So what can we do with this new IPTV tuner device?
Assuming my ISP doesn't directly provide any IPTV services, are there IPTV streams 'out there' on the net that I can access? Any resources for finding them?
2.3.6 R1 versions of updated NPVR files:
----------------------------------------------------------- 02/10/2012 06:08 AM NextPVR.exe
01/23/2012 11:35 AM NPVRTSMon.ax
02/12/2012 03:18 PM NShared.dll
ALL NPVR USERS SHOULD INSTALL THE CUMULATIVE PATCH UPDATE REGARDLESS OF WHETHER YOU ARE EXPERIENCING THE IDENTIFIED ISSUES. These updated files represent the latest version of NPVR code, and may include other changes not documented. Other later patches or program updates you may find posted by sub may fail if all your NPVR program files are not up to date. In particular, before posting any support request please install the current cumulative patch update and reproduce your problem.
Latest version of updated NPVR files (if you were to install all patches listed):
----------------------------------------------------------- 02/16/2012 05:12 AM NDigitalHost.exe
03/11/2012 09:20 AM NextPVR.exe
03/08/2012 05:51 AM NPVRTSMon.ax
03/11/2012 08:37 AM NPVRTSReader2.ax
02/27/2012 08:55 AM NPVRWriter.ax
03/04/2012 01:29 PM NShared.dll
03/04/2012 01:29 PM NUtility.dll
03/11/2012 08:38 AM Unmanaged.dll
It should be noted that patches are listed generally in chronological order, but not perfectly so. The thread a given patch is posted in may contain additional information on exactly what a given patch was intended to do, and may also contain information on additional settings required if you wish to use the functionality provided (example: Patch #9). Finally, not all patches actually fix what they are supposed to, but the changes usually remain in the file going forward, so they are listed as part of the update history.
Installation Notes These "patches" are simply replacement files for the existing NPVR program files. You should extract them and copy them over the existing files; the default directory is C:\Program Files\NPVR. If you are running Vista or 7 and have UAC enabled, you will likely need to do this from an elevated command prompt or explorer window. To get an elevated explorer window, go to All Programs->Accessories, right-click on Windows Explorer and select "Run as Administrator". Now, within that explorer window only, you are the Administrator.
Before installing patches, you must exit NextPVR.exe, shutdown the NPVR Recording Service and close the NPVR Tray Icon (using the "Stop NPVR Service" icon accomplishes both).
I recommend that you restart your system after installing patches. I've seen numerous cases where the Recording Service is not able to restart properly due to a socket error. You can check your NRecord.log to see whether it did or not, or just reboot to be safe.
If you're new to NextPVR, see the list of pre-requisite software at: http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...requisites (directx runtime, visual c++ runtime etc). If you're upgrading from an earlier build, you need to make sure you stop the NPVR software before installing.
EDIT: If you're using an HDHomeRun, after installing you'll probably need to add a firewall exception too allow the new NDigitalHost.exe to receive data from the HDHomeRun, otherwise live tv or recordings may fail.
Please post any support issues in the support forum.
From the change log:
Quote:2.3.6
- in the device settings you can now double click a channel to edit it's tuning information. Frequency, SID, service type etc. Should be useful for advanced users wanting to make tweaks when broadcasters move stuff around.
- digital recording is now done 'out of process' to workaround an issue where digital devices could sometimes lockup when stopping recordings, requiring recording service to be restarted.
- fixed a problem with deleting recordings from a client PC
- fixed an issue that would stop the DirectX UI working on older graphics cards that dont support hardware vertex processing
- now able to configure the number seconds that must have been watched before a recording shows the 'watched' indicator. See <WatchedKickInSeconds> in config.xml. Previously it was hardcoded to 60 seconds.
- VMR9 Custom and VMR9 FSE video renderer options now also available for DVD playback.
- BUILDING_GRAPH event now fires for DVD playback.
- reduced the time a ShowMessage call displays info on the screen. Most people agreed it was too long.
- added a popup for selecting the audio stream. The Green key will bring it up.
- added a new "-updatedb" command line that can be used to ensure all the database changes have been applied.
- when displaying channel icons for existing recordings, if the stored channel oid doesnt match a channel in the database, it'll fallback to looking for the channel by name.
- imported show details now retain pretty xml formatting on nested EPGEvent details (ie, has newlines and indentation)
- added channel groups so that you can sort your channel into lists of favourite channels, or whatever groupings make sense to you.
- fixed a crash that could happen if you manually initiate an epg update while the recording service isnt running
- changed logic which copied artwork from [data]\media\shows to folder.jpg while recording. Now just directly uses artwork from [data]\media\shows.
- added some logic for accessing the NextPVR UI via html, using http://<server>:8866/touch/client.html. This is still quite rough at this stage, but hopefully will be usable example for people experimenting with rolling their own basic clients for smartphones or tablets or maybe Roku etc. You cant play music/video at this stage, but there is beginnings of support for it. If developers find this useful, then I'll take it further. Thanks Brian greatly improving the html/javascript.
- fixed a bug with deleting zero byute recordings that could leave the file on disk
- fixed a problem importing HDPVR channels which could cause duplicate channels to be listed.
- fixed an error that could stop multidec support from working
- fixed an issue with temp files not being deleted when using live tv from a client pc, or when streaming to VLC.
- fixed a problem with skipping while paused. Would previously take a long time to resume when you pressed play.
- fixed a problem that could cause a DCR-2650/Prime to indicate it was still in use even after it finishes with the tuner.
- NScriptHelper.exe now has a "-delete filename" command line parameter for deleting a recording file, it's associated files, and the recording from the database.
- fixed a bug where recording selection in Recordings screen could be wrong after playback if a new recording had occurred while playback was in progress at the time.
- fixed a problem with saving changes on the Bulk Map screen.
- fixed a problem with running "-updateepg" etc command lines with tuner plugins installed.
- added CaptureSource.OID as fourth parameter to ParallelProcessing.bat and PostProcessing.bat.
- fixed a problem with 'any channel' recordings.
- added 'recently deleted' history for users with unique identifiers in their EPG. This info is used to improve the 'avoid duplicates' logic.
- added support for playing ripped blu-ray disks in the video library
- added genre support
- client PCs now have access to timing.info files for recordings, to give more accurate duration and skipping
- fixed a problem with name resetting to 'default' when editing one-off manual recordings.
- fixed a bug that meant it was impossible to turn off the web server.
- improved accuracy of reported duration and skipping during live tv.
- fixed an issue with back-to-back analog recordings
- fixed a skipping issue that could cause playback of in-progress recordings to jump back to near the beginning of the file
- experimenting with the ability to directly stream transcoded channels using a format like http://<server>:8866/transcode?channel=1...trate=900k, where "channel=1" is the channel number. The resolution and bitrate parameters are optional, but the defaults are quite low so you'll probably want to explicitly specify them.
- added logic to allow the deletion of individual episdoes of recurring recordings without them being automatically rescheduled at next EPG update.
- added skin logic to allow more complicated visible attributes to be specified through the use of '+' to a specify a logical 'and'. ie, visible="@isFolder+@hasImage"
- smoother resume of previously played recordings
- now possible to specify preferred xmltv language for xmltv files which contain title, subtitle, or description in multiple languages. Language code is specified using <PreferredLangXMLTV>. There doesnt seem to be a standard around these, so not easy to add a dropdown setting.
- fixed a bug that could cause an exception if you attempt to play a video with no file extension (like http://... stream)
- updated version of NEWA. Thanks UJB!
- slightly improved .m3u support, and more logging around playback of these playlist files
- fixed a bug with visible attributes that start with '!'.
- applying a slight highlight to currently airing shows in the TV Guide.
- added NMT keyboard support
- fixed a problem with channel ordering when using live tv while a recording is occurring.
- now including more EPG data elements if they're available (first run, quality, audio type, aspect ratio, star-rating, original air date). These are all optional elements, but some EPG sources provide them. Available to skinners as @genre, @audio, @aspect, @quality, @rating, @starRating, @firstRun, @originalAirDate, and @descriptionWithGenre
- added a "Record Season (NEW episodes on this channel)" option when scheduling recurring recordings.
- added skin logic to allow more complicated visible attributes to be visible based on a comparison. For example, you might want to display a dobly digital icon in your xml with an attribute like: visible="@audio=dobly", or maybe an HD icon with: visible="@quality=HDTV"
- now showing new channel's OSD prior to channel change. Makes it feel more responsive, even if channel change is taking just as long.
- added closed caption support for a few more decoders
- added context menu to the Settings->Devices, with options to access device settings or to delete a device.
- added the ability to specify a different audio renderer for music playback
- added GetAudioRendererList() call to IPluginHelper for plugins that want it
- added IPTV support. This is compatible with ISP and cable companies using transport stream based multicast udp.
- fixed a problem with editing manual recordings that used start/end times that were not 10 minute aligned (was truncating to the nearest 10 minute)
- fixed a bug where subtitle selection popup wasnt working correctly with DVD playback
- fixed issue where bring up the tv guide in live tv wouldnt show the selected show details unless you were watching the first channel in the channel list.
- now possible to tweak the <OSDTransparency> setting programmatically without needing to restart video playback.
- slight tweaks to teletext subtitles
Big thanks again to those doing testing. The help is much appreciated!
So I got my dead GBPVR server running again with a new fan for the power supply. Cleaned all the dust bunnies out of the case and replaced the thermal compound on the CPU heat sink while I was at it, it's running very quiet now!
So my situation now is that I have one GBPVR server and one NPVR server for my NMTs. It seems they don't like seeing both servers as-is. I currently have MVPMC installed on both. I tried adding two shares to the NMTs, but that always brings up the GBPVR interface (regardless of which share is selected from the menu) and won't play any video at all. If I unplug the Ethernet to one of the servers, the other works.
I was looking at the tips and tricks section for the NMT under "more than one server." My question is, will this work with one GBPVR server and one NPVR server?
As a long-term user, I feel I should be able to fix this but for some reason can't - not least because nPVR has been so reliable I haven't had to mess about with it for months, so I sometimes forget the wrinkles.
The short form is this: Channel 4 HD and BBC News (both UK channels) changed their channel tuning info a while back and I didn't get around to changing nPVR's tuning. I just spent an hour rescanning the channels and still can't persuade nPVR that it should change the tuning info for those channels. How do I do that, please? Thanks.
Quote:Consumer Electronics Control (CEC) is an HDMI feature designed to allow the user to command and control two or more CEC-enabled devices, that are connected through HDMI, by using only one of their remote controls (for example by controlling a television set, set-top box, and DVD player using only the remote control of the TV). CEC also allows for individual CEC-enabled devices to command and control each other without user intervention.
PC graphics cards don't support HDMI-CEC but there is an adaptor available that adds the capability.
OK, so I am a cheap sod, I know this, but is it possible to do what I want?
I have a broken DigitalNow twin USB DVB-T tuner dongle, which will no longer get much in the way of a TV signal - it only finds 3 of the 20 or so channels. However, it comes with a remote control.
There is a small app that runs, presumably to translate the IR commands to something useful.
This all works well in WMC. NPVR just ignores it.
What do I need to do to get NPVR to handle things?
I have tried the wiki, but its not clear with which of the many remotes this is compatible.
Has anyone seen this before? The network connection appears to be dead on my A-110.
1. No lights on CAT5 connector
2. Tried multiple CAT5 cables and multiple ports on switch, tested cable and port with a laptop and it worked.
3. PCH reports a MAC address - does this mean anything?
4. Tried "reset to factory defaults" - no joy.
Can anyone think of anything else I can try? Is there a USB/Ethernet dongle option?
Finally going HD with my system. I have a new server:
HP P7 i5-2400S
6GB RAM
1TB HDD
ATI HD6450
Hauppauge PVR-2250
Hauppauge PVR-1600
Windows 7 Pro
NPVR 2.2.6
MVPMC v3.5.0
and 3 clients
PCH A-110 x2
PCH A-100
I have the basics setup on the server which is functional but I'm sure I will be working at tweaking things.
My issue is this. I have the A-100 working with the server, but not my original A-110. I went to try my new/used A-110 (which I purchased from a friend) but found the Ethernet port on it is dead (separate issue). My original A-110 had been working with my GB-PVR (SD) system before it's untimely death. It sees the share fine, I can navigate to NPVR.htm but after I launch it, it fails to produce the NPVR menu. The screen does flicker a few times and then it returns to the PCH menu. Log files and NMTChecker output are attached.
