: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException: The database file is locked
database is locked
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Prepare(String strSql, SQLiteStatement previous, String& strRemain)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.BuildNextCommand()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.GetStatement(Int32 index)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavior behave)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteDbDataReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.Common.DbCommand.ExecuteReader()
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x92f6085038c83bb7.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
2013-10-10 19:18:04.236 ERROR [13] Unexpected error checking the conversion queue in database: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException: The database file is locked
database is locked
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Reset(SQLiteStatement stmt)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Step(SQLiteStatement stmt)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavior behave)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteDbDataReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.Common.DbCommand.ExecuteReader()
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x92f6085038c83bb7.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
2013-10-10 19:19:36.292 ERROR [13] Unexpected error checking the conversion queue in database: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException: The database file is locked
database is locked
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Prepare(String strSql, SQLiteStatement previous, String& strRemain)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.BuildNextCommand()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.GetStatement(Int32 index)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavior behave)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteDbDataReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.Common.DbCommand.ExecuteReader()
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x92f6085038c83bb7.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
2013-10-10 19:21:24.885 ERROR [13] Unexpected error checking the conversion queue in database: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException: The database file is locked
database is locked
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Prepare(String strSql, SQLiteStatement previous, String& strRemain)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.BuildNextCommand()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.GetStatement(Int32 index)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavior behave)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteDbDataReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.Common.DbCommand.ExecuteReader()
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x92f6085038c83bb7.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
2013-10-10 19:21:43.853 ERROR [12] Encountered unexpected error in LiveTVFileManager.WorkerThread(): The database file is locked
database is locked
2013-10-10 19:21:43.854 ERROR [12] at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Prepare(String strSql, SQLiteStatement previous, String& strRemain)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.BuildNextCommand()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.GetStatement(Int32 index)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavior behave)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteDbDataReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.Common.DbCommand.ExecuteReader()
at GBPVR.RecordingService.xe14ff94ac1bb1522.xcba1f05fb5a46d5f()
Just a heads up. This weekend I'll be making available the next release of NextPVR.
I've mentioned it a few times, but as a reminder - this release will now depend on .NET 4.0, instead of the .NET 2.0 that NextPVR relied on in the past. The installer will install .NET 4.0 if you don't have it, but you might want to pre-empt things, and get it installed if you haven't already.
My NPVR setup has been pretty stable for over a year, so much so that I've not touched it in that time and it's been a long while since I've visited the forums... However I am curious what the the latest AMD driver for the HD4000 series of graphics cards is like? Last time I upgraded to 12.something it was awful and I had to go back to an 11.x, so I've not tried again. But I have choppy flash playback and am wondering if a later driver would help. I see the latest for these cards is 13.1 (or a 13.4 beta). Do either of these work or should I stay well away??
I am getting an awful lot of failed recordings... Everything seems to be working correctly and the NPVR states it is recording, but when it finishes the file has 0 bytes and the message says "no errors but no data delivered".
