This is in the web.log acouple of times. UJB mentioned it was "one of sub's functions" ... could it be an issue?
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2011-09-30 23:51:40.159 [INFO][14] Scheduleing epgevent: The Mentalist (III) on 3/10/2011 at 2:35 p.m.
2011-09-30 23:51:40.162 [DEBUG][14] Checking if multi-record possible...
2011-09-30 23:51:40.163 [ERROR][14] Recording not scheduled due to an error......
2011-09-30 23:51:40.163 [ERROR][14] Error: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
2011-09-30 23:51:40.163 [ERROR][14] Stack: at NShared.DigitalRecorder.IsMultiRecordPossible(ScheduledRecording requiredRecording, List`1 overlappingRecordings)
at NShared.Visible.CaptureSource.CanRecord(ScheduledRecording scheduledRecording)
at NShared.RecordingServiceProxy.ScheduleRecording(EPGEvent epgEvent, ScheduledRecording scheduledEvent, Boolean allocateRecurring, DayMask dayMask, Int32 keep, Int32 recurrenceGroupID, Boolean timeslot, Boolean forceScheduleReload, String advancedRules)
at NShared.RecordingServiceProxy.ScheduleRecording(EPGEvent epgEvent, ScheduledRecording scheduledEvent, Boolean allocateRecurring, DayMask dayMask, Int32 keep, Int32 recurrenceGroupID, Boolean timeslot, Boolean forceScheduleReload)
at NShared.RecordingServiceProxy.ScheduleRecording(EPGEvent epgEvent, Int32 prePadding, Int32 postPadding, RecordingQuality quality)
at NPVRSchedule.NPVRSchedule.ScheduleOnce(EPGEvent EPGEvent, Int32 PrePad, Int32 PostPad, RecordingQuality Quality) in c:\Users\Public\NPVR\Web\App_Code\Classes\NPVRSchedule.cs:line 217
2011-09-30 23:51:40.163 [INFO][14] *****Epgevent was previously scheduled: The Mentalist (II) on 4/10/2011 at 4:05 p.m.
2011-09-30 23:51:40.163 [INFO][14]
NPVR.log This one seems an odd message because I didn't select a HE-AAC decoder at all.
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2011-10-01 06:36:02.768 [DEBUG][1] Adding system HE-AAC decoder
2011-10-01 06:36:02.768 [ERROR][1] Unable to find named decoder
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2011-10-01 06:36:17.775 [DEBUG][1] Adding system E-AC3 decoder
2011-10-01 06:36:17.775 [ERROR][1] Unable to find named decoder
Interfaces_2011-10-01_00_20_51Z.388.log - Must be a Music Plugin.....?
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1/10/2011 12:20:51 a.m. Track get_Length ERROR Length Recalculation error E:\Storage\Music\MP3\My Little Airport\When I Listen To The Field Mice.mp3
1/10/2011 12:20:51 a.m. Track get_Length ERROR UltraID3: An exception occurred during the GetMPEGTrackInfo method: Exception with MPEG Frame Info: The MPEG header of the audio frame starting at byte 14545 is in an invalid format.
This isn't specific to npvr, I was just wondering if anyone with a Virgin Media cable installation can advise on internal cabling.
We had a cable system installed yesterday and, to save hassle, I told the engineer to install the cable modem just inside the entry point behind our TV - this is fine as I have internal UTP cabling and a bit of juggling (cables, my own hub etc) means everything is fine. It occurs to me though that I might want to relocate the cable modem upstairs.
So...the modem is attached to a splitter on the main cable using co-ax and F connectors (I think). and I figured it would take a 30m run of co-ax to relocate. Anyone with Virgin Media cable broadband know if that seems like a reasonable run? It seems to me there shouldn't be any major problems but I don't want to fork out for a length of cable and connectors to find out it messes things up.
Just a minor issue this, but if you use the Bulk Mapping screen to set a channel's EPG source to None, then the value doesn't stick. It does if you use that channel's individual setting screen though.
Probably not the sort of thing anyone would notice because normally you'd have no reason to change a channel (with data) back to none, but there you go.
When I watch a recording from the "What's New" list, then return to the "What's New" list, if there are new items in the list (new recordings have started while watching) the highlighted item is not the recording I just watched, but is the item at the same position in the list.
This can cause the inattentive user to quickly delete the wrong new recording, rather than what he thought he just watched. :o
Can this be fixed so that you return to the same list item you watched, not the same list position?
After six months away, I have returned to a non-functioning media centre. Before I left, I backed it up and packed it carefully into a box in a self-storage facility; since it came out of the box undamaged, I can't see many reasons that it shouldn't "just work..." but it doesn't.
When I first started up, the machine kicked me straight to CMOS settings, with a complaint that the time needed to be reset. Perhaps the onboard battery had drained. I set the time, and restored some other changed defaults, then saved the CMOS.
Unfortunately, I had forgotten about replacing my original, onboard HDMI controller with a newer card, so by enabling HDMI, I actually lost the ability to use it. No problem; I switched to VGA, and agreed to let the system restore CMOS defaults due to some conflicts it detected. I then waited for the long boot and numerous complaints about out-of-date virus-checking software. I then issued a soft restart. The computer seemed to shut down normally.
That was the last I saw of it. Each subsequent restart results in fans spinning, but not much else. Devices "light up" in the USB ports, but I cannot tell if they system is reading them or not. I don't think I hear drives reading after the initial spin-up, but it's hard to tell over the noise of the fans. I have tried to issue the remote commands that I programmed for it to "sleep," and it hasn't "slept," so I don't think it is booting. I certainly don't hear any system beeps, or see any video, even on an external monitor. I have attempted at least four times to remove the battery and use the jumper settings to reset the CMOS, to no avail.
Other than the obvious "solution" of building and installing a whole new system (which I will never have time to do), does anyone have any suggestions?
P.S. I have now put a tester to the onboard battery, which is issuing the 3V that it is supposed to.
There was a thread about skipping not working which resulted in the R1 patch. Nevertheless, on my system (winXP, NPVR 2.2.6 patch R1), the skipping back during playback of a recorded show still does not work. The patch did fix skipping forward.
When I press skip back near the beginning of the file it may sometimes work, though with 2-3 seconds delay. Several minutes into the show the skip back button results in a screen freeze for about 15 seconds (seemingly till the skipped back time elapses) and the play continues. More into the show skipping back freezes the screen essentially indefinitelly. At that point sometimes pressing the skip forward button may advance the play past the original skip back point, but that most often does not help.
I did not find other users reporting this after the R1 patch was published. I did not have similar problems with GB-PVR. Could this be an issue of decoders, old system (single core Pentium 4, 2.4 GHz), or something else?
Attached are the log files (testing done at 22:16) and timing:info. Thanks for help.
I've been going through the list of video renderers (which apparently isn't a word), trying to find which gives me the best picture.
So far, ERV gives me the best picture, but no OSD.
VMR9 was mostly acceptable, but HD content has jagged lines where they should be nice and straight.
VMR7 was much the same, though it seemed to be a bit more jaggly.
Overlay actually gave me a better picture than both VMR7 and VMR9, although not quite as good as EVR. But OSD worked.
Ok, fine, but I'm using XP. Which, as I understand it, doesn't support ERV in the first place. So my best picture is coming from a renderer that, apparently, I don't have. The log states "Adding EVR renderer", so, presumably, it is being changed to something else somewhere in DirectShow land. Would it drop all the way back to Overlay (and if so, why wouldn't OSD work)?
Is there something I can do to improve the video quality I get via VMR9? (Further, I note that VMR7 on this machine gives me substantially better quality than VMR7 upstairs. Which is interesting, but I don't know what to do with it.)
I'm open to any suggestions. I need OSD, so I'm actually using overlay now. Which, I guess, is fine if that does the job, but I'd really like to better understand what is going on.
My hard drive appears to have died in the PCH and I think it's due to the heat. I've kept it ventilated and away from other hot devices but it still gets too hot. I'm not likely to put another drive in it and can survive without one but I've wondered if anyone has any ideas on how to keep this thing cooler. Even without a drive in it, it's just too hot.
