I knew this was coming from Comcast that they are converting to digitaltv and my mutiple legacy tuners coming to the end. I received the message "If you can see this message, the TV your're watching isn't yet ready for Comcast's digital network enhancements". It is my time to cancel my basic cable TV and use OTA exclusively now .
I have great times with GBPVR and enjoy it over the years.
Hi.
Getting an error when I try to scan for channels.
I want to use NPVR as a server. Running on Windows home server 2011. As clients i'm going to use XBMC.
I have the latest download on NPVR+patches and Tevii S660 drivers.
Can anybody help me to figer out the problem?
Changed content rating (certification) extraction from nfo. In setup you can specify a comma separated list of countries to look for a country specific rating in certification tag. It's case-sensitive. The default is USA. e.g.: "West Germany,Germany,Hungary,USA". For this to take effect you need to run the build with rebuild checked in setup (see below).
Added <moviname>-poster.jpg to posters lookup
Use plot or outline if the other is empty (plot used for listview and details, outline for covers and iconsview)
Added a "rebuild" check box to setup to build completely from scratch (ignores already existing output.xml)
Build externally: ExtBuild.exe - Parameters /s: silent (not attempting to open movies.log at the end of the build), /u: update, /r: rebuild. You need to copy ExtBuild.exe to the same directory as NUtility.dll (C:\Program Files\NPVR\).
Build from menu (runs with /s: silent, /u: update). You can't rebuild from menu.
Handling multiple genre tags in nfo. For this to take effect, you need to run the build with rebuild checked in setup (see above).
Identify/display updates during build instead of displaying them as consecutive remove and add.
Categories:
You can specify categories in setup with the following attributes:
- Name (required field)
- Description (optional field)
- Background: Background Image (optional field)
- Contains Filter for File Location, (case-sensitive): this will filter the movies based on their fullname(including path) containing the specified value (hence you can filter on directories). In case it's empty then all movies showed.
E.g.:
- filter: HD Movies\ for directory C:\Movies\HD Movies\
- filter: HD Movies2\ for directory C:\Movies\HD Movies2\
When there are no categories specified then you go straight to movies. When there's any category specified then it will appear before displaying the movies for you to select. It's a simple coversview, but the skin is defined to look similar to the horizontal menu. Note: The "Movies" button suppose to be at the same location as in the Main menu. For some reason the active menu item in the main menu is not centered in the rectangle, at least not centered for me, hence you may need to tweak either the categories.xml or the menu/horizontal.xml if you wish to line them up.
Iâve ended up creating a simple Movies plugin. It doesnât scrape the metadata from the web instead it relies on already existing nfo files. e.g.: I used Ember Media Manager to create them, and to grab fan and cover art. On the Settings screen you need to specify your movie directories and an output xml (defaults to: <data directory>/Plugins/Movies/output.xml). This output xml is going to store all your movies like a "database" (basic metadata, video file location, cover and fan art location). After you specified the movie directories and the output xml you may choose the Update Mode (see checkbox) and hit the Build XML button. Itâs going to generate a log (<data directory>/Plugins/Movies/Movies.log) of the potential changes itâs going to make or it has made (in case Update Mode was selected). I recommend running it without update and if youâre happy with the result seen in the Movies.log then you may run it in Update Mode to create/update your output xml. The last 3 output xmlâs are also saved in case of any issue.
Upon build itâs going to go through the specified directories recursively and look for *.nfo files and related video files, cover and fan arts in the following order and grab the first one available:
nfo: movie.nfo, <moviename>.nfo.
video file: for movie.nfo it grabs the first *.<videoextension>, for <moviename>.nfo the first <moviename>*.<videoextension>, where <videoextension> based on VideoLibrary extensions in config.xml
fan art: fanart.jpg, fanart.png, <moviename>-fanart.jpg, <moviename>-fanart.png, <moviename>.fanart.jpg, <moviename>.fanart.png
The movie must have:
nfo file,
Video file (based on VideoLibrary extensions in config.xml),
ID (IMDBID from nfo),
Title (from nfo)
to make it to the the "database" (output xml).
If you already have an output xml (i.e. Build XML has been run multiple times), itâs going to compare the already existing output xml with the current data read from the movie directories and remove missing items and/or add new ones, changed items handled by subsequent remove and add.
Movies identified based on their
ID (IMDBID)
the fullname (with path) of their nfo file,
the timestamp (last write time) of the nfo file.
Hence, in case you rename the original nfo file, or change the content of it (timestamp changes), itâs going to remove the old record from the output xml and re-add it based on the current nfo file. Also you can tweak the output xml manually as long as you wonât change the above values in the output xml, and the original nfo file itself, your manual changes should stick through multiple builds.
Features:
There are 3 views (list, covers, icons), see View button, ALT-B, blue button
Thereâs a Details screen, which pops up when an item is selected (this feature can be turned on/off for the different views on Settings). Thereâs also a button for it: Details button, ALT-R, Red button
You can sort by Title, SortTitle, Year, see Sort button, CTRL-S, ALT-Y, yellow button, (You can choose to display SortTitle instead of Title when sorted by SortTitle)
0-9, Jump to 0-90 percent of the way through the list (for any sort)
A-Z Jump to the first item that starts with that letter (for Title and SortTitle sorts)
Tonight, I read about a Homeland (series) marathon starting on the 13th where over 3 days all 25 episodes are going to be broadcast. It's a show I want to see over the Holidays, so I phoned my cable to subscribe (it is pay cable here) which took 5 minutes. In five minutes I a dded the 6 channels to the EPG, and it would be even faster if NextPVR's suggested the Schedules Direct channels for since the channel and call letter matched. In 7 minutes my EPG update finished, and a minutes latter all 25 episodes were scheduled as a recurring recording. Hopefully NextPVR is up to to this marathon and I can remember to leave me server alone!
I'm using NPVR 2.5.9 with a HD Homerun and connecting to that with XBMC Frodo (tried both Beta 2 and Beta 3) with sub's NextPVR plugin for XBMC.
I also installed the patch from here: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...er-changes
To get LiveTV streaming in XBMC working at all I have to disable Timeshift. But even with timeshift disabled I run into problems:
The first channel tune usually works fine but after the second or third channel change at latest I see the buffering dialogue showing up and stuck at 0% or 2%.
I have to completely stop/quite XBMC and reopen it to get it working.
In the example below I tuned successfully to SYFD (StartStream(7546:SYFYD)) and then to TBS (StartStream(7545:TBS HD) - failed) and then A&E HD (StartStream(7544:A&E HD) - also failed).
I recently installed NextPVR and I'm quite enjoying it. However, I'm having a problem with finding certain channels: they're just not showing up. I'm using QAM here in the US, and while the channel scans turn about ~40 stations, there's another 20 I know are out there but aren't being seen. I know they're out there because Media Center picks them up and shows them nicely. I've searched through all the unencrypted QAM channels. The channels I can't find also don't show up on the silicon dust website listing for my location, but again, I know they're there because Media Center finds them. I am able to find all the stations that the silicon dust list has, though. Are those other channels in some different format?
I must be missing something here. Is there a way to get those channels?
If it's any help, my TV tuner card is a Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-2250. I just recently "upgraded" to Windows 8.
I am using the web based TV guide with NPVR. I updated my channel
logos and it's not updating on the webpage. I have cleared out my
cache etc.... still no luck. When I go into the NPVR application and
look at the TV Listings they are changed in there but not on webpage.
I have been having problem with playback of "Donât Trust The B**** In Apartment 23" through the NMT's ever since the TV channel changed the listing from "Dont" to "Donât". If I get rid of the "â" & re-import into Recordings & it will play back fine.
I have been trying to get rid of the "â" (which isn't "'" BTW) using a small Replace program in my UpdateEPG.bat but even by copying the complete title from the xmltv file it still won't find it (& trying the standard "'" doesn't make it work either as you will see from the attached screenshots). I have also attached the actual section from my xmltv file.
Does anyone have any suggestions on how I get rid of this @#$%^ annoying "â" so I don't have to keep doing manual manipulations so the Boss can view her program??
If you have cable TV service, you probably have at least one set-top box in your house. On Monday, a federal rule change takes effect that could eventually force you to rent more cable boxes.
Right now, most cable systems donât scramble the âbasic tierâ service which includes local broadcast stations, public, government and education channels, as well as some non-premium programming. Buy basic service and you can plug the cable into a digital set that has a QAM tuner and see these unencrypted channels without a set-top box.
Cable companies want to scramble everything coming through their wire, including basic service. They say this will allow them to reduce theft â prevent people from watching programs they didnât pay for â and improve customer service.
Their plan is to keep every cable household connected to the network and then activate or terminate service remotely, rather than sending out the cable guy. They say this will improve efficiency â technicians can focus on more difficult installations â and reduce the need for customers to stay at home waiting for service.
The Federal Communications Commission had prohibited the encryption of basic cable since 1994. But in October, the commission voted to allow it, starting on Dec. 10.
âBy permitting cable operators to join their competitors in encrypting the basic service tier, the Commission has adopted a sensible, pro-consumer approach that will reduce overall in-home service calls and accelerate cable operatorsâ transition to all-digital networks,â said Michael Powell, president of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association (NCTA) in a statement.
Should your cable company do that, you will need a set-top box on every TV in the house to watch any cable programming. A charge for every television âThe cable companies, with the FCCâs blessing, have figured out how to pick the pockets of cable customers and charge them for every television they have â even when they donât really need a cable box,â said consumer advocate Edgar Dworsky, founder of ConsumerWorld.org
Dworsky told me he has âsecondaryâ television sets in his kitchen, office and guest room. Each of these has the cable wire from the wall connected to it so he can watch his local TV stations. If his cable company encrypts those stations, which he expects it to do sometime in the next six months, heâll need to get converter boxes for each of those sets â or buy an antenna.
The FCC acknowledged that its rule change would âadversely affect a small numberâ of cable subscribers.
Dworsky calls that âludicrous.â And he points to comments filed by the City of Boston, which warned the commission that allowing cable operators to encrypt basic service âwould result in real and substantial benefits for cable operators, and equally real and substantial costs for consumers.â
None of the six major cable companies in the country has announced a date to encrypt basic channels.
In an email to NBC News, NCTA spokesman Brian Dietz noted that Cablevision already encrypts basic service in New York City under a waiver granted by the FCC in 2010. Dietz said the company did not receive any complaints from its customers.
When asked what it planned to do, Comcast, the countryâs largest cable service provider, said in a statement:
âCurrently, we do not have any announcements to make. Should we plan any changes in the future, we will notify any impacted customers well ahead of time.â (Comcast is the parent company of NBC Universal, which owns NBC News.)
Dworsky insists Comcast and other cable companies would not have lobbied so hard for the rule change if they did not plan to scramble basic cable channels. The details of the FCCâs encryption decision Before a cable company can encrypt basic service, it must give customers 30 days advance notice. The FCC rule requires them to give two free converter boxes to customers with only basic service for two years and one free box to everyone else for one year. After that, the cable companies could sell or rent the boxes.
The FCCâs decision does not require those free converter boxes to deliver high-definition signals. For basic service in HD, customers would have to rent an HD box which could cost as much as $10 a month.
Consumer advocates say these box rentals will become a new revenue stream for cable companies.
âPeople have gotten used to seeing these channels for free, so this is going to be a setback for many folks,â said Linda Sherry, director of national priorities at Consumer Action. âPeople have to ask themselves if cable TV is something they want and can afford, because itâs going to continue to go up in price.â
Dworsky hopes unhappy customers will let the FCC and their cable companies know how they feel about the rule change.
âThis will be a good test to see which cable companies really care about their customers and which care more about their bottom line,â he said.
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