I've made a clean install of NPVR on a new Windows 7 installation.
I've applied some of the patches from the tips sticky thread, and run a few channel scans.
Now whenever I go near the channels tab in settings I'm getting the following exception. Any ideas?
Reviewing my recordings over the last few days, I noticed that I had a couple recordings fail last night. The system was supposed to record Amadeus from 10:00pm to 1:00am and Thelma and Louise from 1:00am to 3:15. However the Amadeus recording only recorded 84 minutes and the second recording is simply a 0 byte file. There's no error in the logs though... from there it appears everything was fine.
The "details" for the Thelma and Louise recording provides the error "*** Recording service not running at recording time" though in the log it shows it started and stopped the recording on time.
Anyway, maybe you can see something in the logs that's a clue as to what happened. Looking through the Windows event logs I can't see that anything unusual happened until Windows Update kicked in around 3am or so and rebooted the system.
Today, a few of my shows didn't record because TWC rearranged all the QAM codes. NPVR is a great software that will adapt, but I'm human and am frustrated. That's an extra hour of reconfiguration... and, some of my beloved channels got moved to frequencies that don't come in as strong [espn]
Yes, the cable companies exist to make our lives more miserable!
I've attached the first Beta version of nDroid v1 and would be interested to get some feedback on any aspect (whether it works, how the UI looks/feels etc).
Bear in mind this is only Beta code and fairly limited so I consider it for 'testing' although it is functional. I'd recommend testing locally, i.e., over wi-fi and checking against your N-PVR installation as to how things work.
The post got quite long so I've split the installation instructions to the next post.
Make sure you always have a network connection when you start the nDroid client app - it doesn't like it if you don't (to be fixed ASAP)
Can only set/cancel 'one-off' recordings (recurring etc. coming soon)
Channel logos not yet supported (thanks however to ACTCMS once again for the placeholder )
If the client app is stopped (using Application Manager) and restarted, the label at the top (next to the logo) may default to the first EPG channel but the list will remember the last channel's EPG data viewed (I have a handle on this so it should be fixed soon)
Client ocassionally may be unresponsive when setting/cancelling a recording - if it happens for more than 4-5 seconds and the BACK button fails, use HOME to get out.
Setting a recording doesn't always immediately highlight the guide list entry even if it's successful - use BACK to step out and start the app again to see the highlight.
Sub, I was curious, if you will ever provide the old source code for GBPVR ? I know you don't support it anymore, and you are now 100% on NPVR, so no updates will be made available.
The reason is mainly educational, since I assume you don't want to release /want help with NPVR ?
OK, I give up; did a forum search with no luck. I checked the box to open NPVR in Full screen mode and now I can't get to the config settings for the life of me. Right clicking anywhere on the NPVR screen does nothing.
When you do manual recordings, it seems you can't go any lower than 10 mins.
I tried, ctrl+arrow, shift+arrorw, and it made no difference, it always advanced by 10 mins.
I thought the old gbpvr allowed you to type a entry in, but that didn't work in npvr.
Is there a logical reason for this ?
Since some shows are 8-9:01, and another show starts at 9-10:01, then I would like to record 8-9:01, and then do 9:01-10:01, but it ends up being 8-9:01, 9:10-10:01 + 9 min pre-padding.
I developed a Roku channel for NPVR that allows you to watch, search and schedule recordings directly from your Roku. You won't need your NPVR machine next to your TV anymore.
Use this software at your own risk. Read readfirst.txt in the zip file
NextPVR Roku channel will ask you for the server's IP, enter the IP of the machine where you have Roku.exe running and the port you have in roku.ini file, for example:
Code:
192.168.1.55:8000
I will make a video today or tomorrow and I will link it here with instructions.
Let me know if you have any problems.
Enjoy!
PS: Thanks to pvruser for helping me getting started.
There was a big earth quake here in NZ a couple of hours ago in Christchurch. I've been watching the live unedited footage currently airing on our bigger tv channels. Scary stuff. Flattened buildings, squashed cars, a lot of people covered in blood. There must be alot of people dead.
I watched some very lucky woman being rescued off the roof of a 6 - 8 story building that had pancaked down to the height of a 2 or 3 story building.
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