I am using the composite outputs of my PCH to an old NTSC tv. In GBPVR the picture was all there on the screen but now that I am setting up the client on NPVR I have a screen that is mostly just the middle on menus. videos play fine.
NMT syntax checker says:
Checking for mvpmc share on BARRDVR1
mvpmc C:\mvpmc
Checking GB-PVR.html links
<a href="http://localhost.drives:8883/NETWORK_SHARE/barrdvr1:mvpmc/gbpvr.cgi">GB-PVR</a>
<a href="http://localhost.drives:8883/NETWORK_SHARE/NETWORK_BROWSER/browser.cgi">GB-PVR via Network Browser</a>
<a href="http://localhost.drives:8883/USB_DRIVE_A-1/mvpmc/usb_a.cgi">GB-PVR via USB</a>
600x480 pretty much cured the overscan on GBPVR cutting off details but this is like you can barely see any text of the main menu it is so zoomed in. I will get the logs up this evening.
I've used GBPVR for a couple years, and upgraded to NPVR a couple weeks ago. I usually use my PCH, but also have 2 MVPs. I appreciate the MVP support in NPVR, and want to thank mvallevand and sub for their work. I promise to replace my MVPs soon.
I did a clean reinstall of Win7 HP in the weekend (downgraded from 64-bit to 32-bit), great timing for new release of NPVR thanks Sub.
I had previously used Windows Task Scheduler to update the XMLTV file and then run NextPVR.exe -UpdateEPGOnly
I setup the scheduled task on the new system, the XMLTV file/s are updating but the EPG is not being updated.
Update EPG works from The Settings window or using the System plugin.
I have tried running the command from the command prompt (run in the C:\Program Files\NPVR directory) but nothing is happening. Has something changed?
Cheers
OK, that's impressive and shows the commitment of the community but is it what someone just starting out wants to hear? It's kind of like saying "NextPVR is SO complex to use..." - kind of off putting.
Perhaps wording it something like..."The NextPVR Wiki provides an extensive range..." or "...pretty much everything you need to know...". Just a thought to make it a little less daunting.
I have long enjoyed my low cost Comcast basic analog cable. No need for set top boxes or channel changers. My HTPC has run GBPVR and now nPVR like a champ with several analog tuners - PVR 150, 500 and a 1600 (with dead digital tuner). Added a 2250 a while ago to step up to the digital HD world, tuning and recording the several local broadcast channels that Comcast so generously provides in clear QAM (because they must, right?). All for use with two Popcorns.
My family has come to rely on nPVR being able to record everything they want, without concern that there is a tuner available, even when there are 4 or 5 recordings at the same time.
I have been waiting for the day (first they said it would be last year) but I finally got the notice that Comcast will be switching our town to all digital and shutting off the analog cable "for my benefit" so I can enjoy everything Xfinity has to offer. It's been happening around the USA, in my neighboring towns, and I'm surprised it's taken so long to happen here. I'm sure many of you nPVR users have dealt with it, so that's why I'm asking here.
How will losing analog cable affect my nPVR HTPC?
Will my analog tuners become useless?
Do the digital tuners (2250) tune all digital channels or only clear QAM?
Will each digital tuner require a set top box/channel changer? 1 or 2 for 2250?
I'm so scared am I worried about nothing? :o
I will soon be receiving the one set top box and two digital transport adapters that comcast provides at no extra cost. I would certainly prefer not to pay more to comcast each month for more boxes.
Thanks for your input and advice from your experience.
I'm using 2.1.4 with the latest mvpmcx2 playing recordings via a PCH.
While playing recorded shows, I have noticed that at least part of the time when I manually skip forward or backward, the timeline is initially displayed completely green (as if it is at the end of the show), then after a second or two, it will update to show the correct current position. Additionally, the current position digital display shows something like 12 hours into a 1 hour recording.
I seem to be getting an intermittent problem with scheduled recordings. Whilst the show is being broadcast, the server says it is recording. Once the recording time is past, the recordings list shows it as having failed because the "Recording service was not running at recording time". However if I browse to the TV folder, the recording is there and will play perfectly well.
A restart of the server will allow it to work again for the next few recordings, and then it will start failing again for no obvious reason.
I thought that upgrading to 3.1.4 might alleviate the problem, but alas it didn't.
I will try and grab a set of logs the next time it happens.
In a Recurring recordings, doing an update on one set for all occurrences, it takes about 5 seconds, and increases the size of NextPVR.ex by 54 MB. While updating lots, NectPVR.exe got to over 1.5GB.
After changing a decoder, then attempting to restart playback, I get a message window saying:
"Unhandled exception has occurred in a component in your application. If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue.
Object reference not set to an instance of an object."
If I select Details I get:
************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at NextPVR.Players.PlaybackProxyFactory.StartVideoPlaybackProxy(IntPtr window, String filename, String& reason)
at NextPVR.Players.VideoPlayer.PlayFiles(List`1 playQueue, Int32 playQueueIndex, String& reason)
at NextPVR.Players.VideoPlayer.PlayFile(String filename, String& reason)
at NextPVR.ControllerForm.PlayVideoFile(String filename)
at NextPVR.TV.ShowDetailsPopup.HandleCommand(String command)
at NextPVR.TV.ShowDetailsPopup.HandleButtonCommand(String buttonName)
at NUtility.Controls.UiButtonList.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
at NextPVR.TV.ShowDetailsPopup.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
at NextPVR.ControllerForm.OnKeyDown(Object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyEventArgs(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmKeyChar(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at NextPVR.ControllerForm.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
