I wonder if someone can help with this issue please? The PCH is effected by the problem, but I think it's a NPVR software issue hence posting it in this forum. I've also checked the other threads and I don't see anything similar.
Symptoms:-
Intermittent, but frequent, blank screen in Live tv.
Occurs:-
1. When starting livetv from the guide.
2. When changing channels
3. After watching TV for approx an hour (the registery was changed to increase the duration of livetv recording to 1 hour before a new TS is created)
Setup:-
WHS running NPVR v1.5.36 (updated with Johnsonx42's zipped patch files), Hauppauge Nova DVB-S and Pinnacle 7010i Tuners (Server)
PCH A100 (only running client)
To 'fix' the blank screen.
1. The PCH has to be cold-restarted, as it doesn't respond to the warm restart command.
2. The NPVR server has to be cold-restarted. The NPVR service can be stopped and restarted without having to cold-restart the server, but the satellite tuner will not detect any channels during a scan using 'Server-NPVR-Setup-Devices-Device Setup-scan'. The other tuners do still detect channels when a scan is initiated before the cold-restart.
Things tried/noted.
1. Swapping the order in which tuners are used doesn't effect the problem, i.e. both the Hauppauge and Pinnacle tuner cards 'hang' and can only be used again after the server is restarted.
2. Device Manager shows the hung card as still working.
3. Nothing in the Servers event logs to suggest something has gone wrong.
4. Hauppauge drivers have been updated to the latest available versions.
5. 0 byte TS files are being created in the LiveTv folder; these have to be manually deleted after restarting the service.
6. The NPVR v1.5.36 upgrade was done using mvallevand's NMTinstall2 utility
Workaround:-
Looking at the MVP and Nrecord logs it appears to be a problem with nrecord.exe, so I downgraded from version .36 of nrecord.exe to version .31 (the last known stable version that worked on my setup). All other files were left at the patched .36 version.
I've now been running the 'custom' setup for a few hours with no issue. Interestingly the TS files that NPVR creates are being deleted after livetv is stopped. So I guess that it's not nrecord that deletes the old TS files??
I've attached two sets of logs to help with this one. The first one shows the problem with v36 of nrecord.exe, the second set is using v31 of nrecord. Also attached is a directory listing of c:\program files\npvr to show the versions of files being used (with .31 of nrecord)
Thanks in advance for any help on this
cheers
Richard
I just upgrade my HTPC and decided to start with a fresh install of NPVR, I had been using the last version (1.5.33) without any problems, but after installing 1.5.36 NPVR can't find any channels on either tuner of my HDHR.
I'm able to find all the channels and watch them using the HDHR software, but NPVR sayings no channels found after running a scan. Any ideas, or do I just need to go back to the older version for now?
I'm using wired ethernet, nearly identical setup as my last computer (just faster processor, more ram, and a blu ray drive) that had been running GBPVR and then earlier NPVR for about 4.5 years. Currently running Windows XP, but tried it on my Win7 (64 bit Ultimate) and had the exact same problem.
Update: With this version of NPVR you can't set the HDHR program to GBPVR (you could in earlier versions), you must set it to other. That I think fixed it, but I have to go to work now, so I'll update if I get it all working.
I *am* going to start using NPVR at some point - honest - but in the meantime, what combinations of MPEG2 decoder and DVD Navigator do people have working with GBPVR and Windows 7 (either EVR or VMR9)? And does it work with both discs and rips?
I've had no luck with anything yet. DVDs are playing fine, but I can't get highlighting to work in the menus. You can still navigate around them with some guesswork, but it'll drive the wife crazy.
I really want to move to nPVR but after two days I'm at the hair tearing stage. There are obviously niggles that I can work with but I have two fundamental problems. One is the psisdecd.dll crash which I'm still trying to resolve following the various comments.
The other I'm a bit stumped with. My setup has three cards (see sig.) but I can't get the two digital cards to record at the same time. I can record on either one no problem but if one is recording then I get 'no tuners available' UNLESS I record on one and select live TV on the other, then they both work.
I have attached the logs from my last testing but I can't see anything referring to the 'no tuners available' messages that I get.
Any ideas? I should mention that I have loads of merged channels as most channels appear on all three tuners. Also I upgraded tp XP SP3 (to try and sort the psisdecd issue) but notice that you (sub) no longer even have an XP machine so what is the recommended setup now - W7?
Cheers for any help, I want to keep up with the development but right now GBPVR is pretty stable for me.
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Hello all!
I had a xp32 bit GB-PVR install that I used for a while, and I think I was plagued by some flaky hardware. It became unusable. I want to go at it again.
I am leaning toward win7 over the old OS. Any reason not to?
What about 32 vs 64 in this application?
Thanks
- Windows XP SP3 with latest patches
- NPVR v1.5.36 with latest patches
- 3 x Hauppauge WinTV-NOVA-T PCI
- XMLTV source for EPG .
My PC can handle recording 12 different TV shows from 3 different DVB-T MPEG2 MUX-es.
Problem is when recordins must stop, then recording service hangs and all current recordings stops.
I have to restart recording service and everything works OK until again any recording must stop which again crash recording service.
I would use nPVR with my SkyStar 2 ver. 2.3 P, but I have some problems because to use npvr the BDA drivers are needed. I tried all of those which have been made by Technisat, but none of them have worked regardless of whatever software I use
The OS that I use for my tests is Windows XP SP2.
Before I used XP SP3 but I read somewhere that BDA driver and SP3 have more problems.
Does anybody have any experience with this?
