Every now and then I get hit by a missed recording, caused by 'Recording service not running at recording time'. It's always unexpected and it might be weeks from one occurrence to the next.
I never do things like stop the recording service manually and my system runs 24-7. I can only guess that NPVR just stops responding every now and then.
Is this a common occurrence or is it just me? If I'm not the only one, has anyone thought of a way to at least raise an alert that something is not right (recording service not running)? Some sort of watchdog process maybe? How could this be done?
I like the live paused feature quite alot. For example, I will pause the news whilst going to eat dinner in another room. When I return I can skip through the garbage I dont care for and catchup. However, when I return and unpause the video will often jump forward missing huge gaps of the program.
What I have noticed that the maximum pause time seems to be around 15 mins. The buffer never seems to reach more than 15min.
Can someone explain the parameters of this functionality. is this normal? how can I extend the buffer?
So after many issues getting things set up using an HVR-2250 I finally gave up, returned it, and got an HVR-1600 which I know works. Everything installed smoothly, nPVR sees it and is configured to use it. The only thing I can't get to work is the remote. I've modified irremote.ini as suggested on the wiki, but it will not work with nPVR. When I press the power button it opens Windows Media Center and that works with the remote fine. The remote also works with WinTV7 fine.
Previously I've had a Pinnacle PCTV usb remote kit attached to this computer. Is it possible some registry key for that is overriding the hauppauge remote manager? Any ideas? This is really annoying me.
I have 2.2.6 installed and patch 1. When I play a ripped DVD and change volume (either with my remote or on my computer using the Volume icon in the System Tray), it crashes with the following data from the Details button (the dialog immediately reappears if I click Continue button):
NOTE1: I have the VolumeOSD plugin installed, and have not tried uninstall it to see if the problem goes away.
NOTE2: I can change volume with LiveTV and recordings with no errors.
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at NUtility.Base.SimpleMessageBox.GetRenderList()
at NextPVR.Players.BasePlayer.RefeshOSD()
at NextPVR.ControllerForm.timer1_Tick(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.OnTick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.TimerNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
Sub, can the recording end time be changed programmatically when the are being recorded? The reason I would like this is I was reading about a SageTV plugin which adjusts recording time around sporting events that go too long by checking online for the status. I know I could use this.
If it is possible I envision a tuner plugin that creates the monitoring thread with no tuners in NRecord. It checks the site http://www.livepvrdata.com/events.jsp (mainly North American but the site itself can do other sports, I will push for F1) and if the event is ongoing it moves the end time before padding starts.
A second option would be big feature here in North America, even for non-sports fans. Typically on Sunday nights the football games go late and the stations don't cut the following programs. I'd like to move not only the end time but the start/end time of subsequent programs that are chained after the game.
I use the free to air program guide (in Oz) and during the week scheduled some recordings for the weekend. The program guide was later altered quite dramatically by the broadcaster. I had a bit of bother trying to get npvr to update it's epg info to reflect the changes (visible natively on my tv) and with hindsight I guess the best thing would have been to delete my scheduled recordings first and start again.
So my question is, what does npvr do when it has recordings scheduled via the guide and the guide info subsequently changes? If it doesn't alert the user to the fact that scheduled recordings are no longer valid, I'd definitely like to add that to the feature wishlist.
Other than not scheduling recordings too far in advance, any tips to avoid problems?
I'm having trouble getting the MVP remote to functions during playback.
By way of background, I'm upgrading from GBPVR to NPVR on a new Windows 7 PC. So I'm still finding my way around the new features of NPVR. I am able to navigate around the NPVR menus with no problem using the arrow buttons. So the remote is definitely functioning.
However, on my old GBPVR setup, I was able to skip ahead in a recording (mostly to skip through commercials) by an amount of seconds that I could set. This was done using the Skip button. Furthermore, if I prefaced pressing of the Skip button with a numeric button, GBPVR would skip ahead by that many minutes. I could also go back in a recording in the same manner. None of this functionality seems to be present in NPVR. The Pause and Play buttons, though, do function as expected during playback.
Is there some way to get the MVP remote to provide the skip forward and backward functionality?
I am trying to optimise the config of my Harmony One remote by setting up buttons to launch directly into videos, tv guide, TV recordings, pictures etc.
However when it sends F1, F8 it launches the built in TV guide or recordings plugin and whilst these are wonderful plugins, I would really like to be able to launch Aliberts versions instead which my family are all used to.
Would be possible to be able to map the F1 keys (or any keyboard combo) to specific plugins?
I'll be travelling to the states soon so thought I'd take advantage of the weak US dollar and upgrade my ancient living room PC and get NPVR installed. See below for my hardware choices so far. Any thoughts?
Qty. Product Description Savings Total Price
1
AMD Phenom II X4 840 3.2GHz Socket AM3 95W Quad-Core Desktop Processor
Item #:N82E16819103921
Return Policy: CPU Replacement Only Return Policy $99.99
1
OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-60G 2.5" MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD)
Item #:N82E16820227737
Return Policy: Limited Replacement Only Return Policy $164.99
$134.99
1
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 32-bit
Item #:N82E16832116983
Return Policy: Software Standard Return Policy $99.99
1
Open Box: ASUS M4A89GTD PRO/USB3 ATX AMD Motherboard
Item #:N82E16813131631R
Return Policy: Open Box Refund Only Return Policy $149.99
$134.99
1
LG Black Blu-ray Drive SATA Model UH12LS28 OEM LightScribe Support
Item #:N82E16827136232
Return Policy: Standard Return Policy $69.99
Grand Total: $539.95
