I had to reformat and am trying to get Npvr running again but I'm having trouble installing the prerequisites. The dotnetfix says wrong version and the installer update kicks back with an out of space error. I'm running W7 x64.
I've noticed my TV guide is sometimes empty . The EPG update ran just fine, but there are almost no listings. When I run the EPG update from the setup menu, everything is fine. So I decided to reschedule the EPG to 1 PM in stead of at night, to make sure it isn't a broadcast problem, and the result is the same. Shortly after the scheduled update today, I ran it form the setup menu again and the guide was filled again. So I've got two sets of logs for you.
Quote:- changed logic which copied artwork from [data]\media\shows to folder.jpg while recording. Now just directly uses artwork from [data]\media\shows.
This logic doesn't seem to be working in the Video Library. At the root level for a show @previewImage seems to read from Media\Shows but at the file level it shows default.jpg instead of the jpg from Media\Shows. @description does still come from Media\Shows
I'm in to minds about how to provide access to Music and Video folders in nDroid and it seems like I have two options...
Simply provide a list of top-level folders and when a user selects one, contact the nDroid service and get it to return a list of items (folders / media files) in that folder.
Pre-process the entire folder tree and compile a list of paths to media files which nDroid maintains in a DB on the device.
The first option possibly requires less coding at the service end as it simply takes a path and enumerates its current contents providing a 'flat' rather than nested data structure. The downside is more network activity and slower navigation to the required media files.
The second would mean potentially very quick navigation in the nDroid app but requires a more complex recursive directory scan to produce a database of information (using the term 'database' generically). I've also never coded anything which does this sort of recursion on folder sub-trees.
I uninstalled old version 2.2.6 and installed version 2.3.6. I clicked on Settings>Devcies>ATSC Dongle Digital Tuner. Then I click on Device Set-up and scan. I find 35 channels. That list is not saved and when I click on Settings> Channels there are no channels listed. This routine worked well with version 2.2.6 so now what can be the problem?
According to MST my client PCs are prevented from sleeping automatically because npvr.db3 is open across the network. Would it be possible to have client machines close their connection to the server when idling or on the menu screen?
Every since I updated to the most recent NPVR (2.3.6), NTray.exe hangs up when I try to shut down my computer. I get a dialog box saying "End Program - NTray.exe that I have to respond to before the computer will shut down (actually, I have to tell it to shut down again after saying ok to force Ntray.exe to terminate). Older versions of NPVR worked fine on this computer. I have tried uninstalling and re-installing NPVR several times and it does not help. I have 3 tuners and am running both GBPBR and NPVR on a WindowsXP Pro computer. Logs are attached. Any idea what might be causing this and how I might fix it?
Following on from this thread, here's the second (and hopefully final) test release for the new System plugin.
Changes since last weekend's release are as follows:
- Power options are now in their own popup
- Menu options can now be enabled or disabled again
- Menu options are now Back, Update EPG, View, Power, and Service RS
- Alt+R keyboard shortcut for 'Power'
- Added an optional PIN prompt before allowing access to the Power options
In case anyone was wondering, the plugin only does its monitoring while active. As soon as you move away from it, then it stops everything it was doing and should be using zero CPU time, although on my htpc it seems to use 0% even when it is running. I was a little worried the new hardware monitoring - that refreshes every second - would cause a hit, but Windows seems really good at returning those numbers without effort. The disk space/tuner monitoring updates every 15 seconds. The network monitor is a cumulative total of all upload and download activity across all active network cards.
I notice in this post in the Hauppauge forums (http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/forum/showthr...r-than-4-3) that it is now possible to force the aspect ratio (from the default 4:3) in an analog recording made with SoftPVR/WinTV7. As NPVR uses the SoftPVR encoder is it possible to enable this so that recordings can be marked as 16:9 (almost all recordings are 16:9 nowadays and then auto aspect ratio will work). This tweak is a registry entry:
Code:
[COLOR=#333333]HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MainConcept (HCW)\MainConcept (HCW) MPEG-2 Video Encoder\CaptureGenPCI.exe\[/COLOR][COLOR=#333333]Aspect ratio=3[/COLOR]
There is already a registry entry for this tweak in the NPVR subsection at:
Code:
[COLOR=#333333]HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MainConcept (HCW)\MainConcept (HCW) MPEG-2 Video Encoder\NextPVR.exe\[/COLOR][COLOR=#333333]Aspect ratio=0[/COLOR]
but changing this to 3 has no effect on my PVR-150 setup. I'm using the latest SoftPVR drivers (from the latest WinTV7CD) though they are still a few years old.
