Hi,

I've been using BeyondTV for several years (even after they abandoned it) because the guide still works. I really want to replace BeyondTV with NextPVR and hope you guys can help with a few questions.

I plan on getting the following hardware once funds allow.

1. Asus or GB MB.
2. AMD quad core CPU.
3. WinTV-HVR 2250.
4. For an IR blaster I've read from forums that, http://www.irblaster.info/usb_ir_repeater.html, is my best bet to work with Motorola FIOS boxes. Although I have no idea what software to use to set it up. I've always used the Hauppauge/WinTV IR Blaster config.

My questions are:
1. Is the hardware above compatible with NextPVR? Suggestions for better (affordable) hardware?
2. If anyone has experience with BeyondTV, does NextPVR pretty much do the same thing in terms of functionality?
3. I've read Intel chips are better than AMD for video (faster, smoother, etc) if this is true would a i3 or i5 suffice? Intel's kinda expensive.
4. Should I stick with Windows 7 or try Windows 8?

Thanks!

Greg

I've tried to read a ton of posts about using the HVR-950 and can't seem to find help. I've scanned for channels and they show up on the list but I get a black screen. I've tried changing the video decoders to a few different ones, LAV, the ones from SAF and still nothing. Please help.

How do I get the recurring recordings from the service?method api?

I can specify method=recording.list?filter=recurring
which does return the list, however there is a recurringparentid which I suspect contains the recurring information. I'm after the recording parameters like "Daily", "Monday - Friday", "This timeslot" etc.

Thanks in advance.

I'm hanging out for the next update but nothing .....................

Hi all,

I don't suspect I'll get much help with my question. Rarely do. But here goes.

All I'm trying to do is tell NPVR to record to a network drive (a server). Read all about why I can't just point to the network drive in NPVR and have it work. Don't understand most of that but it is as it is.

I've read all about sharehelper - and that didn't work although the specific directions are sparse, so I could have been doing something wrong. I put in add share of \\192.168.1.204\PVR, and deleted the line that says add drive, but that doesn't work. There are no usernames or passwords to access the drive

I've read where if I manually adjust the config.xml file for the "Recording Directory" to "\\192.168.1.204\PVR" that should do it. Nope.

I've turned off the firewall on the server and "everyone" has full access to the folder

I'm looking at getting a 55" TV - have been getting ready for months. The existence of this app is going to be a major factor in the decision. Is the UA55F6400 is a good pick?

Looking at the Samsung website, they don't say it is an IPS panel, is that right - it doesn't have IPS? I am a bit concerned about viewing angles.

Sub - Just curious if there is anywhere we can follow the development that is going on for NextPVR. I did see somewhere that you mentioned that the next version is based on .net 4.0.

Would you mind shedding some light on enhancements, features or a possible road map for those of us that are interested? I am posting this in the XBMC sub forum because this is what I am most interested in using NPVR with.

Thank you.

Figured I'd start a thread with some status updates/progress/ramblings of what I'm working on, just to get feedback, let people know what I'm up to, to vent

2012 Blu-Ray player, screen saver kicks in, ive got no code to turn this on/off, its just automatic
2013 TV, screen saver never kicks in, hmmmm. why the heck not?

AngularJS debugging the error messages can be a PITA since its compiling everything then saying error on line 0 with no actual indication as what is wrong... really annoying. Cant test in real browser to see, as samsung emulator (which crashes and really hard to debug with) loads a bunch of samsung specific stuff to make it work. This is my biggest problem with this development.

Started adding mini guide like in mediaportal

Made a wrapper class for remote, which has methods for ChannelUp/Down etc and returns true if pushed depending on keycode and player type, so "Blue" returns true for channel up if from bluray player, but false for tv. Modelling tv/bluray buttons off the 2013 remote and 2012 remote I have (trying to get the same button positions to do the same thing, eg "Repeat" on the bluray player ive made "Guide" since the buttons are in the same place).

2012 is way slower than 2013. really really really slower. means I need to do some work here.

playing around getting generic video playback working as well (to possibly support "Videos")

Hi all,

I've always been able to access NPVR (on the server) via firefox at http://192.168.1.204:8866/Guide2.aspx.

Suddenly I'm faced with the following error:

Server Error in '/' Application.
Root element is missing.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Xml.XmlException: Root element is missing.

Source Error:


Line 528:
Line 529: if (File.Exists(GetWebConfigFileName()))
Line 530: configWeb.Load(GetWebConfigFileName());
Line 531:
Line 532: globalSettings = new HybridDictionary();


Source File: c:\Users\Public\NPVR\web\App_Code\Classes\Settings.cs Line: 530

Stack Trace:


[XmlException: Root element is missing.]
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e) +76
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseDocumentContent() +2681
System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read() +65
System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace) +155
System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader) +109
System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(String filename) +93
N_EWA.classes.Settings.LoadFromFile(Boolean reload) in c:\Users\Public\NPVR\web\App_Code\Classes\Settings.cs:530
N_EWA.classes.Settings.GetSetting(Object moduleObject, String settingName) in c:\Users\Public\NPVR\web\App_Code\Classes\Settings.cs:474
N_EWA.classes.Settings.Load() in c:\Users\Public\NPVR\web\App_Code\Classes\Settings.cs:160
N_EWA.classes.Settings..ctor() in c:\Users\Public\NPVR\web\App_Code\Classes\Settings.cs:152
N_EWA.Global..cctor() in c:\Users\Public\NPVR\web\App_Code\Global.cs:56

[TypeInitializationException: The type initializer for 'N_EWA.Global' threw an exception.]
N_EWA.Global..ctor() in c:\Users\Public\NPVR\web\App_Code\Global.cs:49
ASP.global_asax..ctor() in c:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\Temporary ASP.NET Files\root\0a635572\38fd2de4\App_global.asax.evzkg3ew.0.cs:0

[TargetInvocationException: Exception has been thrown by the target of an invocation.]
System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandle& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck) +0
System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean fillCache) +86
System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipVisibilityChecks, Boolean fillCache) +230
System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic) +67
System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceImpl(BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes) +1051
System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, BindingFlags bindingAttr, Binder binder, Object[] args, CultureInfo culture, Object[] activationAttributes) +111
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetSpecialApplicationInstance(IntPtr appContext, HttpContext context) +197
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.FireApplicationOnStart(HttpContext context) +31
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.EnsureAppStartCalled(HttpContext context) +134
System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetApplicationInstance(HttpContext context) +88
System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +290

I can access the server just fine and everything else on the server (and on the client) are working fine.

Can someone give me some advice?