Sorry if this has been discussed before but I can't find a related thread.
I have a Windows 7 PC with a Hauppage WinTV-HVR 2250 installed. I've installed NextPVR with the latest patch.
Before I connected my Antenna to the Hauppage it was connected to my TV. I did a channel scan using the TV channel scanner and I got many channels. I moved the coax cable to my Hauppage TV tuner. I went to Settings > Device > Hauppage Tuner 1 > Device Setup, I ran the scan and only came back with 4 channels. Is there a reason why I can't pickup the same channels I receive on my TV? Is there a way to manually add the channels?
For example - I can pick up WIVB-DT (ABC) Real Channel is 39 (virt. 4.1) with my TV, but when I scan using NextPVR (ATSC Tuner 1) it doesn't find the channel.
I'd really appreciate any help you can provide, I'm trying to get rid of my cable TV bill!
I am getting constant buffering when trying to watch live tv or recorded programs through my ATV2. Hoping this is possible or can someone just tell me now that I'm wasting my time? I've spent several days trying different things so I am hoping that someone has an answer out there.
I currently run 1.4.7 of GBPVR on an XP machine. If I install NPVR, will that install along side my current GBPVR setup, or try to replace it? My concern is that GBPVR is working great, and I dont want to disrupt that, but I would like to see whats in the new version...
After many years of ReplayTV, Comcast DVRs, and TiVoHD's, I finally began using Windows Media Center a few months ago after getting an HDHomeRun Dual (OTA) and an HDHomeRun Prime (CableCARD).
I had become very accustomed to watching a show for a few seconds or minutes and then if it's something I'd like to save to watch or play for a family member later, I'd simply hit record and the buffer as well as the rest of the program would be saved.
No so with Windows Media Center, and it's the single biggest reason I haven't been able to stop using the STB's. With WMC, only content that is live AFTER hitting the record button gets saved with the program. The ONLY way I've been able to get something out of the pause buffer is by grabbing the hidden folder temporary files, renaming them to .wtv files, and HOPING they would be saveable via VideoRedo (many times it is impossible to save what was in the pause buffer).
How about NextPVR? Can the live/pause buffer be saved like on most STB DVR's or does it behave the same as WMC in this regard?
I've been running Win7 Media Center for the last 3 years successfully, but the appearance of a random retuning bug as well as occasionally locked out tuners after adding an extra tuner has made me wonder whether its time to consider an alternative. I run NPVR on another machine for recording only and it works well but I've never used it locally with a MS Media Center Remote.
Can anyone comment on how NPVR compares to Windows Media Center as a PVR in day to day use? I currently use Media Center for recording live TV and playing back DVD / Blu Ray with PowerDVD, occasionally I listen to music but not often. Recording hardware is 1 x Hauppauge HVR2200, 1 x HVR2250, 1 x HVR1100 and I live in NZ so the EPG comes down via BigScreenEPG and post processing is done using DVRMSToolbox.
Cheers
Kevin
sub have you tried the import single recording function lately? I have a recording that somehow disappear from the database during an Archive operation, so I went to import it in Settings->Recordings->Import Recordings. When I select the .ts file it just says "Not metadata is available for this .ts file. Recording not imported".
The metadata is there though:
Code:
E:\Movies\Roots>type Roots_20121224_10301300.ts:metadata.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<recording>
<filename>E:\Movies\Roots\Roots_20121224_10301300.ts</filename>
<channel>BET</channel>
<status>READY</status>
<startTime>2012-12-24 10:30:02</startTime>
<endTime>2012-12-24 13:00:00</endTime>
<channel_OID>7079</channel_OID>
<title>Roots</title>
<subtitle></subtitle>
<description>Kunta Kinte (LeVar Burton) arrives in America and is sold; he learns the ways of his new life from a slave named Fiddler (Louis Gossett Jr.).</description>
<uid>EP000177620002</uid>
<firstrun>false</firstrun>
<original_air_date>1977-01-24T00:00:00.0000000</original_air_date>
<rating>TV-14</rating>
<genres>
<genre>Historical drama</genre>
</genres>
</recording>
Originally the filename field had the original path, not the current path so I tried updating it, but it didn't change anything.
I recently deleted several channels form the "Channels" in settings, and ever since then, NEWA has only shown me the first channel and appears to have the subsequent channels "chopped off" in the guide2.aspx.
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Does anyone know if there are any tricks or things you have to do to get D1 from a Sky (from his description I'm fairly sure it's an oval) LNB??
My brother has just moved flats (& cities) to where he can no longer get DVB-T reception so is trying get freeview from D1 via his NovaS card but it will only receive OptusC1 & not D1.... he has got hold of a cheap set-top DVB-S box & it gets all the freeview channels fine so they are there, the problem is how do you get it to switch the LNB (?) to the D1 one from the computer??
NPVR v2.5.9, accessed via remote VNC session since I'm having other problems with EWA.
Selected episode from TV Guide, set recording request parameters, hit OK and got a error popup that dismissed after hitting the Continue button and NPVR continued normally:
Code:
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System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
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at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
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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)
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Despite the error and lack of guide update (i.e. no color change for new recording request), it appears that all 3 of my attempts resulted in actual season recordings being set up. Pending Recordings show 3 entries corresponding to these 3 season recordings on the same episode.
I'm wondering if you have a recommendation for TV Tuner cards (low profile) and/or recording devices. I'm in the process of building an HTPC using running XBMC.
[U]TV Tuner[/U]
To minimize the number of devices, I'd like to use an internal card for the TV Tuner. I've been reading about the InfiniTV 4 PCIe card from Ceton. Has anyone used it with success? In our area, Charter Communication offers a CableCard that should work with the InfiniTV card. Any concerns?
Are there cards available as a TV tuner compatible with Satellite Providers (Dish Network and/or DirectTV)? Has anyone used them with success?
Note: I have a PCI Express x16 slot, running at x16 avaiable
[U]Recording Devices[/U]
What recording devices are recommended and what is the video/sound quality does it provide? What type of connections are required?
Ideally, I'm looking for a small external device that can be stored in a closet (out-of-sight).
Just for the record, I have a Dazzle DVC-100 recording devices that I've used to record old video tapes. Any chance it would work for this situation? I've tried to install it, but NextPVR doesn't seem to recognize it.
In case you need to know, here are the components in my system:
