When using the built-in Schedules Direct EPG source, NPVR creates a file called schedulesdirect.xml.

Does NPVR call the UpdateEPG.dat file after creating the XML file, but before loading the XML file into the TV Guide?

I would like to make some modifications to the XML file before NPVR adds the data to the TV Guide.

recurring-backup.xml contains ...

Does this work with NEXT PVR? I am running windows 8 64bit and I am not able to find drivers. It is also not showing up in the devices section in the PVR application.

Same for the mouse, I can't seem to drop a line in any forum post on NPVR? Is there something I need to turn on in settings?

I'm running Win 7 x64, two DMB-TH Ministicks from Hauppauge which seem to install OK in Devices. What happens is if I reinstall drivers it seems to work, but NPVR does not (appear) to wake from sleep, all I get is a black screen? I have had one tuner fail before with similar symptoms. After the logs I pulled one of the sticks and it now seems to work on the other one, although I did pull both out so it redetected. Anything in the logs? k.

So today i was attempting to access NPVR via the web NEWA and I couldn't connect at all. So i went to check my Device Status and noticed that it was blank. I then restarted the Recording services and the devices returned. This solved my issue but i worry that when a recording is scheduled to come on it will not record if this issue returns. I looked at the nrecord.log and found this error:

2013-09-27 03:30:42.493 [ERROR][8] Unexpected error emptying EPG: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException: The database file is locked
database is locked
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.ExecuteNonQuery()
at NShared.EPGManager.SaveChannelListings(Dictionary`2 channelListings)
2013-09-27 03:30:42.493 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 7630 (MC: Mexicana)
2013-09-27 03:31:12.555 [ERROR][8] Unexpected error emptying EPG: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException: The database file is locked
database is locked
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.ExecuteNonQuery()
at NShared.EPGManager.SaveChannelListings(Dictionary`2 channelListings)
2013-09-27 03:31:12.555 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 7631 (MC: Romances)
2013-09-27 03:31:42.618 [ERROR][8] Unexpected error emptying EPG: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException: The database file is locked
database is locked
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.ExecuteNonQuery()
at NShared.EPGManager.SaveChannelListings(Dictionary`2 channelListings)
2013-09-27 03:31:42.618 [DEBUG][8] Checking for any DVB/ATSC listings

Can anyone help? Maybe i can add a batch file that will check if the devices are missing and then restart the record services. If someone can provide me with the commands to check the status from the command line. So after my EPG update is suppose to be complete if the status is empty i can restart the recording service.

Thank you.

Hello, everyone. I just got NextPVR installed and working. I can watch live tv, but the channel changing is rather slow. It takes 6 seconds up to 30 seconds (sometimes even longer). Any suggestions on how I can get NextPVR to change the channels more quickly? System information below.

Thanks for your help.

NextPVR 2.6.2
SAF6 from HOBORG installed
Patch to re-enable Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder installed
Windows 8 32 bit
Intel Core i3 processor
Hauppauge HVR 2250 tuner card
Channels in ATSC from digital TV antenna

I'm having a strange issue with my channels. I scan my channels on a device, and everything works as expected when I first test all of my channels. Then I rename & renumber my channels, and test them again. Channels seem fine. However, when I use some channels a 2nd or 3rd time - it appears as though somehow the frequency assignment has changed on it's own. For example, instead of seeing WLS on channel 7, I see a random station instead for channel 7.

Several times, I have erased the channels that bugged out, then rescanned them in and set them up again. Works for a viewing, then the second or third time I view that channel, it is the wrong frequency again.

I did notice that it appears to be the same several channels that bug out. I have also noticed that in the device setup, the channels that bug out all change from their correct frequency to frequency 24 with a different SID for each bugged channel.

Has anyone ever seen this behavior before, or know what could be happening?

Also, I am using a Hauppauge-2250 (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6815116036) with Windows 7.

Thanks for any help in advance!

If anyone understands this stuff I'd appreciate some help. :eek:

I've installed GPAC on my npvr PC and it has an app called DashCast which seems to be quite happy to 'chunk' .ts files recorded with npvr into h.264 mp4 format.

The chunks seem to be created as separate audio and video files with .m4s extensions (audio filenames have an a1_ prefix and video files a v1_ prefix). There are also a1_xxx.mp4 and v1_xxx.mp4 files.

The key thing though (as far as I understand it) is any player trying to stream using mpeg-dash needs to access an MPD file which describes various things but the MPD file isn't created until the 'chunking' process is complete. On my (admittedly old and clunky PC) it takes 40 minutes to complete the process for a 1 hour recording - not good unless you want to post-process all recordings to make them playable using the mpeg-dash protocol.

Any tips would be gratefully received.

Cheers,
Brian

One channel (ABC) seems to be sending me two english audio streams, but only one works. Somehow npvr is selecting the one that doesn't work. I am able to select the one that works using the Ctrl-E, however if I skip forward or backwards it reverts back to the previous stream resulting in no audio.

Any way to fix this or at least have it stay persistant on the selected stream? In the NPVR.log.1 file at the very end I tried playing a file "Dancing with the Stars" and it had no audio.

Attached are the log files and here is a link to a video file for testing if needed on drop box. Drop Box Video