The channel numbers in NPVR seem somewhat arbitrary for my OTA ATSC stations (seems to be in scan order). Can I change these to re-order the channels in the guide or will this mess up my scheduled recordings?
I havent coded for 20years and back then I was doing everything in machine code & asm. However, I have decided to try and modify an old DVD case (a KISS DVP-450) for my HTPC frontend and it has a VFD on it. I have got the VFD connected up to an Arduino and I am able to construct characters on the VFD and light up the other symbols and read the case buttons.
What I am having trouble with is passing information from NPVR to the Arduino. I have looked at the examples that sub provided (test3.zip) but I just cant get my head around it. Does anyone have any good reading material or maybe some snippets of code for getting the status of npvr (e.g. now playing, channel, volume level, recording status, osd menu item highlighted etc.) that I can then use to send to the device (via usb/serial).
I switched from GBPVR to XP MCE a while ago, but now that I've got a new HDTV, I'm considering switching back. My issue has to do with my aging hardware. Upgrading the PC really isn't an option right now, because it's too cost prohibitive. My setup right now is a Dell Dimenson 4600 (2.4 GHz P4) with a PVR-150 for capturing analog cable, and the All-in-Wonder 9000 Radeon that came with the PC for output. I've been able to drive the HDTV in 1920x1080 mode with the AIW card.
I'd like to be able to hook up my ATSC antenna to a new Hauppauge card (maybe the 2250) and record OTA HD content. I'm sure that recording won't be an issue, what I'm wondering is whether the P4 is going to be able to keep up with the playback? I've got 768 MBs of RAM in it and it's currently running XP MCE.
I'd love to know if there's a downloadable HD sample file I could test with before committing to the 2250.
Hello,
I've been using SageTV since 2003, and as many of you know, that's no longer an option if you have a hardware failure. My HD-100 started occasionally entering an endless reboot cycle, and I did the capacitor fix 2 years ago so I know I'm in trouble. I thought I'd have time to read through the docs, set up a test server and go through the forums, but it looks like that won't be an option, so I hope you all don't mind me asking a few quick questions.
As aluded to above, I'm currently running a client/server setup using a HD100 for the client. I planned on migrating to NextPVR or MediaPortal, so I bought a AMD E-350 based nettop to replace the HD100 and added a SSD and loaded Windows 7 on it. That should cover me either way for a client. Glancing at the docs, it looks like you can use a ram drive for live (non-scheduled) recorded tv, is that correct? (that's a feature Sage didn't have) I take it if I'm watching something and hit record, it will copy to the harddrive and record as if it was scheduled? If I am using a ramdrive for live tv, where is the ram being used, on the server or the client? Any other consideration for a client/server setup like this? Any other tips from Sage users that have gone the NextPVR route or that you think would help make a smooth transition?
Again I apologize for asking questions I could probably search and find, but I may need to install as early as tomorrow if the HD100 dies, and with Sage being 100% reliable all these years, the WAF expectations are high, and now I have the additional time limitations of a 1 and 3 year old that don't allow me all the spare time I used to have to investigate these things. Thanks in advance for everyone's time and help in answering my questions (and understanding my predicament).
Posted by: mvallevand - 2011-09-22, 03:52 AM - Forum: Hardware
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As a word of caution to NPVR users of the new DCR devices, I read on the SageTV forums that a recent firmware upgrade to the HDHR Prime broke SageDCT support. Users tried to downgrade firmware but the basic caution for you is
"Unfortunately the CableLabs requirements explicitly forbid downgrading of firmware. "
Fortunately SageDCT was updated. The same thing could happen to NPVR native support too, so you might want to check with the community before upgrading.
Is there any clue about why my recording would have audio that only works during the commercials but not the show itself?
The problem was in a late night recording of Wendy Williams on the local Fox station in Chicago. There is sound for the commercials, but not the show. I looked in the database to see if that particular tuner had a different setting for that station than the other 3 ATSC tuners but all 4 have the same settings. The next day, Glee and the following 2 Fox shows all recorded just fine on the same tuner and channel.
In the past with GBPVR I had sound issues once in awhile if I chose the wrong channel if there were more than one audio option. In those cases I was able to easily see in the database where I had one tuner set differently than the others for that channel.
I didn't notice multiple options for that particular channel when I looked at the mapping.
I am attaching the recording log just in case there might be some clue in there as to what is different about the 2 recordings. If you search for "Wendy" you will find the "Wendy Williams" show that has the problem and if you continue from there to search for "Glee" you will find that recording on the same tuner and channel at 7PM on Sept 20 which recorded the audio just fine.
Is there anything I can do to try and prevent the problem, or am I just at the mercy of the whims of how WFLD decides to broadcast the audio?
V2.2.6, with another PC running as a client, while watching live TV, when i check the status on the task bar on the server "Show Status" it shows me which tuner is on which channel (as it should).
However log in to the web, the stats show all receivers as sleeping.....
