I seem to be having a problem getting my requested number of days of EPG download. Actually, since using NPVR, I've never been able to get the full 15 days from Schedules Direct that I got in GBPVR. However, I was getting 10 days. Now, I seem to only be able to show 5 days in my Guide. Even using the Microsoft Legacy choice doesn't seem to make a difference.
I have tried other grabbers with no luck. All I see in my guide is 'No Details'. Has anyone else noticed a problem like this? Another system is only able to show 6 days down from 12 originally.
I picked up a D-Link Boxee Box http://www.dlink.ca/boxee/ extender on the weekend and thought I'd share some info. I actually liked the look of the box which I thought I'd hate, but the remote keyboard is too small for me and needs a backlight.
They are not cheap $199 CDN but overall I thought for v1 firmware it was't bad. Certainly the Atom 4100 is the fastest processor I have used on a standalone player.
I haven't had a lot of time on it but I think there are some features that might be of interest to N/GBPVR users.
- per user resume
- DVB subtitles and ATSC/QAM closed captioning
- comskip
Boxee is known for online content and it wasn't too bad either, something like 132 services certainly better than the NMT's. I didn't expect much because I figured everything would be for the US market but I was happy to see all these http://www.globaltv.com/video/index.html for free and in pretty good quality too. Netflix is expected soon.
An expected surprise was the basic browser included has full flash support and pages that didn't have there own Boxee service or rss feed could still be viewed. It's probably the best experience I've had with justin.tv NEWA loaded too but the remote is a bit awkward as a mouse, but apparently a mouse can be attached.
Just had a very strange occurrence while using NPVR 1.5.33. I was taping a show and decided to check on the progress and so opened the ".ts" file in Media Player Classic Home Cinema. Everything looked good, I skipped around in the file watching bits and pieces of the video. Walked away for a while, came back, and decided to check some more bits from the show. Weirdly enough, at some point the channel had changed to a completely different channel and that channel was now being taped. I did not have another recording queued to go at the time, so it's a weird one. I cancelled the recording since it was now not what I wanted. I believe I have seen this happen in the past as well. Not sure what the trigger is. Posted the logs.
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11545 CSI: Miami 14/11/2010 21:30:00 - 14/11/2010 22:25:00 capture-source:16 tuning:T:C50,706000,0,0,8~NID:13313~ONID:8746~TSID:29~P:1300~V:450~VTYPE:H264~A:400~L:000(AAC-LATM)~PMT:300~LCN:3~PCR:450~N:>TV3
11550 Masterchef Australia 15/11/2010 17:00:00 - 15/11/2010 18:00:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12483,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:22~P:1035~V:515~A:653~L:000~PMT:269~LCN:1~TXT:579~PCR:515~N:>TV ONE
11546 Shortland Street Omnibus 15/11/2010 19:00:00 - 15/11/2010 19:30:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12483,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:22~P:1036~V:516~A:654~L:000~PMT:270~LCN:2~TXT:580~PCR:516~N:>TV2
11543 James May's Toy Stories 15/11/2010 19:30:00 - 15/11/2010 20:30:00 capture-source:16 tuning:T:C50,706000,0,0,8~NID:13313~ONID:8746~TSID:29~P:1300~V:450~VTYPE:H264~A:400~L:000(AAC-LATM)~PMT:300~LCN:3~PCR:450~N:>TV3
11558 Masterchef USA 15/11/2010 20:35:00 - 15/11/2010 21:35:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12456,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:21~P:1928~V:520~A:658~L:eng~PMT:274~LCN:10~PCR:520~N:>PRIME
11553 Good Morning 16/11/2010 09:00:00 - 16/11/2010 12:00:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12483,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:22~P:1035~V:515~A:653~L:000~PMT:269~LCN:1~TXT:579~PCR:515~N:>TV ONE
11551 Masterchef Australia 16/11/2010 17:25:00 - 16/11/2010 18:00:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12483,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:22~P:1035~V:515~A:653~L:000~PMT:269~LCN:1~TXT:579~PCR:515~N:>TV ONE
11547 Shortland Street 16/11/2010 19:00:00 - 16/11/2010 19:30:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12483,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:22~P:1036~V:516~A:654~L:000~PMT:270~LCN:2~TXT:580~PCR:516~N:>TV2
11541 My Kitchen Rules 16/11/2010 19:30:00 - 16/11/2010 20:30:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12483,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:22~P:1036~V:516~A:654~L:000~PMT:270~LCN:2~TXT:580~PCR:516~N:>TV2
11540 Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution 16/11/2010 20:30:00 - 16/11/2010 21:30:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12483,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:22~P:1035~V:515~A:653~L:000~PMT:269~LCN:1~TXT:579~PCR:515~N:>TV ONE
11563 Masterchef Australia 17/11/2010 16:55:00 - 17/11/2010 18:00:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12483,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:22~P:1035~V:515~A:653~L:000~PMT:269~LCN:1~TXT:579~PCR:515~N:>TV ONE
11560 Shortland Street 17/11/2010 19:00:00 - 17/11/2010 19:30:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12483,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:22~P:1036~V:516~A:654~L:000~PMT:270~LCN:2~TXT:580~PCR:516~N:>TV2
11555 Survivor: Nicaragua 17/11/2010 20:30:00 - 17/11/2010 21:30:00 capture-source:16 tuning:T:C50,706000,0,0,8~NID:13313~ONID:8746~TSID:29~P:1300~V:450~VTYPE:H264~A:400~L:000(AAC-LATM)~PMT:300~LCN:3~PCR:450~N:>TV3
11564 Masterchef Australia 18/11/2010 16:55:00 - 18/11/2010 18:00:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12483,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:22~P:1035~V:515~A:653~L:000~PMT:269~LCN:1~TXT:579~PCR:515~N:>TV ONE
11561 Shortland Street 18/11/2010 19:00:00 - 18/11/2010 19:30:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12483,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:22~P:1036~V:516~A:654~L:000~PMT:270~LCN:2~TXT:580~PCR:516~N:>TV2
11565 Masterchef Australia 19/11/2010 17:15:00 - 19/11/2010 18:00:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12483,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:22~P:1035~V:515~A:653~L:000~PMT:269~LCN:1~TXT:579~PCR:515~N:>TV ONE
11562 Shortland Street 19/11/2010 19:00:00 - 19/11/2010 19:30:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12483,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:22~P:1036~V:516~A:654~L:000~PMT:270~LCN:2~TXT:580~PCR:516~N:>TV2
11556 Ninja Warrior 19/11/2010 19:30:00 - 19/11/2010 19:55:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12456,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:21~P:1921~V:513~A:651~L:000~PMT:267~LCN:4~PCR:513~N:>C4
11557 True Beauty 19/11/2010 20:30:00 - 19/11/2010 21:30:00 capture-source:5 tuning:T:12483,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:22~P:1036~V:516~A:654~L:000~PMT:270~LCN:2~TXT:580~PCR:516~N:>TV2
11567 Balls Of Steel 19/11/2010 20:50:00 - 19/11/2010 21:30:00 capture-source:18 tuning:T:12456,H,22500,34~NID:47~ONID:47~TSID:21~P:1921~V:513~A:651~L:000~PMT:267~LCN:4~PCR:513~N:>C4
See Ninja Warrior and Shorty st on the 19th both using the same capture should, then weirdly, Balls of steel in on same channel as Ninja Warrior and yet uses a different source.
I have tried installing WinTV in order to be able to use the arcsoft H.264 video decoder, which works fine until I reboot, then WinTV claims one of my tuners for its own exclusive use.
How can I take the Arcsoft codecs which must be on the WinTV installation CD, and install them on my system (XP) on their own?
After some days of intensive testing (watching live tv, recording, playback recordings/movies etc. via lan) i experienced a few problems (using nPVR with all available hotfixes and original 1.5.33 tsreader.ax):
⢠Watching Live TV on a nPVR Client is bad and asynchronity follows
This is nothing new and well known by nPVR Client users.
⢠Watching .ts recordings via nPVR show a similary behaviour like watching live tv (sound and video get's asynchronous, not as bad like live tv, but annoying enough).
⢠Skipping while playback a .ts is desastrous. Sometimes it's working (then i have to wait up to 2 minutes till video playback the skipped part!) or nPVR just freezes.
⢠If i playback the same file within Windows Media Player, then nearly all is fine. Pointing to timecode ABC, video plays back fine after ABC. Pointing to XYZ, video plays back fine after XYZ. Zero seconds to wait, instantly skip!
⢠If i open a .ts file created by nPVR and use vlc for playback this video, then i'll get some points in this file, where i have distortion in the picture (the same distortion people get, if the receipt digital tv and have low quality); but the recorded shows are from analog(!) tv.
Something is not right, either with the generated .ts files, or with the ts reader/writer.
If you have any idea how i could supply you with more information for bugfixing, then just asks. The logfiles tells nothing special at the moment.
Btw., playing back videos from videolibrary works like a charme.
EDIT: As an idea... would it be wise to install the hauppauge! mux, which is installed on the nPVR server on the nPVR clients too? Could this change anything in playback .ts streams?
I just want to say thanks for Web Radio. I had some guys over to play poker last night, and Web Radio played a shoutcast classic rock station for over 6 hours perfectly. It seems a simple thing, but it's really nice when something Just Works.
Thanks,
Dave
p.s. the only downer in the whole thing was discovering that what now passes for "Classic Rock" is stuff that was new when I was a teenager. I'm getting old.
So, I re-imaged my drive to something cleaner and that image had things working fine. Now I'm getting the MKDIR: cannot create directory message. I know I've gotten this before and I know I've asked this before but can't seem to find the answer or my question via search.
It appears to be something minor but I can't put my finger on it. Other than start over, where should I be looking? By the way, where is the complete install for NPVR now?
