I'm getting close to having this tweaked in the way I want. Couple remaining questions (kinda related to each other)...
1) Every once in awhile I do something (haven't figured out what it is all the time) that causes me to go back to the main npvr menu BUT what I was watching is still playing and showing in a small window next to the menu. (a) what am I doing that causes that and (b) how do I get back to full screen?
2) When navigating a menu, down in scene selection, I instinctively pushed either the Back/Exit button or the Menu button (I don't remember) thinking it would take me back to main dvd menu...but instead it put me in the mode described in (1) above. I thought I could get back to full screen by selecting DVD again from the npvr menu and while it did go back to DVD it prompted be to resume or restart...I guess I thought it would just go to full screen. (a) is there a button on the remote that can get me back to the main DVD menu (not npvr menu) and (b) same as (1.b) above
Thanks in advance...folks here have been very helpful including the man himself (Sub)!!
It has been a long time using gbpvr and now nextpvr. Nice products.
So i am planing to upgrade my hardware this year. i will run nextpvr on the following hardware:
Zotac ZBox AD02 with this hauppage usb capture card: WinTV HVR-900 and with windows 7 as the os.
I read that some users have problems recording tv shows when the htpc wakes from the standby mode and having and usb capture card.
Is this a common problem?
I'm new to HDTV. Have comcast uber-basic cable (Longmont CO) which gave me channels 2-22 on my old analog box. Hook up my Hauppauge 2250, scan and voila I got a whoppin' 90 channels!!
1) But...when I go into channel mapping most of them show unknown channel...so I don't know how to assign them. I'm using SChedules direct and switch from the "Cable" lineup to the "CableDigital" to get more than channels 2-22. I have watched a few of the Unknown channels and one I saw was ABC Family HD, so I was able to map that one. But not all stations put their little logo on the screen for me to see. Is there a proper way to figure out what these channels are?
2) Some of the known stations I do not see any reference to in my Schedules Direct lineup...ION is one that comes to mind. What do I do with these? Is this normal?
3) The bulk map did not work for me. By default everything was set to DVB/ATSC TV for the EPG. When I set up a channel using the details menu then when to bulk mapping, mapped a channel and it said, would you like for me to try to match by name...I say yes and nothing happens. Perhaps its because so many of them are Unknown? But there were a few where the name was spot on and I was able to match it by hand so not sure why it could auto match??
4) One of the channels I mapped manually now shows program info but its 1 hour off...PC time is set properly but the show that was actually playing was listed as being on 1 hour later. Anyone know what is going wrong?
I have applied the latest cumulative patch (I *think*).
I am using NPVR 2.2.6 and I installed the TV-Listings Plugin 3.5.1 (Yesterday downloaded from the webpage, but where can I check if its realy this version?).
OS is Windows 7 (German)
It seems I have a little problem creating manuelly recordings for weekly recurence. When I use the option 'weekly', the resulting 'pending recordings' are every day in the specified timeslot.
Am I doing something wrong?
Do you need further informations (hardware specs, logfiles or further descriptions...)?
Martin and Sub,
I often opt to use recording instead of livetv for comskip support and the fact that livetv does not skips properly. However, the comskip breaks never get updated unless I stop and restart the recording (also for regular recordings in progress). It would be great if the update happens every minute or so. Thanks in advance.
I'm going to rebuild my PC in the new year. It's got so much stuff on it and i think i have a suspect hard drive. It will then be used almost exclusively for npvr. I currently have a license for XP but i'm just wondering if there is any benefit in me upgrading to Windows 7 at the same time? I'm thinking that it probably isn't worth it but thought it was worth asking because this will be the perfect opportunity.
I had tons of Best Buy points that were going bad and weren't going to be good after the end of the so I thought since I have an older TV in the upstairs bedroom, I'd try a Roku for the wife. If I don't like it, my friend said he'd buy it from me. So, with almost $50 off, I bought the XS model.
Very small and compact and I hooked it up via wireless to my network and using the yellow, red and white cables to my non HD TV. Surprisingly, the wireless is very good even for HD video but, knowing that it was made mostly for purchased online video, I thought I'd try some of the both free and cheap home network streaming software.
I've tried Plex (free) and the $10 Roksbox. No doubt the Plex is way easier to set up and use IMO. But, the video formats are basically limited to MKV and .H264 and for now, Plex doesn't work with audio files (will soon). Both are slow to 'boot' and have limited fast forwarding and rewinding capabilities and when you're use to the NMT, there is no comparison to me but for the price, I can see why it's getting lots of geek talk time.
I still don't know if I'll keep it as it really only cost me $50 but I see many future possibilities with this device especially if the ISP's don't push their caps too far in my area. I have much to learn and little time to fool with it may try to connect to my HDTV via ethernet and HDMI.
Finally, a friend has Apple TV and thinks the Roku may be better. The $79 model seems to do almost the same but I got Angry Birds (big deal) included.
This used to happen on an iStar alot but not on my A100 i put that down to very old iStar firmware due to the company vanishing, but now it happens about 2-3 times per day on the A100.
I can watch live TV all day long so I'm pretty sure the network is stable but sometimes when I back out of live TV and go to the tv guide the box locks up on me with just the frozen guide on the screen, power + eject does not respond so I have to pull the power cord to get it up and running again. I was trying to replicate it earlier but found I had to leave live TV running for a significant length of time before it would lock up - it may be just coincidence though.
The logs attached should have several successful occurrences of going into NPVR >>Guide>>Live TV>>backout to guide between 8:35am and 9am, then I left live tv running until 8:55am (ish) this time when I backed out it died.
I'm starting to have a number of issues with my original GB-PVR PC that's working on it's 7th year of operation. It's served me well during that time but I think it's time for something new.
My question is how much benefit/utility would be realized with NPVR on a multi-core HT CPU like the i5 or i7? I currently have 5 MVPs and NMTs and a couple of PC clients (as noted in my signature below), but rarely would more than two of the clients be active at any given time, if that matters.
While I use to follow these forums closely, I've been super busy at work and am definitely out of the loop with NPVR. Fortunately GB-PVR has be rock-solid for us these past year(s). :-D I am hoping to draw on the wealth of knowledge from the user base to make a good decision.
Here's what I'm currently thinking. It looks like the Hauppauge 2250 is still a good option for a tuner, so I'll probably grab one of those and look for gen 1 NMT replacements for the MVPs. Probably get an i5 or i7-based PC with Windoze 7 (Home Premium? Pro?), but if I can save some $$$ by getting a Core 2 system that'd be advantageous. Most of the newer systems seem to come with 4-8gb of RAM, so I suspect that will be sufficient. I wired my house with CAT5 and recently upgraded my switch to a GB model, so that should be covered. Anything else to consider?
I have two hauppage cards installed. I have one that is being recognized but will not find any channels and the second card which is installed, found in the filter, but not being displayed as an option.
