I updated both the nDroid service, and the app yesterday. Since then I am unable to schedule or cancel recordings. I am able to view and update the guide with no problems, and streaming TV works too. If I try to schedule a recording I just get 'Submitting recording request...' and then nothing else happens. When trying to cancel a recording, I do get a 'Cancel recording success' message, but when I check on the server, the recording has not been cancelled.
All settings are exactly the same as they were before the upgrade, and I have completely uninstalled and reinstalled both the service and the app.
Can you suggest anything?
I'm running the latest version of NPVR on Windows 7 Ultimate x64.
I've just returned from a 12 day vacation to Hawaii . My HTPC ran while I was away, and once or twice I pulled up NEWA on my phone to confirm it was running smoothly. I returned home (to the snow ) to find dozens of successful recordings without one failure.
I've got the donator version of Comskip and use HD-PVRs for recording.
I've tweaked the settings slightly and am getting okay results, but think I can do a little better.
Any HD users in North America have a comskip.ini that's working pretty well for them? We record just HD content (no SD) from the major networks e.g. NBC, ABC, CBS, Discovery, Food Network, A&E, etc.
I've updated the nDroid Service installer on the nDroid wiki page. Hopefully this fixes a problem with using shared media folders.
I've only tested this lightly as I don't normally use shared folders. It works fine for music but I've no idea how well it will work for Videos as the nDroid Service is basically acting as a 'middle-man' so there may be a performance hit.
Changes:
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Minor update to correctly handle Video/Music folders on shared drives. NOTE: You must run the nDroid Service as a user with access permissions to the shared folders. Running as LocalSystem (the default) will fail for shared folders.
Just a quick heads-up. I was informed yesterday that our hosting hardware had been marked 'end of life' and will be retired in a few weeks. Grrrr.
Annoyingly the quotes they've provided for alternatives are adding an additional US$25 a month. Given the yearly donations only just covered the previous hosting costs for a year, we're going to be moving to some other hosting provider. I'm not sure where will be moving yet, but I'm investigating other dedicated hosting and VPS solutions.
I'll try to make sure there is the least amount of disruption possible when the move happens, and will let you all know a few days.
The Freeview digital switch over in my area starts today. Does anyone have an updated tuning ini file for the Rowridge transmitter (or know how to create one)?
Trying to solve a problem in the nDroid service when users have videos/music media on network shares I find I can't enumerate the directories when the path is the root of a mapped network drive.
GetMediaFolderContents() - enumerating folders threw exception: Could not find a part of the path 'Z:\'. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.Directory.InternalGetFileDirectoryNames(String path, String userPathOriginal, String searchPattern, Boolean includeFiles, Boolean includeDirs, SearchOption searchOption)
at System.IO.Directory.GetDirectories(String path, String searchPattern, SearchOption searchOption)
According to the MSDN page for Directory.GetDirectories that exception reason is "The specified path is invalid (for example, it is on an unmapped drive)." but the drive IS mapped and the nDroid service has permission to access it.
The weird thing is what I'd expect to fail is passing the sharename into that function (\\myserver\music\) but that actually DOES work. :confused:
This is only happening for mapped networked drives - D:\ for example (which is local), works fine.
I've read some threads that caution against using GBPVR and NPVR side-by-side n the same machine, especially when scheduling calls for both applications to be recording at the same time. That makes sense, however I need to make sure that I'll be OK under the following situation.
Let's say I have 2 cards in the system ... a 1600 and a Colossus. I'm intending to run GBPVR against the 1600 (and not the colossus) and NPVR against the colossus (and not the 1600). I would have an antenna and a stb feed the 1600 and a different stb feeding the colossus.
Any problems with the 2 programs coexisting and recording at the same time?
. My HTPC ran while I was away, and once or twice I pulled up NEWA on my phone to confirm it was running smoothly. I returned home (to the snow 
) to find dozens of successful recordings without one failure. 
