I've recently upgraded from GB PVR. I cannot view live tv. I searched around to solve this problem to no avail. Log below
I've tried the following:
-disabled Windows Firewall and Norton and made exceptions for both exe services and both tcp ports 8866 and 8968
-ensured that the only entry in hosts file was 127.0.0.1
-upgraded Direct X 9
-rebooted
Any help much appreciated.
[...startup]
2011-09-04 17:50:34.578 [DEBUG][1] Created mutex. Must be only instance.
2011-09-04 17:50:34.687 [DEBUG][1] Version: 2.2.6
2011-09-04 17:50:34.687 [DEBUG][1] SingleInstance()
2011-09-04 17:50:34.828 [INFO][1] About to connect to remote recording service
2011-09-04 17:50:34.843 [DEBUG][1] RecordingServiceProxy@exit
2011-09-04 17:50:34.875 [DEBUG][1] Using skin: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\NPVR\skin\Default\
2011-09-04 17:50:34.875 [DEBUG][1] About to look for plugin directories in: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\NPVR\Plugins\
2011-09-04 17:50:34.875 [DEBUG][1] Skipping non-existant plugin directory: C:\Program Files\NPVR\Plugins\
2011-09-04 17:50:34.890 [DEBUG][1] Loaded menu item: TV Guide
2011-09-04 17:50:34.921 [DEBUG][1] Loaded menu item: Recordings
2011-09-04 17:50:34.921 [DEBUG][1] Loaded menu item: Live TV
2011-09-04 17:50:34.937 [DEBUG][1] Loaded menu item: Music
2011-09-04 17:50:34.937 [DEBUG][1] Loaded menu item: Videos
2011-09-04 17:50:34.937 [DEBUG][1] Loaded menu item: Pictures
2011-09-04 17:50:34.937 [DEBUG][1] Loaded menu item: DVD
2011-09-04 17:50:34.953 [DEBUG][1] Loaded menu item: Exit
2011-09-04 17:50:39.468 [DEBUG][1] StartLiveTV@1
2011-09-04 17:50:39.468 [DEBUG][1] StartLiveTV@2
2011-09-04 17:50:39.468 [DEBUG][1] StartLiveTV@3
2011-09-04 17:50:39.468 [DEBUG][1] StartLiveTV@4
2011-09-04 17:50:41.484 [ERROR][1] Unexpected socket exception calling StartStream(): System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:8968
Server stack trace:
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.DoConnect(EndPoint endPointSnapshot, SocketAddress socketAddress)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect(EndPoint remoteEP)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.CreateNewSocket(EndPoint ipEndPoint)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.CreateNewSocket()
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.GetSocket()
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketCache.GetSocket(String machinePortAndSid, Boolean openNew)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.SendRequestWithRetry(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.ProcessMessage(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream, ITransportHeaders& responseHeaders, Stream& responseStream)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.BinaryClientFormatterSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg)
I'm pondering whether to go client / server. Right now, the sole client in the household, the living room PVR, does it all. I run a backup routine every night after the EPG update to back up the video directory to the server in the basement. I'm wondering whether to:
1. Record / playback directly from the server to save backing it up (and because the PVR OS disk is an SSD and the video recordings disk is not, it could run silently)
2. Set up a virtual server on the server hardware to run nPVR as a server, which would enable the possibility of installing other clients. The server runs 24/7 anyway so there would be no sleep etc issues there. Would this gain me anything else over option 1?
3. Leave things as they are because it works
I would like the npvr.db3 field be expanded to allow decimal format, (there is a int parse error now) and then default ATSC scans could use the virtual channel just like TV sets do. Also the virtual channels shown in the type field don't even shown on the setting screen and since the psip based text don't always match the EPG text (ie OMNI1 is CFMT OMNI2 is CJMT) it makes it harder to map than necessary.
I just installed the software and am trying to get use to it. I find that I am puzzled by why the name 'DEFAULT' can not be changed when setting a manual recording. Wouldn't it be easy enough to let us key in the name for our recording? Why should I be dependent on a program guide and the various utilities required just to get this setup for some reasonable accuracy. I am fine with being fully responsible for knowing what is on and what I want to record and I want to be able to set it up quickly!
In addition, why not make the channel selection in the recording setup a drop-down box? Hitting an arrow a thousand times to get where you want to be is annoying!!
Don't fall into the Microsoft trap - making it pretty but not making it work! Functionality and ease of use should always come first.
Next, it would be nice to have a start and end DATE for recurring program recordings.
I am sure if I ever get this fully setup and running I will have more input - but wanted to get this out there just in case someone knows a way to set the name for a recording without using the complex utilities setup.
In trying to figure things out I discovered I had a ton of recordings - that I had not planned on. Not sure how they got in the mix. But I would like some clarification on how/where the recordings are stored. It looked like channel folders, or manual folder was created, but in one case I got a 'no show details' folder. Where did that come from? Under what circumstance do I get the channel folder (is that for the repeated recordings?)? I think it would have made more sense to me if all the files had not been called DEFAULT
Ok, I know that was a lot. I hope someone can sift through this and provide insight.
Thank you for having this option for me! I just found a defect, I consider critical, in Media Centre and that is why I searched and found this option - I really hope it works out and I can get it all set before the new seasons start!!!!
Hi.
I moved from GB-PVR to NPVR 2 days ago. Just arived home and now i foud one recording failed due "Device failed to start" error.
I newer saw such error on GB-PVR. Any idea what can cause it? LOG here
so i upgraded to 2.2.6 hoping that it would find some channels i noticed i could tune to on my tv through clear qam, but don't show in npvr - the new version brings the scanning back to the level that gb-pvr could do, but it's still missing (at least) one channel in the scan. is there anything i can do to help it find it? couldn't figure out how to find the broadcast freq from my tv...
Being the other side of the pond it's hard for the regular wiki authors to write one or even know what's a common setup (capture card, TV source, EPG source etc).
If you can answer the questions above and/or or interested in helping out with a walkthrough for typical US or Canadian NextPVR setups then please post below (or PM me if you're shy )
I had been a user of GB-PVR with MVP for several years. The PC on which I was running this died, and I replaced it with a new one running Windows 7 64 bit. I decided to to take this opportunity to "upgrade" to NPVR, and over the course of a week or so appear to have gotten everything set up and running.
However I have (hopefully only) one remaining problem. When I record a show and play it back over the MVP, the playback is severely pixelated and audio is unintelligible. Playback on the PC screen is fine.
Hardware is Hauppauge HVR-2250, signal source is analog cable.
I'm not sure where to look to address this problem. Could someone perhaps point me in the correct direction?
A (hopefully) small request: with the changes you made to support refresh rates with this patch (http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post418508), would it be possible to open it up to the API, so we could request NPVR to change the refresh rate, eg something like:
It's not essential, and could be done separately, but I get the feeling it may be better if NPVR is actually aware of the event, rather than the refresh rate being changed on the sly behind its back. My plan is to make refresh rate change requests just before video playback starts (and again when it ends).
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