I picked up a cheap Nova-T Stick secondhand that I'm trying to get going but while it gives good strength & quality figures & scans fine I can't get it to deliver any data when trying to record, that is it looks like it's recording & the directory is created but there is no recording file in it.
I have selected it as the type 5 version
Code:
[Hauppauge Nova-T-Stick type5]
TUNING_TYPE=DVB-T
FILTER_TUNER="WinTV Nova-T Stick DVB-T Tuner (Dev1 Path0) "
FILTER_CAPTURE="WinTV Nova-T Stick DVB-T Capture (Dev1 Path0)"
PIN_TUNER_IN=Input0
PIN_TUNER_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_IN=MPEG2 Transport
PIN_CAPTURE_OUT=MPEG2 Transport
as to me it appears to have a space at the end of the filter name but not at the end of the capture name (filtercheck log attached), the only other thing I can think of is could it share the same driver as the HVR-3000's in which case it will need to be something different than device1??
Can someone tell me or point me to information that explains how to share a folder/directory so that the NPVR recording service running as a system service can write to the folder? Or, is it as simple as just sharing a folder with "everyone"? Or, does it need to be mapped as a drive on the remote machine? Help would be appreciated. Thanks.
Just wondering if anybody had any hints for retrieving lists of files and folders within directories.
I know about DirectoryInfo and GetFileSystemInfos() and FileSystemInfo and so on, but the performance with them - particularly over a network - seems pretty dire, apparently due to them making too many network requests for each file returned, rather than storing the information that the underlying win32 calls they make has already received. It's something that's supposed to be much better with .NET4, but I guess we have to stay with .NET 2 for now? (and I'm not too sure how it works if you have a .NET2 compiled program but .NET4 is actually installed; can it use the latter or will it insist on running it with .NET2 anyway).
It's possible part of the problem is that I'm trying to be too smart when browsing a folder, as my plugin also goes looking into the subdirectories of the list returned (eg to determine if they might contain DVD rips). This means it's actually doing more than just a single GetFileSystemInfos() call, but I kind of need to know this information before building a UiList of possible videos to play. That way DVD folders and folders with just a single video in them can be presented at the same level as other video files found within a given directory.
Is a refurb A110 still my best bet for an extender?
I'd be partial to something else that could either support xbmc directly, or take a plex feed, or some other media jukebox. I'm not adverse to writing something to extract from the npvr database the recordings and putting them in some display format. But first choice would be native nextpvr, then xbmc, then something utilising yamj etc.
I'm quite keen on an ACRyan playon...btw this is for a bedroom, so fanless is a priority, and no internal storage needed.
I've not found any post that seems to relate to my problem. I've installed NPVR 2.1.5 and added R2 patch over it. NPVR is able to see my HD-PVR and I'm now at the step of adding EPG. I have an account with Schedules Direct so I tried to use that in NPVR. As I can see in the logs, the connection is working but my lineup is not showing when I press "Download". In the log, I can see a message saying that uncompress data was received from SchedulesDirect but that's it. Did I miss something? Is it a bug? How can I get this working?
I want to be able to run an executable program from within NPVR. I have used Settings, Plugins to 'Add Custom Task', included the 'Executable' field and restarted Npvr. On the Main menu my new task is now shown, but it does anything, when clicked.
Is there more that I should do?, Should it be a .bat file or should is there more configurating that I need to do?
Also although the plugins list in Settings now includes the name of my task, it does'nt stay checked and I can't delete it.
I would like to be able to have a negative pre-padding so as to be able to start a recording after a program has been showing for a while. This is useful for me for the late night talk shows, for example, so I can just catch the musical acts by recording the last 10 minutes of the show.
I am having problems getting NPVR set up, the issue seem to be that the applications is taking close to 100% CPU cycles (according to XP task manager).
Hardware is a Dell GX-280, 3GHz P4, 1G RAM and Hauppauge Nova S plus PCI DVB satellite card.
From a clean install of XP Home + SP3, Hauppauge WINTV7AAC-V1.3E was installed. It is able to scan, save and display channels for Optus D1 at 160 degrees.
This may indicate that the OS, Hauppauge WIN TV7 app and DVB card are working OK.
Exiting Hauppauge WINTV7 appears to leave several processes running (at least according to XP task manager) - CAPTUR~3.EXE [SYSTEM], HAUPPA~1.EXE [SYSTEM] and WINTVT~2[owner].
Reboot XP and see if any of these have been re-started. CAPTUR~3.EXE [SYSTEM], HAUPPA~1.EXE [SYSTEM] and now WinTVTray.exe[owner] are running.
Install NPVRSetup_2_1_5.exe, messages are issued:
"DataDirectory registry setting does not appear to be set correctly"
"DataDirectory = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\NPVR"
"Install Directory = C"\Program Files\NPVR\"
Run NPVR, set all decoders to available ArcSoft types.
Device Setup, select DVB-S card, select DiSEqC, set SAT A to "160.0 Optus D1 FTA", start scan.
29 channels found and saved.
Exit to min screen. Right click, Channels, Double click on TVNZ 7.
Display area is now black, and unlike before CPU utilization has dropped to almost 0%.
I also tried adding composite video to the channel selection, and feeding CVBS with a test signal - again, nothing displayed.
NB Composite video input works fine using Hauppauge WINTV7
I am trying to get a solid black background for my screen (implements IScreenPlugin directly). If I have nothing in my skin file the default background image and date/clock are displayed. If I have a skin element that is a black rectangle covering the whole screen, the clock is still drawn on top of everything. How do you prevent this? Sorry if I am missing something obvious.
