Hello, I am a long-time BeyondTV user now looking to use an HDHR-Prime for my non-broadcast channels. My plan is to use NPVR to do my recordings with the Prime, then convert them to watch in BTV. I have BTV and several BTV Link licenses in use, and with this method there is no transition for the family to deal with. I may give up BTV in the future but not for now.
I have written a VBS script to take the metadata and convert it to the format that BTV wants. However, I have found that the XML file generated automatically with StoreSeparateMetadataXml=true in config.xml is not quite the same as the metadata you can get by extracting it from npvr.db3 using sqlite3. In particular, the channel data is different and the original air date and genre are not in the automatically generated file.
Just wondering if the missing items could be added to the recording metadata in the next release of NPVR? This would make the metadata more consistent either way you get it, and would also make getting all the data a bit easier.
Either way, NPVR is great and I appreciate all the hard work!
I applied all the NPVR patches to 2.4.3 and genre coloring stopped working. Replaced TV Listings files and still not working. Genre colors are defined. Other xml file changes are working, such as directional arrows (whatever they're called).
From the beginning: wireless router damaged in lightning storm leaving only one port working. No internet for HTPC. Installed spare Westell router and HTPC with original static ip address (on the correct subnet) would not connect. Changed to dynamic address and still would not connect. Futzed around with a TCP/IP stack "repair" using netsh winsock reset and netsh int ip reset. Finally got it to work by manually specifying the gateway address. NPVR was OK during this time. New Linksys router arrived and after installing, the HTPC would again not connect. Went through some more dynamic vs static address switching, and it finally connected. Has been OK since. There were other problems with the firewire devices disappearing, but some repairs and fiddling have them back, and they seem to be stable. Now, NPVR is sick.
The recording service dies when the machine wakes for a recording, and then cannot be restarted (the service, the computer seems to be fine). From the Services applet, a start request gives an Error 1067 Process terminated unexpectedly. From the NPVR start the service command, it gets a timeout message eventually. The event viewer reports the service stopped. There is some xml info I can provide if needed.
After a period (hours, at least) the service can be restarted, watch live TV etc. Then, when the HTPC sleeps and subsequently wakes to record, the service dies. Others have reported that a corrupt config.xml caused the 1067 error, so I deleted it to start over, but no help. This started with version 2.3.6, so I upgraded to 2.4.3 with the same results. Leads me to believe the problem is Windows rather than NPVR.
So, logs attached with what looks like an internal network problem. Windows firewall is off and there are no other firewalls. Hope somebody can point me in the right direction. (I probably should have reinstalled Win7, it would have taken less time than I have spent so far.)
I've installed and have the service running on my PC and I installed the app. The web server is running in NPVR and I have the port open on my router. I've also entered the IP of my PC running NPVR and the username/password on my phone, but after saving the settings on the phone, the nDroid app just does nothing, like it's trying to connect but can't. The Android with the "n" on his chest is standing there staring at me and the circle is spinning below him endlessly...
I frequently get no tuner available when record, but watch works fine.
Record works most of the time. The case tonight was recording a digital (QAM) channel but would not record an analog channel, but it would let me watch it. In this case, I rebooted, the in-process recording restarted automatically, but the problem remained.
Possibly related issue: using Hauppage 2250, two analog/digital tuners. When I first installed NPVR this card showed up as 4 devices. Now the digital devices show up twice for a total of 6. When I noticed that, I proceeded to scan the "new" ones as well, since they showed zero channels, but in fact copied the the other device's channels when asked. Normally when I run into something like this I would reinstall, but I'm afraid I'll lose all my channel mappings, which took a long time.
Tryiing to use Sony media center remote to type view guide with live tv. Guide button also starts WMC 2004. Sony's Vaio versions of services only has Media Center Schedules Services. Not sure if I need to turn off some other Sony services since no other Media Center Services are listed?
Is there another way to get around this problem?
Edit: Possible Solution follows. Any comments on what I did? It seems to work.
Use Run... services.msc, stop the following services if necessary and then Disabled
Media Center Scheduler Service
Sony TV Tuner Controller
Sony TV Tuner Manager
Sony TVTA Manager
Use Run... msconfig
Selective Startup
unchecked ehtray under Startup Items
Rebooted machine. Dialog warning about msconfig chanages, I set to not show.
I am thinking about getting a NAS enclosure (gigabit-connected) and was wondering if anyone has tried recording directly to a NAS? This will be potentially 4 ATSC (MPEG2) streams simultaneously which are delivered over the network anyways via 2 HDHomerun devices so I think this should work but I was wondering if anyone has actually tried this. Thanks.
I have used NextPVR for some months now on my main PC with so much success that I have just built a dedicated HTPC running with an Hauppauge TD500 Dual Digital Terrestrial tuner with the output via the HDMI port on an Asus 210 silent graphics card to my Panasonic LED HD TV. This setup replaces a Virgin V+ cable box and a Panasonic Freeview recorder/DVD player.
As this tuner has no HD capability I am considering buying a TBS Dual DVB-S2 High Definition Digital Satellite Tuner and putting up a dish.
I have 2 questions
1. Will NextPVR record and playback in HD?
2. Can I run both cards side by side in the same setup, and what happens if I AutoMerge Channels of the same name in the Bulk Map under Channels?
I hope someone can answer these questions before I part with the cash for the parts and go to the trouble of the installation.
