I have an HD PVR 2 that works fine via HDMI. If I go into the guide and select a show to record via quick record, the show does not record (no recording file is produced), even though I can see the HD PVR 2 record indicator turn green (i.e., it's recording).
HOWEVER, if I go into the guide and select a show to 'watch', let the show appear on the screen, then go back into the guide (F1) while the Live TV stream is playing and select 'quick record' the show records (a recording file is produced).
I've attached a log for just this scenario. The only thing I noticed in the log that could be related is this for the non-recording scenario:
This both does AND does not make any sense: Yes, the file is invalid because IT DOES NOT YET EXIST as the device has not yet started recording!. This is not the case in the live TV scenario as the buffer file is 'the recording' and does exist. Maybe this is an indication of where the problem lies.
I've uploaded a couple of video today and though I'd show how it reacts on a low end PC Here is OpenElec running on an the original ION. http://youtu.be/bvv5frGJtbY I couldn't capture the boot or the load of the PVR channels because C4Me kept crashing on the resolution changes but it takes about 40 seconds You will see the same problems changing channels between SD and ATSC HD as there is on the RPi.
Of note this is a USB boot of linux, no harddisk so it is truly a bare bones ION that you might expect to get in the $175-250 dollar range.
When I go to "Settings -> Devices" and select one of my HDHR tuners (not ATCS, not QAM) and then press the "Device Setup" button then press the "Scan" button, NPVR successfully scans and finds all the channels I expected and names them appropriately. For instance channel 15 for me is named "OWN".
The problem is this, when I go to "Settings -> Channels" and then click on "OWN" and press the "Details" button then set the "EPG source" to "XMLTV", NPVR does not automatically select "OWN" in the "Mapping" field. I have found that NPVR will only select the correct channel in the "Mapping" field if the name NPVR has assigned to the channel exactly matches the first "display-name" tag for the channel in the "tvguide.xml" file.
So if I change the structure of my channel tags to this...
Seems like NPVR should look at all the "display-name" tags. Is there an easy fix for this or do I have to write a script to strip out the "display-name" tags that are confusing NPVR?
I just bought a new Dell PC with Windows 8. Since my old computer's PVR-150 is PCI and won't fit in the new Dell PCIe, I bought an HVR1800. However, Windows won't detect the new card. I've tried using all the slots, rebooting, and running HCWclear, but it's like it's not there. It doesn't show up in the device manager and when I try to install the WinTV drivers, it says there is no compatible hardware. My plan is to start with GBPVR (which I've enjoyed for the last seven years), and then experiment with NPVR.
I'm wondering if I have a defective card, or if Windows 8 isn't compatible with the HVR-1800. Is anyone using an HVR-1800 with Windows 8?
Using a HDHomeRun prime tuner, and have NextPVR loaded on WHS 2011. Even the the firewall is off for local connects, I added the rules for both incoming and outgoing for NDigitalhost, NPVR and Nrecord. When I try to update the guide it just cycles from 59 second to 2 over and over again, and I'm getting a black screen when I try to view anything. I know the HDHomeRun is work, because I can use it just fine with WMC on one of my Windows 7 Computers. I've attached everything in the log file folder. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong.
I use NextPVR 2.5.9 Patches R1 with SoftPVR ( Capture card - AVerMedia CaptureHD H727 ).
When doing a recording through HDMI , NextPVR sets 720x576 ,while my card support 1920x1080 and 1280x720.
NRecord.log:
[DEBUG][7] StartStream(7223:Channel 110)
[DEBUG][7] looking for capture source
[DEBUG][7] checking: AVerMedia BDA Analog Capture
[DEBUG][7] enabled and present
[DEBUG][7] does not have channel
[DEBUG][7] checking: AVerMedia BDA Analog Capture Secondary
[DEBUG][7] enabled and present
[DEBUG][7] has channel
[DEBUG][7] live tv is possible
[INFO][7] AnalogRecorder.StartStream(LIVE&D:\NextPVR\live-Channel 110-3237.ts)
[INFO][7] AnalogRecorder stream count now 1
[INFO][7] Running blaster: C:\Program Files (x86)\EventGhost\EventGhost.exe -n lo
[INFO][7] Creating graph
[DEBUG][7] Building graph using: AVerMedia BDA Analog Capture Secondary (1).
[DEBUG][7] about to look for encoder
[DEBUG][7] SetCaptureResolution()
[DEBUG][7] PAL/SECAM tuner
[DEBUG][7] 0: 720x576 (subtype: {32595559-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 1: 720x480 (subtype: {32595559-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 2: 720x576 (subtype: {55595659-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 3: 720x480 (subtype: {55595659-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 4: 720x576 (subtype: {59565955-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 5: 720x480 (subtype: {59565955-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 6: 640x480 (subtype: {32595559-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 7: 640x480 (subtype: {55595659-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 8: 640x480 (subtype: {59565955-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 9: 1920x1080 (subtype: {32595559-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 10: 1920x1080 (subtype: {32595559-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 11: 1920x1080 (subtype: {55595659-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 12: 1920x1080 (subtype: {55595659-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 13: 1920x1080 (subtype: {59565955-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 14: 1920x1080 (subtype: {59565955-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 15: 1280x720 (subtype: {32595559-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 16: 1280x720 (subtype: {32595559-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 17: 1280x720 (subtype: {55595659-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 18: 1280x720 (subtype: {55595659-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 19: 1280x720 (subtype: {59565955-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] 20: 1280x720 (subtype: {59565955-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] selected: 0: 720x576 (subtype: {32595559-0000-0010-8000-00AA00389B71})
[DEBUG][7] about to add mux
[DEBUG][7] about to add tee
[DEBUG][7] about to connect writers
[DEBUG][7] Graph filter list:
[DEBUG][7] - NPVR Writer2
[DEBUG][7] - NPVR Writer
[DEBUG][7] - Infinite Pin Tee Filter
[DEBUG][7] - MainConcept (HCW) MPEG Multiplexer-Plus
[DEBUG][7] - MainConcept (HCW) Layer II Audio Encoder
[DEBUG][7] - MainConcept (HCW) MPEG-2 Video Encoder
[DEBUG][7] - AVerMedia BDA Analog Capture Secondary
[DEBUG][7] - AVerMedia BDA Analog Xbar Secondary
[INFO][7] About to start graph
[DEBUG][7] Setting top field first (PAL)
[DEBUG][7] About to tune graph to:
How can i set : YUY2 1920x1080 25fps and YUY2 1280x720 50fps ?
I created a timer recording event for recording the 11pm local news (my life is exciting eh). I set the timer's lifetime to 364 days (it wouldn't save the 365 value) thinking that it would repeat every night, however, it recorded the news the first night and then simply disappeared.
I then went to the 11pm News, set it to Record, found the Timer event and edited it to have a lifetime of 364 days - but it did the same and only recorded the news on the 27th and nothing on the 28th.
My cable provider occasionally adds, moves or delete channels. As far as I know the only way I can make an adjustment to my saved line-up is to rescan ALL the channels and then delete the ones I don't want. Is there any way to just remove or add just one or two channels?
I've got 6 tuners (three cable card and three clear QAM digital) And the line up is extensive. Editing the line-ups is tedious at best. Is there another way ?
I've had a recurring issue of NPVR not cleaning up temporary files when streaming to client - I've tested it out and determined that it's definitely happening only when streaming to the client and not when watching on the server itself.
Code:
C:\tv_temp>dir
Volume in drive C is Windows 7
Volume Serial Number is D064-2BFD
Directory of C:\tv_temp
12/29/2012 09:36 AM <DIR> .
12/29/2012 09:36 AM <DIR> ..
12/29/2012 09:25 AM 703,484,720 live-KARE-HD-5029-7.ts
12/29/2012 09:31 AM 730,232,232 live-KARE-HD-5029-8.ts
12/29/2012 09:36 AM 447,161,384 live-KARE-HD-5029-9.ts
3 File(s) 1,880,878,336 bytes
2 Dir(s) 208,577,212,416 bytes free
C:\tv_temp>
Most of the temp files left show up in Windows Explorer as being 6 minutes and 40 seconds in length, and this issue seems to occur only with a subset of channels coming from my HDHR devices. It's not really an issue, per se, except for a couple of times when my C: drive has entirely filled, causing the server to hang. I've written a script to stop the recording service, delete the live-*.ts files in the temp dir and restart the service, every day at 2:05 AM, but this is somewhat of a hackish solution and of course disrupts any live TV watching or recording during that time.
