I have had nPVR hang a couple of times, I run 1.5.36 with all current patches (have uised the ones in the sticky).
nPVR is installed on a PC with Windows XP sp3 (with all patches), two FloppyDTV (equivalent of FireDTV). No monitor connected to this PC, all viewing is done through a NMT A-110 with Martins mvpmcx2 (have installed the latest one and was running it during this event).
My son watched a movie about noon and when his friend got here he just pressed STOP on the remote and started playing. When we were about to start watching a movie just now the NMT had a black screen, I was not able to shut it down with the remote and was forced to close it down with the power-switch on the NMT.
Then I logged in to the recordings machine and tried a right-click in the status-icon. But I got no menu, after restarting the nPVR Recordingservice the right-click menu appeared. This has happened a few times lately but I did not have the latest patches installed and did not report it.
Another strange thing I noticed when checking the right-click menu. There are no programs shown under pending recordings under Status. But nPVR do record programs and the pending recordings do appear i NEWA, perhaps something is missing in my installation?
Excellent work on nPVR, 1 week in after moving everyhting over to it and I'm still impressed. I am getting the odd black screen on nPVR (normally when my daughter presses random keyboard keys) ..and I was just ignoing it knowing that nPVR will get better as it ages with new releases, but then I thought I should probably report issues otherwise you'll never know they need fixing....
I was mid watching a recording and hit f1 to bring up the guide, found a new program hit enter to watch and it went black screen unresponsive. Looking at the logs what I didn't realise was that the wife was watching France 3 live on one of the NMT's.
Not sure if theres any clues in the logs attached, look around 16:04 today (16th)
I've just uploaded a new version of the TVListings plugin at the wiki.
Changelog:
Quote:- added workaround for the buttonstrip always requesting render updates
- increased width for the timespan in the selected show details ui element
- added option to prefer descriptions from TheTVDB if available
- added quick jump navigation using the first letter of the title in recording lists
- added option to include existing recordings in 'Find More' search
- added alternative keymappings for paging up/down in recording lists
- implemented quick jumps in lists using the number keys to relative positions (0%, 10%, ..., 90%)
Please note the following when upgrading:
- NPVR 1.5.36 is necessary
- there's no need to overwrite an existing "TV Listings.db" database file during upgrade
- 'Find More' searches now automatically include existing recordings by default, this can be disabled in the configuration form
2. Another settings Q - How do you get past fatalstartup errors in NPVR?
GBPVR used to be able to let you into config (even if there was an error starting PVRX2), as PVRX2 (to run the PVR) was separate.
But with NPVR+Settings now combined, an error I had (not removing a "!--" from a skin) gave me an error that I couldn't get past when I started NPVR, but I couldn't get back to settings either. The actual error is in the logs, but I fixed it; this Q relates more to not being able to get TO settings anymore??
For (1) ... more on this ... I've established that whenever I go into settings, plugins, it adds another "blanmk" entry. I deleted them from config.xml but they keep coming back, like the triffids.
Would it be possible to shows icons rather than rows in the NPVR Recordings screen? I just find it easier to manage and as the cons are smaller there's less scrolling.
If it is not possible in NPVR, if any kind person is writing a new NPVR plugin, this format and the "archive all" utility in the XRECORD plugin (only GBPVR) are what I really really miss in NPVR.
A while ago Sub fixed the issue of the BBCi channels not appearing in the scan and they worked fine. However something has gone wrong in the last few weeks and now I get a blank screen with audio when I try to watch them. I cant put an exact time on when it went wrong, ie if it was installing 1.5.36 that caused this. I have a feeling that it stopped working shortly before I upgraded to 1.5.36. The log implies he has no idea what the video feed is and doesn't bother attempting to create a graph including the video. Logs attached.
I have not been able to get Live TV to start. I choose a channel, the AC3 filter icon shows up in the system tray, but I get a black screen with no audio. My NPVR log shows a repeating "Client about to request renewal of handle: 150003", and the recording length is always 0kb.
Attached are logs. Running Win 7 x64 with all current patches (AFAIK).
Liking the new NPVR but have a couple of bug to iron out yet. While i'm waiting for other threads to be answered - thought i'd ask (as I can't find) as it possible for auto divx conversion? I was in recording tab but couldn't see any preference. It's recording but at 2 gig an hour, looking for a divx/xvid/ac3/small conversion out of the box - can't find any documentation on if it does this yet *unless i'm blind*