New to NPVR. love the features... now just to get it to work!
took a while to figure out how to get it to detect the channels on the channel scan.
EPG is working and showing the channel listings etc. however if i click to watch live tv the window says "please wait..." then goes to a black screen and stays there.
I tried a Colossus with an HVR-2250 and I couldn't even get WinTV to work with the combo. It would show the colossus output but if I tried the 2250 WinTV would just lock up. This despite using HCWclear and re-installing everything.
I then tried with the 1800/1850 (Forget which one I have exactly) and WinTV worked perfectly but NPVR was black with no Audio from the 1800 while the colossus worked (one issue which I think is a timing issue but that's for the support forum).
The wife was about to decapitate me so I couldn't experiment further last night but I realized later that it might be that the Arcsoft decoder (which I had set for the colossus) may not be compatible with the 1800's output. If I'd had time I would have tried the Hauppauge decoders.
I'm just wondering if anyone else has tried getting the Colossus to work with a second non-Colossus card and had success? If so, what setup did you use?
It would be cool if you could have several machines in a network with TV cards recording shows to the server machine. Let each recording client set recording schedules but have the server prevent duplicates and show already scheduled recordings on the guide display.
Has anyone made a utility to extract from the recordings DB to an NFO file? Thinking of something that could be added to the post processing batch file to creat an NFO file after recording.
I've been toodling today, and have actually created a Plex Media Scanner that will read my recordings directory, and have been playing with a metadata agent to read NFO files.
If theres a utility to extract a db record to NFO (as opposed to renaming the file and using tvdb (which is too hard in nz because of the time differences in when shows are aird) then I can close the loop between nextpvr to plex - and the same utility could also be used for nextpvr > xbmc if so desired.
Not sure if this is support, or feature request...(feel free to move it if this is wrong)
I was watching Live TV, and had timeshifted back. As soon as a scheduled recording started, it immediately said "no tuner available", and ended. I still had about 15 minues of timeshifted livetv left.
It would be nice to be able to finish watching up to the end of what it had recorded in timeshift before the scheduled recording ended.
Is that possible, am I missing a setting someplace?
I've generated some documentation regarding using a remote without NPVR being in focus, through both the Hauppauge IR software and IR Server Suite.
I've been using mine this way for a few years, but I think a lot of users don't know what's possible, and while there is information on the forums it's scattered around, hard to find, and a lot of the posts refer to attachments that have now been deleted due to their age.
So, is this something that should be on the wiki?
Any suggestions/improvements/criticisms?
All 3 attachments referred to are in the one zip file attached.
Advanced Remote Configuration
Using Remotes without NPVR in focus, through Hauppauge IR software or IR Server Suite
Needing NPVR to have focus in order to use your remote can be a major nuisance. It is possible to have your remote commands sent directly to NPVR whether or not it is the program in focus. This is particularly useful with dual display setups; I can browse the web on the monitor attached to my NPVR server while someone else continues to use the remote to operate NPVR, running on a secondary display.
This can be done using ‘window messages’ targeting NPVR.
We just need to know the message codes that correspond to various commands, and how to implement them in either the Hauppauge IR software, or IR server suite.
Hauppauge IR Software
As standard this software sends commands to the window in focus.
To send the commands direct to NPVR, we can target it using its window class*. (There are other options, but this works best)** This is done with the ‘findwnd’ command. Then add the appropriate message code for the commands you want to send. Details of the message codes are attached.
For example, the line specifying the ‘arrow-up’ command looks like this:
32775 appears in all the commands, 38 is the code for the 'up arrow' keystroke, and the last number is always zero.
'WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.33c0d9d' is the 'window class' of NPVR.
The green power button will start NPVR. (Change C:\Progra~1\…. To C:\Progra~2\... in 64 bit Windows versions.)
You can change the functions of buttons as you wish to add extra functionality.
For example, in the attached file the ‘text’ and ‘subcc’ keys have no commands associated with them, so these could be set to other keystrokes, or to trigger .bat files (i.e. to close NPVR, or tell the PC to sleep).
To set this up for NPVR you will need to add each key and assign commands to it. These should be set up as ‘system wide’ commands.
For each key you will need to follow these steps:
• Click the ‘New’ button and teach Translator the command by pressing the button on your remote.
• Select the ‘Window Message’ tab
• Under ‘Target’ select ‘Class’ and paste in the Window Class of NPVR:
WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.33c0d9d
• Enter 32,775 in the ‘Message’ box.
• Enter the appropriate message code from the table attached in the ‘Word Param’ box. 'Long Param' should be left at 0
• Press ‘Set’.
The configuration can be exported to an xml file. I’ve attached a sample XML configuration which should work with a Hauppauge 45 button remote if imported. Again, the volume keys alter the system wide volume, and the ‘text’ and ‘subcc’ keys are unassigned.
* Window class is currently ‘WindowsForms10.Window.8.app.0.33c0d9d’ It is possible that this could change with a future release, but you can check what it is with Spy++
** You can target the window name, but the window name can change, as it does when you start watching something. Also, other windows can have ‘NPVR’ in their title (i.e. a browser when looking at the support forum) and can receive commands by mistake. Similarly, IR Server Suite can target ‘NextPVR.exe’, but this stops working as soon as you enable a second instance for an NMT or MPV.
I'm sure that this has been discussed somewhere, but my searches haven't produced anything so please feel free to just refer.
I am trying to use a PCTV HD Mini (80e) on an atom based netbook, which is certainly under-powered for this sort of thing.
With ffdshow, the MPEG2 stream works pretty well on a few lower resolution channels, but on anything higher, the audio stutters and then stops, and the video slows to a crawl.
I can't change the hardware, but I can change what I throw at it. I'd like to force all channels to a lower resolution and change any settings that I can to reduce the load.
I would greatly appreciate any help and/or suggestions. Thank you.
