I've tried using this feature (available since the last release) and I have the following issue with it:
When I select "All Channels" when scheduling a manual, daily recording, I get an error, see attached screen-shots... It does work when I select a single channel for the recording.... I have posted two screenshots (details of what I entered and the error-message) and have posted the log-files...
I am running the standard download (no patches) and the standard skin (no hacks installed).
I noticed there is space for these in the database.
Assuming they come from the guide xml what is the preferred syntax for these fields and will NPVR do something with them (including writing them to the metadata?)
I've noticed a couple of time now that NPVR will stop processing EPG files. I think that it happens when the channel lineup from Schedules Direct has changed. (There are either more or fewer channels, but the channels mapped from the EPG to the capture sources are all still there.)
Here's an excerpt from the nrecord.log file showing last night's "update":
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2010-09-16 03:00:04.977 [DEBUG][8] About to update EPG
2010-09-16 03:00:04.977 [DEBUG][8] Updating EPG
2010-09-16 03:05:35.479 [DEBUG][8] Checking for any XMLTV listings
2010-09-16 03:05:35.479 [DEBUG][8] Will process xmltv file: C:\EPG\TVGuide.xml
2010-09-16 03:05:35.479 [DEBUG][8] Loading XMLTV from: C:\EPG\TVGuide.xml
2010-09-16 03:05:35.900 [DEBUG][8] channelEventLists.Count=0
2010-09-16 03:05:35.900 [DEBUG][8] Checking for any DVB/ATSC listings
2010-09-16 03:05:35.900 [INFO][8] UpdateAllRecurringRecordings()
2010-09-16 03:05:35.900 [INFO][8] Deleting existing pending season recordings
Notice that it says "channelEventsLists.Count=0" which is not normal. Normally it shows:
Code:
2010-09-12 03:05:04.532 [DEBUG][8] channelEventLists.Count=21
2010-09-12 03:05:04.532 [INFO][8] -channel: 'WCCO-DT' has 415 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.532 [INFO][8] -channel: 'KSTPDT1' has 424 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.532 [INFO][8] -channel: 'KMSP-DT' has 475 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'KARE-HD' has 406 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'WUCW-DT' has 523 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'WFTC-DT' has 549 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'TPT2-HD' has 494 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'TPT-MN' has 481 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'TPT-WX' has 42 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'TPT-Lif' has 575 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'ION HD' has 440 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'WGN' has 484 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'TWC_SP1' has 258 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'KSTPDT2' has 412 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'KARE-WX' has 86 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'LOOR018' has 84 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'RELI014' has 84 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'EDAC016' has 84 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'LOOR020' has 84 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'PUAC015' has 84 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [INFO][8] -channel: 'SPNN' has 84 listings
2010-09-12 03:05:04.547 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 6889 (WCCO-DT)
2010-09-12 03:05:05.125 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 6896 (KSTPDT1)
2010-09-12 03:05:05.717 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 6894 (KMSP-DT)
2010-09-12 03:05:06.435 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 6888 (KARE-HD)
2010-09-12 03:05:07.043 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 6870 (WUCW-DT)
2010-09-12 03:05:07.948 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 6994 (WFTC-DT)
2010-09-12 03:05:08.806 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 6871 (TPT2-HD)
2010-09-12 03:05:09.477 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 6869 (TPT-MN)
2010-09-12 03:05:10.241 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 6867 (TPT-WX)
2010-09-12 03:05:10.678 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 6992 (TPT-Lif)
2010-09-12 03:05:11.458 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 6862 (ION HD)
2010-09-12 03:05:12.160 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 7043 (WGN)
2010-09-12 03:05:12.722 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 7028 (TWC_SP1)
2010-09-12 03:05:13.377 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 6895 (KSTPDT2)
2010-09-12 03:05:13.939 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 6887 (KARE-WX)
2010-09-12 03:05:14.360 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 7148 (LOOR018)
2010-09-12 03:05:14.828 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 7149 (RELI014)
2010-09-12 03:05:15.436 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 7150 (EDAC016)
2010-09-12 03:05:15.998 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 7151 (LOOR020)
2010-09-12 03:05:16.466 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 7152 (PUAC015)
2010-09-12 03:05:16.871 [DEBUG][8] Deleting old listings from Channel OID: 7153 (SPNN)
2010-09-12 03:05:17.308 [DEBUG][8] Checking for any DVB/ATSC listings
2010-09-12 03:05:17.324 [INFO][8] UpdateAllRecurringRecordings()
To fix the situation, I have to go into the config for the capture source, select a channel, and then reselect it's EPG source. Actually, I found that when I go into the details screen, the correct channel from the EPG file is already/still selected. At first I was opening the dropdown list, and reselecting the same channel. Then I discovered that I didn't even have to do that--just open then details screen and close it. BUT, this action only fixes that one channel. I still have to go through and open and close the details for each channel to get them all fixed.
Hi, I'm hoping that someone can help me me a small problem I currently have.
I recently reinstalled (not upgraded) the OS on my HTPC to Windows 7. Everything works fine and I can schedule and record TV programs using the default mux in .ts format.
Previously when I had Windows XP installed, I was using the Cyberlink mux and recording .mpg files which are easier for me to handle and convert. When I use the Cyberlink mux with my Windows 7 setup, the recorded file has 0 bytes and obviously does not play back.
Everything seems to have installed OK and the mux registered OK. I've tried to reinstall GB-PVR from the ground up, but no joy. Anybody got any ideas?
First off, many thanks for GB-PVR and now NPVR. So far I've had reasonable success with NPVR and can Watch live TV and record without any problems.
My question is about command line scheduling. In GB-PVR there was Schedule.exe which allowed external programs to schedule a recording. I'm an avid user of Digiguide (the best digital TV guide for UK TV IMHO) and I made a small plugin that could schedule recordings in GB-PVR by right-clicking a program and clicking Video etc...
Is there a similar facility in NPVR? If not is there any plan to implement one?
I just can't think of what I may have done to bring this about. I use files on the PCH USB drive and these haven't been changed for ages, apart from mvpmcx2 updates.
So I just came online, found a suspicious looking user "dhfgnvds" in the active user list... sure enough I found him posting gibberish spam posts in old threads in various forums. I deleted his most recent post, the one he was still looking at, perma-banned him and then deleted his other two as well. Bye spammer.
Then I see "welcome to our newest member: jsaber798". I see he's still registering, not even active yet... I watch him for a bit, seem him viewing "General Discussion"... what new user heads straight for General Discussion? Now he's creating a thread there... sure enough, a spam thread pops up. Deleted and perma-banned within seconds of going live. Bye spammer.
Now as I write this, our new friend Michial2010 is registering. He'll be banned in a few moments.
Does anyone have a way to rename a recorded file name to include other program information such as the episode name or number? I used to use the addepisode or renamerecording utilities in GBPVR and this is the one item of functionality that I miss after migrating to NPVR, since I often stream recordings to my PS3. The default file naming scheme with the recorded dates and times is not always helpful when browsing through the recordings.
I've tinkered a bit with SQL to see if I could pull this information from the NPVR database, rename the file, and then update the database to point to the new file name. However, I am not the greatest programmer (I was trying to create a batch file to do this in post-processing) and don't want to reinvent the wheel if someone else has already developed a way to do this.
Tonite I recorded a show and under the Ready Recordings screen, it shows 5 instances of the show but all showed that the device failed to record. However, the show recorded just fine.
I'm not attaching logs as I think it's a fluke. I have lots of shows to record with the new fall season so if it happens again, I'll post them but I'm curious as to why it showed 5 instances.......maybe it retried it 5 times before it quit.
Find Newa really useful. In the config option what is the password?
Settings in Npvr (Mvp & web) have User= admin
and a password that I cannot read.
What am I missing?
Thanks in advance for any help.
Waynesm
