Hello,
Haven't been tinkering with GB since 09 so I'm at a bit out of the loop. Currently I'm trying to figure out if the Shuttle XS35 line (or similiar if folks have suggestions) is adequate for a all-in one setup to be used with a Directv unit. Nothing in the current lineup is in HD (and probably won't be for a while). I do have a sight on some Haup 950 USB units for tuners.
I did see a post a while back about someone selling a Shuttle unit but didn't see much else mentioned here. These units are so small and the reviews in general seem to reflect a great machine.
I only use a few channels, and I find that a vertical layout of the channels works better for me in a browser. Is this possible with NEWA? I can't find any way to configure it.
I've been running DVBViewer Pro for years, but want to move to NextPVR (mainly because of its well-featured Popcorn Hour client).
I'm currently using the current TV server setup:
- Motherboard: ASUS P5G41T-M LX
- CPU: Core 2 Duo E6600
- Memory: 4 GB DDR3
- Operating System: Windows XP 32 bit
- Tuner: FloppyDTV DVB-S2 with latest firmware and BDA driver 4.5N
- DVBViewer LNB configuration: A = Astra 1, B = Hotbird, C = Astra 2, D = Astra 3
DVBViewer has always worked flawlessly with the FloppyDTV. However, after disabling its recording service and installing NextPVR along with the final patches, I've encountered the following issues:
1. NextPVR would crash after scanning for quite some time. I resolved this by creating custom lists with only the transponders of interest (which I obtained from DVBViewer / TransEdit).
2. NextPVR would not find channels on many transponders.
To make a long story (and analysis) short: it appears NextPVR is not able to switch the LNB. After rebooting the server, the default selected LNB appears to be A (= Astra 1). So scanning for Satellite A works fine. However, many transponders for the remaining Satellite positions B/C/D will appear to be empty. In addition, channels that are returned, do not belong to positions B/C/D, but to position A. MTV France, for instance.
In the meantime, I've moved back from Windows 7 64 bit to Windows XP 32 bit (for several reasons) and have the same issue. So it does not seem to be OS related. Even though it seems irrelevant - DVBViewer is running fine using the 4.5N BDA driver - I also tried the 5.7N BDA driver while I was on Windows 7, without success.
I'm at my wits' end here... :-( What could I be overlooking? Does NextPVR officially support DiSEqC (1.0) with FloppyDTV / FireDTV? Thanks in advance.
During the NMT (M34A) startup process, following the index.html startup screen, the process hangs with the following line on screen
"mount mounting\\192.168.2.7"
the IP is the IP of the NMT
Trying to do a reinstall of the NMT using NMTINstall2.exe...
I get stopped with the following:
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ComputerName: TOM-HP
NPVR Data Directory: C:\Users\Public\NPVR
NPVR Program Directory: C:\Progranm Files (x86)\NPVR
Output folder: C:\mvpmc
Installing to: C:\Users\Public\NPVR
Download: C:\mvpmc\NMTInstall.xml File Not Found (404)
NMTInstall.xml error
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Not being able to do a reinstall using NMTInstall2.exe (which has saved my butt repeatedly in the past) leaves me totally lost - anyone have any ideas on where to start?
I get video rendering problems watching HD recordings on my PCH. SD recordings are always fine.
It looks like pixellated MPEG blocks especially on the right hand side of the screen are not being updated fast enough. This doesn't happen all the time, and only on some recordings. In summary I believe it is caused by UK Freeview switching between 1080i and 1080p, but I don't understand why I seem to be the only one with the problem!
I am running a PCH A-110 with no internal drive and with a wired network connection to NPVR running on a 64-bit machine with hardware RAID 5 disks and am running the latest versions of all firmware and software. I am recording UK Freeview from a Blackgold BGT3620 dual DVB-T/T2 card.
When Freeview HD first started up in my region last April I only had the problem on BBC HD but sometime in the summer it spread to the other 3 HD channels too. I have given it a good deal of thought and done a few tests to try and isolate the problem so I believe it is none of the following:
It is not a bandwidth problem. I can watch blu-ray rips as .mkv or .ts at full bandwidth without any problems.
The problem is not in the recording. The recordings play back fine on my PC using VLC or Power DVD 8.
It is not an HDMI problem. You can see the same pixellation problems on the analogue output from the PCH.
It is not an NPVR problem. You get the same problem playing back files directly on the PCH over the network.
Changing PCH video sync options doesn't make any difference.
An important observation: It is temporarily fixed by doing an NPVR skip backwards. If you skip backwards by a few seconds the PCH successfully replays a piece of video that was being pixellated absolutely fine. I have set the short backwards skip in NPVR to 1 second so I can get rid of pixellation while I am watching, but it often soon comes back a little further on. It is as though the skip backwards brings the renderer back into sync somehow. Pausing and restarting doesn't have the same effect and the pixellation continues.
I think it is a problem caused by UK Freeview switching between 1080i and 1080p. The problem seems to be associated with times where video switches from 1080i to 1080p and back, this happens a lot in programme title sequences and any video FX sequences, and places where there are edits between studio and OB clips. Some programmes are fine after titles e.g. Later with Jools Holland (the 5.1 audio here is excellent by the way). Here is a link describing the Progressive/Interlace switching that happens on UK Freeview these days: AVFORUMS 1080i/1080p.
Here is what you get in the Handbrake log if you run one of the recordings which shows the problem through it and e.g. convert it to an mkv file:
Handbrake log example:
[08:58:19] 21.052278s: Video -> Film
[08:59:00] 58.012278s: Film -> Video
[08:59:25] 78.772278s: Video -> Film
[08:59:41] 92.012278s: Film -> Video
[09:01:18] 170.132278s: Video -> Film
[09:01:30] 183.012278s: Film -> Video
I am assuming that handbrake means Interlaced by "Video" and Progressive by "Film". NB after conversion by Handbrake to mkv it plays fine.
So, has anyone else seen this problem, or any suggestions? I am beginning to think the PCH hardware may be at fault, perhaps I should get another one?
This is one thing, which comes from time to time and is really, really annoying.
With all planned recordings, there will come a time where you just "forget" to control the recording drive/partition.
If this happens, then NextPVR doesn't say anything. Instead it's starting recording tasks and don't stop them.
Yesterday i had 9 instances of nextpvr.exe on my server, because the harddisk was full. No sentence or warning inside NextPVR.
And this is not the first time, that something like this happened to me.
I use NMT exclusively for playback and today it suddenly stopped working out of nowhere, menus work fine but playback is not possible. I tried a reinstall and reboots with no difference. The only things I see in the logs is this:
Code:
2012-01-06 23:46:07.759 [DEBUG][9] Client Listener starting on port 7969
2012-01-06 23:46:12.283 [ERROR][4] Unexpected error starting web server:
System.IO.FileLoadException: Could not load file or assembly 'NRecord, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The parameter is incorrect. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070057 (E_INVALIDARG))
File name: 'NRecord, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'
at System.Reflection.Assembly._nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.nLoad(AssemblyName fileName, String codeBase, Evidence assemblySecurity, Assembly locationHint, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, Boolean forIntrospection)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(AssemblyName assemblyRef, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.InternalLoad(String assemblyString, Evidence assemblySecurity, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean forIntrospection)
at System.Reflection.Assembly.Load(String assemblyString)
at System.UnitySerializationHolder.GetRealObject(StreamingContext context)
at System.Web.Hosting.HostingEnvironment.CreateInstance(Type type)
at System.Web.Hosting.ApplicationManager.CreateInstanceInNewWorkerAppDomain(Type type, String appId, VirtualPath virtualPath, String physicalPath)
at System.Web.Hosting.ApplicationHost.CreateApplicationHost(Type hostType, String virtualDir, String physicalDir)
at Cassini.Server.CreateHost()
at Cassini.Server..ctor(Int32 port, String virtualPath, String physicalPath)
at NRecord.RecordingService.OnStart(String[] args)
WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].
Does USB tuner perform as good as internal ones ?
For example : PCI-e dual DVB-T tuner vs USB dual DVB-T tuner
(don't care about the portability of USB tuner)
Only wish to know about the performance of USB tuner .
Heard when it gets too hot, video will freeze and jerk ?
Any issues with multi HD channels recording ?
Or any bad points for using a USB tuner ?
Sorry, no experience with USB tuner . All the while have been using PCI and PCI-e ones .
Thinking of getting an Avermedia Twinstar USB dual DVB-T tuner .
I've got a SiliconDust HDHomeRun tuner and have NPVR set up recording things just fine, but the closed captioning doesn't come up. Is this something that is supported by NPVR? Actually, is this something I need to configure on the HDHomeRun? I haven't tried to see closed captioning directly from the HDHomeRun, but I would assume it is part of the feed from the tuner.
