I can't get the EPG to update. I thought it might be a bad xmltv file but I moved one that is working on another box with npvr so I know the xmltv file is good. In the setup screen I pick channels and then update EPG. The box comes up and says Updating EPG Please Wait, then just dies. It never moves on to the box that says checking for xmltv file. I emptied and reinported the analog tuner and even moved the xmltv file to a new location and it all behaves the same. I also tried to update just the digital channels (only 4) and same thing. The log says EPG update tread starting and then Updating EPG, then nothing else
What is the best way to troubleshoot this? I am on the latest release. Data from mc2xml.
after startup of my htpc and first start of npvr, live tv works fine.
when i leave the live tv and reenter it, i get only a black screen.
nearly the same problem occures when i have scheduled two recordings.
after startup of my htpc and first start of npvr, the first recording works fine.
the second one has corrupted picture and sound.(see attchement)
I am seeing that some channels have no data in the EPG. It appears to be random. If I rescan it will often find data for that channel - but then another channel will be empty. This needs more testing as there could be a number of causes. Thoughts on debug would be appreciated.
I can see a parm in the config.xml file called scancollectionMS. I cant see a reference to it in the forum. Can you tell me what it does ? I tried changing it from 5000 to 8000 to see if it might help with the scanning but I still see channels with no data. Is this parm related to scan time for the EPG ?
Has the implementation for event notification changed from PVRX2? I can get the start up messages logged, but don't seem be getting any events notified or errors display. What am I missing? (This plugin will not have a skin, but runs in a separate thread to process events received from NPVR) Do we still get all the same events (and more?) in NPVR as we did in PVRX2?
Code:
namespace Test
{
public class TestEventNotify: IEventNotification
{
public TestEventNotify()
{
Logger.Debug("Debug Test Message");
Logger.Error("Error Test Message");
Logger.Info("TestEventNotify: Version " + this.GetType().Assembly.GetName().Version.ToString() + " .ctr called by plugin or config");
}
public void Notify(string eventType, object eventText)
{
try
{
Logger.Debug("TestEventNotify: EVENTS NOTIFIED: eventType= " + eventType.ToString());
Logger.Debug("TestEventNotify: EVENTS NOTIFIED: eventText= '" + eventText.ToString() +"'");
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Logger.Error(ex.Message);
Logger.Error(ex.ToString());
}
}
}
}
As I understand it the menu in the top left corner of the screen is normally accessed using the left arrow or up arrow keys on a remote. This does not appear to work for the Recordings screen. Please let me know if there is a way to access this menu with an MCE Remote. If there is not it would be much appreciated if you could add a way to access this from an MCE remote.
It would be useful if this was possible using a standard MCE remote without having to load a remapping utility such as HIP.
This morning I discovered that three shows which werein fact recorded were still shown as pending by NPVR - in one case nearly two days later
The Nrecord log shows recordings starting and stopping correctly, but the NPVR log has overflowed three times and isn't much use, I think. I tried to stop everything so as to be able to zip the logs, but the system could not stop the recording service - it said - although the log - I think - shows it did stop. Logs are attached. I had to zip a copy of the Nrecord log because the system thought it was still in use. If you restart to clear the lock, the logs all roll over and I would lose the .3 log
Adter a restart everything looks normal, shows show up in the data base etc
I thought for a while that this was due to status page,and started a thread about it last week, but it seems as though it isn't
I suppose you need a decent NPVR log, but it overflows so fast it is hard to get a good one. Can I change the config in some way so that the logging is less verbose, and there is more of a chance of seeing what happens to NPVR???
Yesterday I installed another TechnoTrend CT-3650CT USB tuner on my system. NPVR recognized it. Unfortunately now none of the tuners work now. It looks like NPVR does not distinguish them completely since it does not create separate MDplugin directories for each tuner. Both tuners work simultaneously in MediaPortal. Log file is attached.
Startup of LiveTV seems much slower than on PVRX2. Is this normal, or is there something that be can tweaked to speed this up? Might help improve the WAF
