As the heading says
I would like the epg to empty then update
the reason is. I am getting double ups on sundays when the epg updates
Its been doing it for ages
Only reason I care now is that im trying out the Samsung app its causing issues when the app loads
plus it is annoying
I have used Mythtv for years and want to switch over to Nextpvr. I have the the new server all setup and can watch live TV on that machine. I installed Nextpvr on my Vista laptop and mapped the shared drives of the server to this machine. I can see the TV guide but when I try to watch live TV I get a error message saying no such host is known.
Here is the details I hope someone can help. Thanks in advance.
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No such host is known
Server stack trace:
at System.Net.Dns.GetAddrInfo(String name)
at System.Net.Dns.InternalGetHostByName(String hostName, Boolean includeIPv6)
at System.Net.Dns.GetHostAddresses(String hostNameOrAddress)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection..ctor(SocketCache socketCache, String machineAndPort)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketCache.GetSocket(String machinePortAndSid, Boolean openNew)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.SendRequestWithRetry(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.ProcessMessage(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream, ITransportHeaders& responseHeaders, Stream& responseStream)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.BinaryClientFormatterSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg)
Exception rethrown at [0]:
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
at NShared.IRecordingService.GetExtraInfo(String key, String extra)
at NShared.RecordingServiceProxy.GetExtraInfo(String key, String extra)
at NextPVR.Players.LiveTvPlayer.StartLiveTV(Channel channel, String& reason)
at NextPVR.Players.LiveTvPlayer.StartLiveTV(String& reason)
at NextPVR.ControllerForm.PlayLiveTV()
at NextPVR.Menu.Vertical.HandleMenuItem(String menuItem)
at NextPVR.Menu.Vertical.OnClick(PointF location)
at NextPVR.ControllerForm.ControllerForm_MouseClick(Object sender, MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnMouseClick(MouseEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at NextPVR.ControllerForm.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.
When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.
After changing the display resolution in config.xml for one of my NMTs, the NPVR recording service would not start, and when I attempted to start NPVR, Windows would pop a window saying it couldn't start the service. Trying to start it from Services had the same effect. After several reboots, I upgraded to the latest version 2.6.2, and now the service starts, NPVR starts, the tuners are shown in status, my old channels are there BUT recordings don't play and I can't watch live TV either. Just get a black screen. I've tried the default config.xml & my previous one but symptoms are the same for both. Also turned off the Windows Firewall for testing with no effect.
I've attached all logs from today. Maybe it is something simple.
***Installation guide for PCTV nanostick 290e DVB-T2 on Windows 7 for NPVR (2.5.9) - For Freeview HD (UK) viewing, as added to upgrade an existing Freeview SD NPVR system.***
***Edited to include OTA EPG update (if you are running 2.6.2 with latest patches***
Before doing anything... Start, Control Panel, System and Security, System, System Protection, Create a restore point. Then:
Connect aerial to PCTV stick. Plug into USB (needs power so use a port on PC or a short cable as supplied). Acknowledge the driver not installed failure message. Insert CD(1) and run. Select Windows Media Center option (installs drivers for using the stick with WMC, and therefore NPVR). No need to install the rest of the software. S/N and license key on CD envelope were not requested.
Right click in NextPVR interface, Settings. In Devices tab Select the line with DVB-T PCTV 80e/290e... (ignore the QAM line) and click Device setup. Then CI/Cam (None), Country (UK) Region (All regions) or whatever you need. Scan then uncheck all channels except the HD ones (if you have sufficient other SD tuners already attached).
These are BBC1 HD, BBC2 HD, ITV HD and Channel 4 HD. There is also BBC red button HD but I haven't worked out if anything is ever on that or where the listings are.
You can add those channels to the EPG now to verify the tuner itself works before proceeding (as we didn't install the TVCenter software that came with it). Settings, Channels, Update EPG (but it'll take a while and you won't even have any programme listings - see below). When it's finished the channels will appear in TV Guide but you may not see or hear anything when you try and watch them.
***EDIT: If you are using NPVR v2.6.2 and have the latest patches from the Current Patches sticky thread in the forums you should get the EPG listings for the HD channels OTA updated automatically - with no need to do any of the XMLTV steps below. And there are links to codec packs on the forums if you don't have any that work.***
So now to set up audio and video codecs for NPVR (we already had sufficient ones installed but not selected - possibly from a K-lite codec pack I think). Check it works at all first by recording a couple of minutes TV and opening that in VLC. Even if it doesn't play in NPVR yet, the built-in codecs in VLC will show if it works in principle. After seeing it working beautifully there, to select codecs right-click in NextPVR interface, Settings:
Decoders, H.264 Video, ffdshow, click "..." (then ensure H.264/AVC Decoder is switched on , i.e. libavcodec)
Decoders, HE-AAC Audio, LAV Audio Codec.
***If you have 2.6.2 and patches your EPG should be fine at this point (I haven't checked) and you are already finished***
Back to the EPG - you can't get OTA EPG updates -boo- (though the reason is nanostick does not support Freeview HD DRM -yay-) so you need XMLTV data for those channels. I used the XMLTVGUI option from the wiki:
"Once you have successfully produced the data.xml file you need to integrate it with NextPVR. From the Channels screen in Settings, select your first channel and click "Details". There you specify XMLTV as your source and point it to the location of your data.xml file. " and "use the drop down box to select the channel data you wish to map to the chosen channel. " The channels HD started at 101. I just manually did them rather than Bulk Map. "At the end of this process click "UpdateEPG" to have it load and populate your TVGuide with the listings data. "
"To automate the EPG update each night, create an UpdateEPG.bat file in the NPVR\Scripts directory (found in the data directory)". This is C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts in Win 7. ". Just put whatever command you need to update your data.xml file."
Right-click in that (C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts) directory and create a new text document. Open it, Paste the following (including quote marks):
"C:\Program Files\XMLTV GUI\XmltvGUI.exe /Grab"
Save it as UpdateEPG.bat (All Files *.*) - not .txt!. NPVR should run this automatically before the regular OTA EPG update.
Done.
Many thanks to those who wrote the utilities, wiki entries, and sub obviously - who made doing this all so much easier than it could have been
(1) Ours was labelled PCTV Systems TVCenter install CD version 6.4.4.905 - the package was ordered from Ballicom in the UK.
I have a small problem with my recurring recordings :
After one week the recurring recording doesn't record anymore.
I have made one recuring recording the week days morning, one the week days afternoon, one in the week end morning and one in the week end afternoon.
I refresh all my recordings the Sunday and I have them till the monday next week (8 days).
Is there something I am missing (I use the last version).
thank you
Marc
I just downloaded NPVR and I am having trouble with Live TV... I am not getting video or audio. When I drop my firewall audio will come through but not video... I have allowed everything in the NPVR directory through the firewall as well as the HDHomeRun... What else should I be allowing so that I am getting video and audio?
I just got this off of Ebay. I think it should be supported. Can I get in on the beta? Please. I was going to try when you first announced but the player I had wasn't supported.
Wouldn't it be fun if we could arrange a npvr user meeting/conference next summer (northern hemisphere summer that is) and gather for discussions and social gettogathers?
If I playback over XBMC an NPVR recording which is still recording - ie I am (sort of) in timeshift mode - the play back stops after about half an hour and has to be restarted. Then it goes for about another 15 minutes and stops again, and has to be restarted. Each time it starts up fine, but from the beginning (ie no resume), until it stops again. The logs covering the latest event are attached. The last stop occurred about 2050 while watching Celebrity Masterchef. The machine was recording a second programme too at the time All this is causing some domestic tension and I should appreciate some help.
My NPVR version is 2.6.2, the XBMC add-on 1.6.5, and the XBMC version is 12.6-PRE running on a raspberry pi.
The weblog seems very long and rolls over a lot. Let me know if it is no good, and what I can do to improve it. I can try to duplicate the behaviour while logging but it seems to be a bit random and intermittent so won't be easy
