MVP exits into the root menu when trying to play a mpg file from a network share. There seems to be a bug in 1.5.33 with passing filenames to the streaming thread.

Trying to play:
2010-10-22 22:54:08.107 [DEBUG][7] Requested file: System.Byte[] (\\nas\mmedia\Filmi\The Last Temptation of Christ\The Last Temptation of Christ_20090909_22100050.mpg)

The error:
2010-10-22 22:54:08.117 [ERROR][7] Unexpected error in streaming thread: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'C:\nas\mmedia\Filmi\The Last Temptation of Christ\The Last Temptation of Christ_20090909_22100050.mpg'

Should I be looking at GBPVR documentation for creating my own skin, or is there some NPVR documentation somewhere?

I have had some problems with stuttering audio in N-PVR for some time. I did however notice that the problems got worse and worse as time went. And I even got stuttering outside of N-PVR.
I had a suspicion that the OS or audio drivers where to blame since the stuttering got worse and worse, and no restart of N-PVR would help.

So I rebooted my HTPC and stuttering was gone. I am also using the audio patch that sub has dispatched so it may have helped with some of the original glitchy audio problems that others have too.

Now, before I try to find and update the audio drivers, that are now the Win 7 default drivers, I would like to get the input from the community. Is this something that has happened to others? Is there a common problem here with a common solution? I have some suspicions that there may be interrupt problems with the TV tuners and the audio device. But that is mere speculation. How do I test that?

I am on win 7 x64 with Realtec 883 audio.

Hi all,

Just tried a Hauppauge NOVA-S-USB2 and can't pick up any Hotbird 13.0e channels. Tried everything (WinTV7) to no avail.

I know my LNB is aligned ok because I can pick up Hotbird channels using my other NOVA-HD-S2 (PCI) cards and the same software, same PC etc.

Any ideas?...............or perhaps another DVB-S USB box......that will work with NPVR.

Ian.

I had some problems with GBPVR v1.4.7 so I've wiped my machine clean, installed Win7 64bit and NPVR 1.5.33.

Last night I watched a couple of newly recorded shows and had a couple of problems.

Tried to watch survivor. Playback froze when it encountered the first commercial cut. I couldn't bring up the OSD, first time I just hit stop and restarted the show and everything resumed normally until the end. Show didn't exit back to npvr, just froze on the last scene until I hit stop.

Tried to watch supernatural. Again playback froze at the start of the first commercial cut. Hit the OSD button on the mce remote - no dice. This time I tried skip forward an the show resumed playback after the commmercial cut. Rest of the show played fine and skipped all the cut points properly and automatically. Same problem at the end of the show, playback froze on the last scene until I hit stop to return to npvr.

Logs attached.

Have we lost volume control with the new NPVR/PCH setup?
Just testing NPVR on my PCH now and I remember it was a late addition to MVPMCX2. Presumably most people use the amp remote but my amp is hidden in a cupboard so I'd need a repeater, which is a bit of a pain.

The Viaccess MPEG2 CI module works fine in nPVR, but not the new one (MPEG4). The new MPEG4 CI module works together with Fire DTV in there own SW "Fire DTV Viewer (Live TV). Help me please !

What command line options does N-PVR support? I'm sure I've seen an update EPG one mentioned but can't remember the exact format?

Hi

I am using the Hauppauge PVR 150MCE card. I am able to watch live tv only when the Preview Mode is checked.
I am not able to Record or pause tv . Here is the error from the log

2010-10-21 02:53:43.218 ERROR [7] Error starting live tv recording: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at NativeUtilities.ConexantRecorder.StartRecording(String cardType, ConexantRecordSource recordingSource, Int32 qualitySetting, Int32 board, String filename, Int32 channel, Int32 countryCode, Int32 tuningType, Boolean useStreamingEngineIfAvailable, Boolean previewMode, Boolean fmRadioMode, Boolean fmRadioPreviewMode)
at GBPVR.Backend.Common.DirectRecordingSource.startRecording(IRecordingSourceConfiguration config, Int32 qualitySetting, String filename, ChannelTuning channelTuning, Int32 minutes, Boolean useStreamingEngineIfAvailable)
at GBPVR.RecordingService.x93f60a55016d55c4.x394caf1b3184110c(Int32 x70cd72e44179c0c2, Boolean x03f525c749695de4, Int32 x164f120fb8d3ddc7, String& x8b1d9e3189e6e73d, Int32& x73dd716c35ea457b)

I read in one other post that this might mean the card is not mentioned in the bda.ini. I have checked and find that PVR 150 is not there

I have attached a screenshot of my capture card configuration

Please help

Thanks in advance
Manoj

Now my audio is mostly good, I took the plunge to move recordings from GBPVR to NPVR and the first few have been fine. However one this evening randomly stopped 10 mins into the recording (it was meant to be an hour long). Oddly it stopped recording the same minute I started to watch it as it was recording - I started watching it at 2010-10-20 20:10:49.311. I think it went wrong at 2010-10-20 20:09:54.880. It was recording 2 things at once (using the two tuners) and I did try watching live TV for the fun of it to see what it would do, and it correctly told me there were no capture devices. However I wonder if this caused the recording to die? Its not obvious to me from the logs why the recording died.