I'm running NextPVR 7.0.5.260307 on Windows and I'm trying to automate the M3U channel update via NScriptHelper, but I keep getting "Not Allowed" (error code 13).
What works fine:
- NScriptHelper.exe -status → returns ok
- NScriptHelper.exe -pin:0000 -service:method=system.epg.update → works fine
- Calling setting.m3u.update manually via the web UI works perfectly
What does NOT work:
- dotnet "C:\Program Files\NextPVR\NScriptHelper.dll" -pin:0000 -service:method=setting.m3u.update → Not Allowed (code 13)
- Same result with NScriptHelper.exe
- Same result with curl and Python requests against the API
I found a similar thread from 2020 (V5) where "sub" fixed this with an updated NShared.dll. It seems the same security restriction is back in V7.
Background: My IPTV provider changes stream URLs every 2-3 days. When this happens, recordings fail until I manually click "Update Channels" in Settings → Devices. I want to automate this so recordings don't fail.
Is there a supported way to trigger setting.m3u.update from a script in V7? Or is there another approach to keep the M3U channels updated automatically?
I recently updated to 7.0.5, I was on 7.0.2 just before the upgrade.
After the upgrade I got a strange error that was stating my EPG file (which is raw XML) was in an unsupported compression and could not be loaded. After a while, I figured out that if I forced my EPG into a .gz compression then the error goes away.
My question is if this is a new requirement or change? In 7.0.2 it was able to use the raw XML file for my EPG listing, maybe I somehow got lucky and it never was supposed to do that.
My LibreElec NextPVR server seems to be working as normal and has done for over a year. I do very occasionally get a blank recording.
The problem seems to have started or at least noticed when channel Quest stopped working working overnight some weeks ago. For some reason the Irish version is called Quest HD but the UK HD version Quest. That was when I found no DVB-S channels were detected when I tried to scan for Quest. My temporary work around is to use the DVB-T SD version of Quest.
After a reboot I have just scanned using the supplied 28.2 file and my smaller regional 28.2West file. I used SAT>IP tuners 2,3 & 4 in turn and no channels detected!
The problem also is that I cannot watch live TV if a DVB-S channel is being recorded!
I can record 2 DVB-S channels at the same time.
I can record DVB-S and DVB-T channel at the same time.
The first Log file was while I tried to watch TV while a DVB-S channel was being recorded. The later log file shows later tests of DVB-T & DVB-S channels so the earlier log may not be needed!
Hi there,
A week or so ago my EPG's started to fail completely. I tried manually refreshing them without luck. I deleted all my sources, still the EPG's would not update. I deleted the /opt/nextpvr directory to restart fresh. Did not seem to work, as after reinstalling it remembered all my login details.
If I open in a browser the URL for the EPG, it takes a long time given the size but loads fine. In the app I use on my phone and my daughter uses on her iPad the EPG loads fine, it is just on next PVR.
Hi, I have a few questions/observations after updating from 4.2.5 to 7.0.5 a couple of weeks ago. (I could do multiple posts, but maybe putting all questions in one creates less noise...)
I've had a look at the wiki but cannot find the answers; the following is all related to running the windows client (win 11), when looking at the TV Guide and selecting a channel to watch.
1) Is there meant to be an OSD? I'm sure I saw it visible once while paused, but it disappeared after resuming or FF'ing. I've never seen it again. Something broken in my setup?
2) Often I pause a live broadcast; sometimes when I resume then FF or RW, after the jump, there is no audio. It is intermittent but usually happens as often as every 4th FF or RW press. It does not seem to be a problem in the stream, as for example I can FF (right arrow) 60s, then left arrow twice to go back, and the audio starts again.
3) Don't know if related to (2) - I was watching a channel which defaults to an audio stream for visually impaired (for other NZ readers - Duke+1). I accidentally changed audio stream to 'disabled', and after sound stopped, changing back to the correct audio stream (ENG or for visually impaired) didn't reactivate the audio. I had to abandon watching that program (and return to the TV Guide and start again), which was bad because I was paused a long way into that program and I missed most of that broadcast.
4) Keys R and F (for 10 sec RW/FF) work same as 4.2.5, cool. But took me a while to realise I now need to hold CTRL with right or left arrows for 60s FF/30s RW. Is there a way to map just arrow keys (without CTRL) to these actions, as I don't know of any other use of arrows during playback?
5) Minor inconvenience - if I watch a channel and then press ESC, I return to the TV Guide. But if I FF or RW while watching, I have to press ESC twice to return to the TV Guide. Expected? (And if I get in the habit of always pressing twice, in the case where the first ESC works, the second press takes me out of the TV Guide and back to the main menu.)
I'll attach a snapshot of my current renders/decoders; this has not changed from my old win10/4.2.5 setup, where I also had older hardware. (I had a Hauppauge HVR-2200 and now have a Hauppauge quadHD.) Happy to update renderers or decoders if people have suggestions for better ones!
If possible, can the value of the EPG source mapping for XML files be displayed on the Settings > Channels screen? It appears that there would be room. It would be nice to see on the screen so you don't have to click on each channel in order to see what it is mapped to.
I've recently had a couple of recordings fail and it looks like some of my channels may have had frequency changes I wasn't aware of.
I have channels common to DVB-T and DVB-S merged so for example BBC One HD shows as 6 sources (4 being terrestrial an 2 being Freesat).
If I scan one of my terrestrial tuners, the list of channels it produces shows the frequencies but some of them are satellite frequencies and not the terrestrial ones I was expecting.
Also applying the filters selecting DVB-T doesn't seem to work.
Is there an easy way to work out which frequencies from a scan have changed compared to the ones in the current database?
If I tick an existing channel after a scan and save, will the database get updated with the frequency detected in the scan. If so, will that tuners channel still stay in the merge channel list?
Playing Live TV in NPVRClient.exe, NLITE or Kodi works fine but if I try Live TV in the NPVR Web client it starts to receive data then exits playback with a failure.
I'm not that familiar with FFMPEG so could do with some help understanding what's causing the error.
I've just moved this week - when I reconnected the computer and screen, I had trouble getting the cables right.
Now most shows aren't recording - I get [Failed: No errors, but no data delivered. This is usually because the device failed to lock a signal.] I've only moved 8-10 kilometres but just in case I rescanned for channels. I've always had 4 Hauppuage tuners, so could record 4 different frequencies at once. Last night one show recorded and the other two gave the above error message. I think 2 tuners have stopped working - they can't scan, though still hold the previous channels. So I've reordered the Devices page to give the two that are working priority.
But why didn't two shows record last night? I feel that the system is remembering which tuner it was to use and if it doesn't work the system simply fails. Is that possible?
Is there any way to tell if a tuner has failed? Or can you only assume no scan means it's dead. I understand the tuners aren't being made any more. Any suggestions?
Do I need to reinstall to get the programme to re-allocate tuners to jobs? (I really don't want to lose all the pending and recurring shows.
The other problem is that I can't get it to update the epg. The internet is definitely connected to the computer, I've streamed the missed shows. But might NewPVR not be getting the signal? How can I tell?
Hi,
I've just donated to NextPVR - great piece of software. I've installed it on my Terramaster NAS for the live Tv and guide, which work well in NextPVR.
I'd like to link the tv guide in jellyfin which is running in docker, on the TNAS.
How do I get the link please?
I have my email saying payment received and the paypal reference: (paypal transaction: 5HL12926UV481953E)
What else should I do please to be able to use the NextPVR TV guide xmltv in jellyfin?
