My NPVR machine doesn't have enough grunt to play HD .ts files (90+% cpu) without severe stutter. However, my Samsung SmartTV
apparently has a much more efficient processor & can play any media file on my home network without difficulty. I've been scheduling recordings through NPVR & playing them back through the TV's processor. Unfortunately, the tv playback system doesn't have some must-have features like the ability to fast forward through commercials & resume at any point in the video.

Is there a way within NPVR to send the ts stream directly to the tv to be decoded there rather than on the PC? Probably not, but I'd hate to not ask & be wrong.

All my recordings made before mid August 2011 listed in “event_details” in the NPVR database have lost their original XML format. That date was when I setup my new NPVR server and imported my old recordings. As a test I have just Exported then Imported a single recording and the original XML formatting has gone. This does not seem to be a problem at all for NPVR unless you are running a script which uses the formatting like:-

FOR /F “tokens=3 delims=<>” ..........

My script dumped the contents of “event_details” to a text file then used the command to extract <details> to another file to help detect duplicate recordings. Unfortunately as all the “Carriage Returns” between each XML item are missing for older recordings it now appears all on one line for those so “tokens=3” no longer selects the correct text.

This wont be a problem for most File Rename scripts as they work on New files. I don’t know if NScriptHelper.exe uses the same method to detect “Title” etc. Last night my son in just a few minutes wrote a PHP script to print out a list of my duplicate recordings and that was not affected by the missing formatting.

Hi

I also see frequent Recording Service Crashes but haven't been sure what the user did and the time frame for the crash until yesterday.
Deleting the recording Masterchef -> watching Fristet -> trying to delete Fristet
From Nrecord log

Quote:2011-11-15 22:57:56.856 [DEBUG][21] DeleteRecording(1216)
2011-11-15 22:57:56.856 [DEBUG][21] DeleteRecording@1
2011-11-15 22:57:56.856 [DEBUG][21] Cancelling wake up request for for 'RecordingOID1216'
2011-11-15 22:57:58.393 [DEBUG][21] -removing: F:\NextPVR\Optagelser\Masterchef (52)\Masterchef (52)_20111115_19002000.ts
2011-11-15 22:57:58.553 [DEBUG][21] DeleteRecording@2
2011-11-15 22:57:58.554 [DEBUG][21] DeleteRecording@4
2011-11-15 22:57:58.554 [DEBUG][21] PlaybackPositionHelper.DeletePlaybackPosition(F:\NextPVR\Optagelser\Masterchef (52)\Masterchef (52)_20111115_19002000.ts)
2011-11-15 22:57:58.568 [DEBUG][21] DeleteRecording@5
2011-11-15 22:59:41.174 [DEBUG][19] DeleteRecording(1216)
2011-11-15 22:59:41.175 [DEBUG][19] DeleteRecording@1
2011-11-15 22:59:41.175 [DEBUG][19] Cancelling wake up request for for 'RecordingOID1216'
2011-11-15 22:59:41.178 [DEBUG][19] DeleteRecording@2
2011-11-15 22:59:41.179 [DEBUG][19] DeleteRecording@4
2011-11-15 22:59:41.179 [DEBUG][19] PlaybackPositionHelper.DeletePlaybackPosition(F:\NextPVR\Optagelser\Masterchef (52)\Masterchef (52)_20111115_19002000.ts)
2011-11-15 22:59:41.183 [DEBUG][19] DeleteRecording@5
2011-11-15 23:42:57.504 [DEBUG][17] DeleteRecording(1208)
2011-11-15 23:42:57.504 [DEBUG][17] DeleteRecording@1
2011-11-15 23:42:57.504 [DEBUG][17] Cancelling wake up request for for 'RecordingOID1208'
2011-11-15 23:42:58.278 [DEBUG][17] -removing: F:\NextPVR\Optagelser\Fristet (41)\Fristet (41)_20111114_22002255.ts
2011-11-15 23:42:58.373 [DEBUG][17] DeleteRecording@2
2011-11-15 23:42:58.374 [DEBUG][17] DeleteRecording@4
2011-11-15 23:42:58.374 [DEBUG][17] PlaybackPositionHelper.DeletePlaybackPosition(F:\NextPVR\Optagelser\Fristet (41)\Fristet (41)_20111114_22002255.ts)
2011-11-15 23:42:58.381 [DEBUG][17] DeleteRecording@5

Title says it all. For some plugin specific settings, what's the preferred method of a, reading and writing them, and b, where are they put? With the plugin, or in the config.xml.

In the old days it was in the config.xml. And do they get reloaded automagically on change as there's no config app any more, and i know sub was toying with the idea of a settings interface.

Noticed that a .ts file is created when watch TV. It expands as I watch the channel.
Is this normal, or have I set something wrong in the settings?

Not used it in anger yet, but looks like it could be promising??

http://www.freemake.com/free_video_converter/

In GBPVR we could edit custom tasks in the config app and also arrange the order of items on the main menu by dragging in config app menu list window. This seems to be missing in NPVR, at least to me. Changing the menu item order in config doesn't seem to do anything. For custom tasks the only choices are add and delete. Any chance of getting these?

Thanks.

Under IE8, the textfield for setting time start and stop time of manual recording don't work correctly...
If i click on button to select start/end time, i see only "Clear time" item.
If i enter the time manually, on lost focus time are modified... example:
2.10 AM > 14.02
13.58 > 1.13

Under Google Crome, all it's work fine...

How i can fix?

Bye

Title says it all... How is NextPVR coming along with the following?

Stability
Live TV w/Comskip and Recordings
TV-Series Plugin
Movies w/Moving Picture plugins
Music w/Plugin for windows Media Player or others...
Netflix Plugin
Hulu Plugin
Pandora Plugin
Web Page Plugin
Fanart Plugin


Well You can tell Im using MP but have a problem with Stability so we are looking to try something new....

I spent hours transferring stuff from VCR to PC in mpg format. But none of the files would play sound on the A-100. Fine on PC in WMP and NPVR. More hours spent transcoding but to no avail.

Unfortunately, the sound was only on the right stereo channel. With not much hope (disappointed so many times before!) I switched the left and right cables from the A-100 and, bingo, now there is sound

It seems only to be using the left channel. Is there an explanation for this I wonder??