When I start live-tv on a client I get this (well known) exception saying "Object reference not set to an instance of an object". If I clear away this message 3-4 times live-tv starts as normally. But the performance in live-tv on a client has decreased drastic in the latest release. Words in the dialog are often repeated while the picture freezes briefly.
Sun 07/08/2011,23:27:02.36 - invoking comskip on "D:\GBPVRVids\Mr.Beans Holiday\Mr.Beans Holiday_20110807_21302325.ts"
Wed 10/08/2011, 0:57:02.33 - invoking comskip on "D:\GBPVRVids\The Mentalist (II)\The Mentalist (II)_20110810_00050055.ts"
Wed 10/08/2011, 0:59:03.29 - comskip finished with "D:\GBPVRVids\The Mentalist (II)\The Mentalist (II)_20110810_00050055.ts"
Mr Bean's Holiday is not followed by a "comskip finished with..." dialogue.
Any hints what to look for? Would sleeping cause this? If, why doesn't comskip keep the PC awake?
I forget how to bring up the little video window when mapping qam channels. Comcast decided it was time to screw with us again and move all the channels so I have to remap everything.
Conditional searches for NEWA_AutoSearch, examples:
Channels - UK Freeview has a number of +1 channels which show the same programmes as their name-sake but 1 hour later. Example, ITV1 and ITV1 +1. It would be useful for an all channels search to be able to ignore specific ones to prevent duplicate recordings being scheduled.
Search phrases - I have a search that matches 'Agatha Christie' but my wife has a DVD box set of all episodes of Poirot and I'm forever having to delete those after an auto-search (ITV3 plays them constantly). Something like a search phrase for 'Agatha Christie NOT Poirot' would be useful.
Dumping results of searches set as 'reminder-only' to a text (XML?) file would be useful for my nDroid utility (and possibly for other developers until (if) sub adds reminders into NextPVR).
When the system has both an HDHR and a 2650, the 2650 still shows up in the device list with 4 tuners - 2 with its correct device id and 2 with the device id of the HDHR.
Also, but unrelated, from the channel list right-clicking and selecting details does nothing. Clicking the details button works fine, but the context menu does nothing.
Finally, from the Bulk Map screen I'm unable to actually map a channel to my XMLTV source. I can select XMLTV but I can't actually do the channel mapping from here - no drop-down. It did used to work from here, right?
I had some issues with 2.1.4 and 2.1.5 and due to time restraints went back to 2.0.3 which was pretty much ok rather than apply patches etc. and troubleshoot through it.
I'm keen to now upgrade to 2.2.6. Can I assume that this new version contains all those patches that applied to earlier versions or do I need apply these before upgrading?
On the upside the skipping in this release is really fast; skipping to I-Frames makes a definite difference here.
On the downside, NextPVR.exe is crashing when I skip; not every time, but pretty frequently. I've attached logs, but not much interesting there. Here's the first crash from the Windows Application Event Log:
I'm in Canada (Shaw Cable), where the QAM channels are encrypted, necessitating the use of the Motorola DCT700 STB. I have ordered one of them from my cable company for use with NPVR. With analogue, I've been using Schedules Direct as the EPG. When I'm up and running with the DCT700 and my Hauppauge HVR-1950 and NPVR, will I still be able to use Schedules Direct? From what I understand, I'll have to set up the DCT700 as a separate channel in NPVR much like I would a VCR, hook it into the HVR-1950 using RCA cables, and then tune the STB to the channel I want to record for the duration of the program. That would seem to indicate that Schedules Direct would be rendered useless, since it would be recording the separate channel of the STB and not the channel of the tuner.
Also, when I record a program in NPVR with the Hauppauge HVR-1950 with the DCT700, is the resulting file truly digital? There seems to be conflicting information around the Internet as to what the DCT700 actually does. I've read that it takes the digital signal and converts it back into analogue, and if that is the case, the file would be analogue. Lastly, how easy is it to set up the HVR-1950 and DCT700 with NPVR with QAM? I'm still using GB-PVR, and found it impossible to set up NPVR with analogue, so I went back to GB-PVR. Once I get the DCT700 next week, I want the QAM to be using NPVR for recording.
