Attached is the first beta of SearchLite with genre searching support
To enable it, there is a small program called GenreLite.exe installed in the NPVR Program File folder. This program is designed to create a separate database of genres from your XMLTV and Schedules Direct (SD.xml) file. It has only been tested on my XMLTV files so if it doesn't work could you please upload your XML file and I can see if I can add it.
You can run this at anytime by running GenreLite with no options, however once you have confirmed it is working you can add it to the PostUpdateEPG.bat file
To access genres in SearchLite, Select Genre on the Menu, hit Green or use Alt-G. Doing this a second time show genres filter for movies. Hit it a third time to get back to normal searching.
Not all XMLTV files have complete genre information, but it is possible to link with IMDB genres. It increases the size of the database but it only takes a few minutes and I find it worthwhile to do (probably quarterly will be enough)
To get the required files for IMDB
1) go to http://www.imdb.com/interfaces#plain,
2) select a source
3) download genres.list.gz & ratings.list.gz
4) Using 7zip. untar these to get genres.list and ratings.list
5) Copy genres.list and ratings.list to DataDirectory\Plugins\SearchLite
6) Run GenreLite -i
7) Repeat in 3 or 4 months.
If you don't have an XMLTV file (you use only DVB or ATSC data, I can probably link to IMDB genres too. I'd need to get a copy of your npvr.db3 file to test first.
have made the swap to Npvr, and is mostly working OK. The only major problem I have is major lip sync error in recorded shows. Live TV, or watching from the TV guide is fine. As soon as I start time shifting, or play back a recording , the timing goes out by seconds. I know decoders are blamed usually for this, but I started off with the same config as was working for GBPVR, and then when the problem arrived, jumped into Hoborgs SAF pack. Same result. Seems to effect all channels without discrimination (Freeview NZ)
Are there any dumb settings in the decoders that could cause this??
I've been having the problem where my recordings are no longer shown under 'Recordings' after I run my post-processing routine every night. The problem is actually intermittent...I would say about 67% of the recordings are lost.
I run my post-processing at 12:01AM every evening, converting all files to MP4 (H.264). The conversion routine works flawlessly, the new file is in the same location as the original and has the same name but with the new MP4 extension. The original file is then deleted after the new file is created. However, when I go to 'Recordings', I find that more often than not, the recording is not listed. The new file does exist and is playable, but NPVR seems to have lost the entry for it.
I recently upgraded to NPVR (v2.0.3) from GB-PVR (v1.4.7). I had the problem with GB-PVR and still have it with NPVR.
The only thing I could find in the forums was to change the setting <AutoRemoveMissingRecordings> to false. This had the affect that NPVR still lists the episode in Recordings, however, clicking play does nothing (clicking Play just kicks me back to the listing of recordings).
I'm not sure what logs to post, so I am posting NPVR.log . If you go the bottom, you see that I tried to play the file "MLB Baseball...". That is one of the recordings that I cannot play.
OK, I know it says in the wiki to use CTRL-Right Arrrow and CTRL-Left Arrow to change the priority of recurring recordings, but I can't get it to change the priority. Whenever I do that it just acts like I didn't press CTRL. Not sure if this has something to do with the fact that I'm working through terminal services to control NPVR?
Anyone else doing this through terminal services? Could that be why?
I click on Bulk Map, click on the channel, click on the drop down list and map the channel. I click OK. The window seems to hang for aroun 10 seconds. It even shows the "Not Responding" sign. It then goes back to the Channels list and the channel is not mapped. The only way it works is if I don't use the Bulk Map button. In other words if I do it straight from the "Channels" window.
Is there a way to set all my channels with XMLTV as its source? The only way to do it now seems to be by pressing the BULK MAP button but I stil have to set the source one by one.
I've been having a recurring problem where if I'm recording a show on channel A from 8:30 to 9:30 and another show on channel B from 9:30 to 10:30, NPVR/GBPVR will decide to use the same tuner that was used for the first show for the second show despite having 2 other free tuners available. This results in the first show not having an ending and the second show often missing the beginning since the start/end times often aren't accurate.
Is there a way to force padding to behave as though the show were infact 20minutes longer(with 10 minutes on both end) so that the tuner remains unavailable during the padding period? Or perhaps to force the alternating of tuners for different channels?
Alternatively, is there an equivalent of pending.log for npvr where I can check which tuner has been assign for recording? While using GBPVR I used that to check if the same tuner had been assigned to back to back shows on different channels and could cancel and reassign recordings to avoid this problem.
My guide doesn't show any data for my channels so I execute my EPG update script and thats when I see the error message. I use mc2xml as my epg source. Sometimes it works for about 1 week and then nothing after that.
If anyone can shed some light, I'd be most appreciative as I've tried to find a solution in the forums but came up empty.
