Hi - I've got Windows Media Center and NPVR on my PC running Windows 7 64 Bit which has the Hauppauge DVB-S2 satellite card in it. In WMC after a scan using the 28.2 Astra 2, Eurobird 1, 'Dave' is shown in the listings and is a fully watchable channel - which is a bit odd as i only thought is was available on satellite via an encrypted service on SKY.

In NPVR when I choose ASTRA 2, Eurobird 2 and run a scan on that, Dave isn't shown at all. Any idea what the channel info is for Dave so that it can add it in to the '0282 ASTRA 2, EUROBIRD 1 (28.2E).ini file for NPVR?

thanks in advance

whitters

Hi,

Just looking for some help on playing flacs. I've got latest vers. but do I need a codec and if so where may i get it?

I've just upgraded from GBPVR to latest NPVR with R1 patches and am enjoying the results of a lot of good work that's been put in at PVR HQ. I've upgraded now to deal with yet another channel frequency rehash at Mendip UK - the NPVR tuning arrangement has saved me several hours over GBPVR - great!

One aspect not working is playback of GBPVR mpg recordings on our win7 npvr client - I get blank screen and no sound. Playing the same file from the client by right click & load file in NPVR works fine - I've attached the whole log and two snippets below. Check out the different decoders loaded in each case?

Load from NPVR right click context menu 'load file' - works fine
2011-10-02 12:40:11.356 [DEBUG][1] Playing video file: \\CABBAGE\Recordings\Ace Ventura Pet Detective\Ace Ventura Pet Detective_20070803_22352355.mpg
2011-10-02 12:40:11.445 [DEBUG][1] RenderDemux()
2011-10-02 12:40:11.445 [DEBUG][1] Adding system MPEG1 Layer2 decoder
2011-10-02 12:40:11.445 [DEBUG][1] about to load decoder
2011-10-02 12:40:11.478 [DEBUG][1] added decoder to graph
2011-10-02 12:40:11.478 [DEBUG][1] adding audio renderer: Default DirectSound Device
2011-10-02 12:40:11.554 [DEBUG][1] Adding system MPEG2 decoder
2011-10-02 12:40:11.554 [DEBUG][1] Adding VMR9 Custom renderer
2011-10-02 12:40:11.563 [DEBUG][1] DISPLAYMODE: 1920x1080 60
2011-10-02 12:40:11.605 [DEBUG][1] CAllocator::AddRef (m_refCount=2)
2011-10-02 12:40:11.605 [DEBUG][1] CAllocator::AddRef (m_refCount=3)
2011-10-02 12:40:11.605 [DEBUG][1] CAllocator::AddRef (m_refCount=4)
2011-10-02 12:40:11.636 [DEBUG][1] about to load decoder
2011-10-02 12:40:11.661 [DEBUG][1] added decoder to graph
2011-10-02 12:40:11.996 [DEBUG][1] restoring last aspect ratio
2011-10-02 12:40:12.058 [DEBUG][1] Graph filter list:
2011-10-02 12:40:12.058 [DEBUG][1] - Video Mixing Renderer 9
2011-10-02 12:40:12.058 [DEBUG][1] - MPEG1 Audio Renderer
2011-10-02 12:40:12.058 [DEBUG][1] - Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder
2011-10-02 12:40:12.058 [DEBUG][1] - Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder
2011-10-02 12:40:12.058 [DEBUG][1] - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
2011-10-02 12:40:12.059 [DEBUG][1] - File Source (Async.)
2011-10-02 12:40:12.060 [DEBUG][1] Source Aspect Ratio: 16x9
2011-10-02 12:40:14.131 [DEBUG][1] GetEventCode() returned: 0x000d
2011-10-02 12:40:14.131 [DEBUG][1] GetEventCode() returned: 0x000e
2011-10-02 12:40:14.300 [DEBUG][1] Updating OSD.


Play from recordings menu
2011-10-02 12:49:07.460 [DEBUG][1] Playing video file: E:\Recordings\Ace Ventura Pet Detective\Ace Ventura Pet Detective_20070803_22352355.mpg
2011-10-02 12:49:07.743 [DEBUG][1] RenderDemux()
2011-10-02 12:49:07.745 [DEBUG][1] restoring last aspect ratio
2011-10-02 12:49:07.749 [DEBUG][1] Graph filter list:
2011-10-02 12:49:07.750 [DEBUG][1] - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
2011-10-02 12:49:07.750 [DEBUG][1] - File Source (Async.)
2011-10-02 12:49:08.072 [DEBUG][1] ActivatePopup: null
2011-10-02 12:49:08.072 [DEBUG][1] deactivating old popup: ShowDetailsPopup
2011-10-02 12:49:08.072 [DEBUG][1] Going to dispose popup at end of animation
2011-10-02 12:49:08.115 [DEBUG][1] OnKeyDown() done. Took 703.040222167969 ms
2011-10-02 12:49:08.176 [DEBUG][1] Updating OSD.

VMR9 custom renderer
All codecs are the MS DTV-DVD decoders

I've experimented with alternative renderers and codecs - ffdshow and nvidia platinum trial - but the symptoms are unchanged.

mpeg recording playback works fine on the server (XP)

Thanks for any help!


... playing recordings made with NPVR on the client also works fine
2011-10-02 13:32:18.980 [DEBUG][1] Playing video file: E:\Recordings\FrostNixon\FrostNixon_20111001_21452340.ts
2011-10-02 13:32:21.274 [DEBUG][1] RenderDemux()
2011-10-02 13:32:21.275 [DEBUG][1] Adding system HE-AAC decoder
2011-10-02 13:32:21.276 [DEBUG][1] Adding system AC3 decoder
2011-10-02 13:32:21.276 [DEBUG][1] Adding system MPEG1 Layer2 decoder
2011-10-02 13:32:21.276 [DEBUG][1] about to load decoder
2011-10-02 13:32:21.312 [DEBUG][1] added decoder to graph
2011-10-02 13:32:21.313 [DEBUG][1] adding audio renderer: Default DirectSound Device
2011-10-02 13:32:22.748 [DEBUG][1] Adding system MPEG2 decoder
2011-10-02 13:32:22.757 [DEBUG][1] Adding VMR9 Custom renderer
2011-10-02 13:32:22.785 [DEBUG][1] DISPLAYMODE: 1920x1080 60
2011-10-02 13:32:22.830 [DEBUG][1] CAllocator::AddRef (m_refCount=2)
2011-10-02 13:32:22.830 [DEBUG][1] CAllocator::AddRef (m_refCount=3)
2011-10-02 13:32:22.831 [DEBUG][1] CAllocator::AddRef (m_refCount=4)
2011-10-02 13:32:22.866 [DEBUG][1] about to load decoder
2011-10-02 13:32:22.899 [DEBUG][1] added decoder to graph
2011-10-02 13:32:23.761 [DEBUG][1] Static Reference clock set to: MPEG1 Audio Renderer
2011-10-02 13:32:24.262 [DEBUG][1] restoring last aspect ratio
2011-10-02 13:32:24.506 [DEBUG][1] Playback graph running...
2011-10-02 13:32:24.508 [DEBUG][1] Graph filter list:
2011-10-02 13:32:24.509 [DEBUG][1] - Video Mixing Renderer 9
2011-10-02 13:32:24.509 [DEBUG][1] - NPVR PES Collector (DVBSubs)
2011-10-02 13:32:24.509 [DEBUG][1] - MPEG1 Audio Renderer
2011-10-02 13:32:24.509 [DEBUG][1] - Microsoft DTV-DVD Video Decoder
2011-10-02 13:32:24.509 [DEBUG][1] - Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder
2011-10-02 13:32:24.509 [DEBUG][1] - MPEG-2 Demultiplexer
2011-10-02 13:32:24.509 [DEBUG][1] - NPVR TS Reader
2011-10-02 13:32:26.616 [DEBUG][1] ActivatePopup: null

hey sub not sure if you have time or desire for these but here are the things I miss the most from other PVRs.

- channel groups: with all sky channels, theres about 70 channels, its nice having groups like "General Entertainment", "Movies", etc you can switch between in the guide. Also changing channels during live tv a popup listing whats on scrolling up/down between channels and pushing left/right changes group and whats currently displayed in the list. the for the record plugin for mediaportal (might even be in mediaportal) does this and its really helpful and the best way ive seen to change channels during live tv.
- video inset/background: not sure where this went, use to be in gbpvr (not sure if it was in PVRX2) but its nice being able to go back to the menu without stopping playback.
- nice way to renumber channels. i had to double click on every channel and set the number in the popup for 70ish channels, nicer if it was a datatable and pushing enter went to the next row.
- option to auto play videos in a folder if only one video in that folder. all my movies are stored like \\server\movies\petes dragon\pete dragon.mkv. using folders as its the recommended way these days to store background and fanart together in the same folder
- codec info for playing video - doesnt have to be huge details but 720p, 1080p, dts, ac3 etc. just the basic in the blue info bar.
- keep settings: allow default to user configured (this might be in the config.xml file?) i never want "all" i want every to auto expire, so my default would be latest 10 recordings. also add keep date option, rather than last 10 recordings, keep for 7 days (my default in for the record was 14 days).

there are lots more, but thats a semi realistic list i suppose, video inset might be a lot of work... channel groups in guide and tv channel changing is my number one.

and since no one likes hearing whats bad/needs improving all the time. i just want to say you're doing a terrific job, nextpvr (not sure if ill ever get use to call it that) is a fantastic pvr, easiest to setup, best performance ive seen with live tv and recordings. but gbpvr was always the most reliable pvr i ever used.

As title, Wishlist for NEWA:
Post and Pre-padding in the Autorecord Page, In the Advanced Episode Search Tab.

ta

k.

Hi

I have a nPVR server with TV Listings on, i also have a client with this on running as a client, the client (not check the server) deletes all listtings older than 2000 from the day before.

Anyway to keep these history so i can see the past listings?

I have installed latest version of NPVR on XP Pro SP2. It does not show any QAM tuner. It shows two ATSC tuners and if I do a channel scan it does not find any channels.


I have two Dvico cards-
Fusion II - for over the air antenna DTV (nothing currently hooked up)
Fusion 5 Express - for QAM cable (comcast getting lots of channels with Fusion software)



How do I get NPVR to see the QAM tuner?

I am trying to install searchlite with the current version on a Windows 7 64 bit server and I am not seeing it in NEWA or npvr. I also am not finding the xml file for configuring it. Should this be working?

Yes, I know, rather noobesque question but in the past two nights my main PVR systems, which is monopolized by my wife (key element to story) has decided to flip out and not record and kick up errors. However, I have a “franken-PVR” that I use, in my bat cave, that is more or less comprised of the same hardware, that runs fine. The only key differences is the OS.

I've found through reading the forums and personal experience that NPVR works so much better under Windows 7, that I've bitten the bullet and bought another copy of 7 and am planning a ground up rebuild of her machine.

She has several dozen items programmed for future recording and a rather large library of already recorded programs. So, several questions:

1) Is there a thread out there that already addresses this? I've already searched on just about every criteria I've been able to think of and don't find anything germane to what I'm trying to do.
2) If not, what program files, directories and/or registry entries do I need to backup, so I can overlay everything back down, after converting the PC to Windows 7?

Any assistance would be hugely appreciated as I have two choices: Either give her my PVR, which I really do not want to do, or learn to sleep with one eye open (did that once when I accidentally burn a hole completely through an upstairs bathroom floor, while trying to remove a pesky stuck bolt, off the back of a toilet). Still haven't lived that one down and she takes her TV much more seriously than home improvement/repairs.

Help, please?

I am having a problem with recurring recordings and I think it relates to the tuner plugin. If I run from a batch file with -updateepgonly I get this