Not strictly an NPVR issue, but every 5 days or so I notice the menus not scrolling correctly. If I go into settings it tells me the directx runtime is not available...re-installing the runtime fixes it, but the same happens a few days later. I've tried the web installer and the full download but it's the same either way. Anyone got any ideas....how can I check if the directx runtime is there and working to cross check the NPVR message?
I was rescanning freeview channels due to changes at Crystal Palace. I deleted the existing channels and find them all during a rescan but they do not get saved. Looking at the logs shows the "SQLite error no such table: CHANNEL_GROUP_NAME" followed by others.
This seems to be the cause of the problems. Anyone know how to fix it?
IF YOU TRY ANY OF THIS YOU DO SO AT YOUR OWN RISK! I WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR LOST RECORDINGS, ETC...
I really like MCEBuddy. It is well-written and works pretty well for making .MP4 files from .TS files.
Now on my .MP4 files, I like to use 160 bit rate for the AAC audio and 1000 average bit rate for video. My converted .TS files look GREAT and are a lot smaller in file size with almost unnoticeable loss of quality.
To set up MCEBuddy...
Download MCEBuddy from http://www.mcebuddy.com/ and install it. There are both 32-bit and 64-bit versions. After the install, DO NOT RUN MCEBUDDY!
Open NOTEPAD as ADMINSTRATOR.
In Notepad, browse to "C:\Program Files\Tyrell\MCEBuddy\mplayer".
Open "mencoder.conf".
Hit the ENTER key twice to make two blank lines from the top of the file then add the code below to the top of "mencoder.conf" and re-save the file.
Open MCEBuddy.
Select "H.264 MP4 1000/160 TV (No Resize, 2 Pass)" from the drop-down list.
Check the boxes in front of DELETE ORIGINAL (at your own risk and only if you no longer want the original .TS files), SORT BY SERIES, and SUB DIRECTORIES.
Change FILE SELECTION to *.ts and change the VIDEO PATHS SOURCE and DESTINATION to where GBPVR saves recordings to.
You might not want to run MCEBuddy during NPVR EPG updates. Say NPVR updates the EPG at midnight. You might open MCEBuddy and tell it to only convert between 2 and 20. Why 20? Because MCEBuddy might start at 8:00 PM and not finish something until 10 or 11 if it is a long recording. I also stop MCEBuddy when I am gaming.
I'm trying to use handbrake to convert my recorded TV files to a format that my Logitech Revue will recognize. However, Handbrake is constantly throwing errors with the files that NPVR is creating. The files do play however in both NPVR and Media Player so they don't appear to be corrupted.
Has anyone else ran across this issue? If so, suggested solutions?
This information is not detailed in the Wiki - it only says that all files files need to be in the "Data" folder. Please provide specifics on which files and folders should go where if possible.
Martin,
I've got 2 sat channels that refuse to show video on the NMT, this happened after I stuck a new card in my box and re-scanned, other channels on the same transponder are ok.
I think this may have happened before to me but my memory is flaky, something in my head tells me the tuning info could have the wrong vpid...would that make any sense?
In the UK today we have all had to rescan the channels. For some reason I can get all the same channels I used to get ok but not BBC 1 or BBC 2. My existing frequency for these did not work so I deleted them in the options and rescanned. Unfortunately they are not beiung found at all. Please help!
Im running TVListings v3.6 (lastest i believe) and everything is going great ... except for one quirk on my pc at least.
If i let a recording run right to the end - so that it ends automatically and goes back to the menu, the tick that shows the recording has been viewed does not get ticked.
if i stop the recording prior to the end of the recording the tick does get set.
Any ideas?
i know its a bit of weird one - but everything else is working great.
hi, can any one give me a quick walk through to make a dvd of a few ts recordings. I need to give it to a non-techy so it will just play in their stand alone player with out any messing around.
I have the recordings in ts from npvr. Have DVD shrink and decrypter if needed, and can transcode to most formats with out any bother. Have a pc dvd burner and disks.
Using win7, so just need to know correct formats and easiest click through to make it work....
thanks.
