Hey sub
I found kind of a ticky tacky thing, but wanted to let you know. You have the feature where if a show (or channel) is not available you display a content encrypted message. Actually it is not always encrypted, it is just that you can't get it for some reason. If the cablecard is working, we should get the encrypted content we pay for. But I have a host of channels that are not available because of the switched digital stuff and get the same message. Just to reduce confusion of those that come along in the future, perhaps "Content Not Available" might be better.
I have been using ImageGrabLite for a while and have asked Martin if it is possible to also download fanart when the poster is downloaded. He's up for it only if NPVR has a subdirectory or two to contain them (perhap under media somewhere, one for movies and one to TV Series).
Therefore I'd like to see if something like that could be added to NextPVR sometime in the future. Thanks.
As mentioned in the other thread, it would be great to be able to use a dreambox as a network recorder.
My dreambox outputs .ts streams. These can be accessed via the box's web control page, where streams are kicked off via a stream.m3u file with content as follows:
This works fine in VLC, but to view streams on my NMT I'm currently using this Dreambox plugin: http://koti.mbnet.fi/devnull/suomipoeka/streamwebpage/ which generates another web page to be served from the dreambox with a direct link to stream each channel. These url's are exactly the same as the final line shown above, obviously with the /1:0:1:2871:800:2:11A0000:0:0:0 part replaced with a different identifier for each channel.
I would only want about 20 channels from my dreambox in my NPVR EPG, so I'd be happy to add the addresses manually, but I would have thought that some users would want to import many more channels. Would you be interested in coming up with a method of bulk-importing channels?
I'll be happy to do any testing, and please let me know if you need any other information.
I'm trying to set up Network Recorder (NR) to access the firewire tuner on Machine A to watch live TV on Machine B. I have the NR config file on B set to the IP and port of Machine A. When I try to watch on B, I get the ...please wait... and then a black screen. NRecord log snippet from B attached. It looks like B communicates with the tuner on A, but doesn't/can't write to the buffer directory on B. No file is created there. I have the buffer folder on B shared using the standard Win file sharing dialog, and everybody has read and write permission. I can see it from A and copy files to it using Explorer.
This is probably a sharing issue that I am too thick to understand. A "Peter Rabbit" explanation is needed, I think.
Installed Network Recorder on another machine today and had a similar problem as on my first machine (I didn't report it the first time as I missed saving the error message).
I use Schedules Direct and after importing the line-up on the Device Setup dialog for Network Recorder, I go to Channels and hit Update EPG. It gets the EPG data and saves it, then a pop-up appears saying "Checking for DVB/ATSC updates" followed by NPVR stopping with the attached error message. After closing NPVR from the error box, it restarts fine and everything is OK thereafter, including subsequent EPG updates.
I have a QAM tuner installed that also uses Schedules Direct which is working fine.
Trying to record only nz dvb-t on underpowered 2.6 celeron
xp sp3. playback on apacer al460. Tuner is a wand usb stick,
chip is Afateck IT9135.
Installed all software as per wiki.
On first run multiple errors occurred,kept going,set to record
total tvnz mux,at this point npvr crashed. however recording
service started and recorded successfully. All channels on mux
played back glitch free on AL460.
After reboot all errors in UI of npvr disapeared, program appeared
to be working ok. However all further recordings are unplayable.
apacer reports audio data error. picture is large blocks of color,
audio is loud pops and whistles which locks up the apacer.
Have tried multiple reinstalls with out success.
I know what I`m trying to do is achievable as first run proved.
Questions: On a straight TS record,does any processing take place,
I would have thought not.If so what minimum codecs are required?.
Do I need to write a bda capture file, if so were does it go.
Do I just copy and past to bda.inf.
Remembering none of these were present in my first succesful capture.
Thanks for any help or ideas offered.
So, my cable company (Comcast) hasn't been able to figure out how to properly pair/activate their CableCard with my DCR-2650 yet. Hence, I can currently only use it to record/watch ClearQAM channels. Perfect time to test how NextPVR handles non-subscribed/unauthorized channels, right? That's what I thought, so this morning (8:54 in the logs) I gave it a simple test.
I was using the NMT client and tried to watch channel 831 (AMC HD). If I try to watch it in Windows Media Center with the DCR-2650, I get a message saying the channel is not subscribed. When I tried it with NextPVR, the recording service appears to have begun recording it. And it generates a .ts file. In the nrecord.log file I see multiple "Renew lease ok (0x5FC0004)" messages. I think that those are new for the DCR-2650 device. I'm not sure if they are good, bad, or indifferent...
On the NMT client, the screen just went black and then it hung. The logs.zip file contains a putty.log from the NMT client for Martin to look at.
I also made a similar "unsubscribed" recording earlier, and I tried playing it on the server pc with NextPVR.exe. It shows the black screen for a few seconds, but then goes back to the recordings list and marks the show as watched. I attached a separate .zip file with the NextPVR.log for that for comparison.
At the end of my test (9:07 in the logs), I shutdown the npvr recording service. There are DigitalRecorder.StopAllStreams() messages in the log file. However, it doesn't appear that npvr actually told the DCR-2650 to stop. When I looked at it, it still showed the tuner as in-use and was still transmitting data. I ended up manually stopping it with the HDHR Config utility.
Does NextPVR require additional software for the Hauppauge DCR-2650 besides the device drivers to install in Windows 7? The CD that was shipped in the box with it also has a hdhomerun beta software installation .exe file, but the instructions don't tell the user to run/install that. And the software on the Hauppauge website for the DCR-2650 is just the driver files.
However, when I looked at the nrecord.log from NextPVR, it has lines like:
Code:
2011-08-30 08:54:28.918 [DEBUG][13] checking: HDHomeRun Device 20100465
2011-08-30 08:54:28.918 [DEBUG][13] enabled and present
2011-08-30 08:54:28.918 [DEBUG][13] has channel
2011-08-30 08:54:28.918 [DEBUG][13] live tv is possible
2011-08-30 08:54:28.980 [DEBUG][13] SetTarget@2
2011-08-30 08:54:28.980 [DEBUG][13] Executing: C:\Program Files\Silicondust\HDHomeRun\hdhomerun_config.exe 20100465 set /tuner0/vchannel 831
2011-08-30 08:54:29.816 [DEBUG][13] NIC: Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller
2011-08-30 08:54:29.816 [DEBUG][13] NIC: Hauppauge OpenCable Receiver (MOCUR-SD)
2011-08-30 08:54:29.817 [DEBUG][13] Executing: C:\Program Files\Silicondust\HDHomeRun\hdhomerun_config.exe 20100465 set /tuner0/target rtp://192.168.140.210:5001
2011-08-30 08:54:29.877 [DEBUG][13] SetTarget@2
2011-08-30 08:54:29.877 [DEBUG][13] Live TV handle: 0x5FC0004
Now, I do have that C:\Program Files\Silicondust\HDHomeRun\hdhomerun_config.exe on my system, but I think that is just because I already have a "classic" HD-HomeRun. If this was a fresh install, I don't think that it would be there.
And, if NextPVR is using/needs the Silicondust software, should I install the beta version that is on the CD I got from Hauppauge? I'm guessing it might have some additional support for the newer devices (the DCR-2650 & the HDHR Prime).
