When I run the scan for channels in the setup for my capture device, the results claim that only encrypted channels are found. I know that there are clear qam channels there, because I can tune and watch them using Windows Media Center, although it was a complicated process to get it working in Media Center.

I am using a Pinnacle PCTV 80e USB stick connected to Verizon FIOS, on a pc running Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit. I am using the latest beta version of NPVR. My NPVR.log is attached.

I tried me first steps with NPVR and I'm very happy that channel scan now works for my card (crashed some times but then it works )

But I can't find any function to import my XML EPG file.

I use a gremany EGP provider (TV Movie) and crate a EPG file with TVM2XML.
Than I import it with "C:\Programme\Devnz\GBPVR\PVRX2.exe -OnlyUpdateEPG"

In GBPVR was a function to import this file, but now I cant't find this function in NPVR :confused:

The title says it all really. Is there a simple, command line option or any other way to do this without going into the Config app?

The reason I'm asking is that my wife has a netbook that she takes away with her when she goes way on business. I often copy a load of programs to it so she can watch them while away. As she likes the GBPVR interface I've configued it as a server but without any TV cards.

When she is at home she connects the netbook to the TV in the bedroom and uses it as a client to the main TV server in the house.

Thanks

Did a scan last week on nPVR and found a few SBS channels. Would like to add those to my regular GBPVR setup via dvbtoxml.

Any idea what lines I'd need to add?

Ta

I cannot get nPVR to play 5.1 audio (AC3) from HDTV recordings (USA). On .dvr-ms files that were recorded in GBPVR, I get 2 channel output from nPVR that lacks any dialog (as if I'm getting only L and R channels from 5.1 and lacking the other 3.1 channels). These files play fine through GBPVR (all 5.1 channels). On files recorded in nPVR (using .ts), I get all sound (i.e., includes dialog), but only 2 channel output (i.e., sound seems to be "down-mixed" to 2.1). If I play the .ts files recorded in nPVR with GBPVR I have no audio at all (but I have never tried using GBPVR with .ts files, so I do not know that the decoder choice is the best).

I think I have set up the decoders for nPVR up the same way I set up GBPVR, so I'm not sure why I can't at least play the .dvr-ms files in nPVR. I've attached screen shots of the decoder properties of both programs. Can anyone see what I'm doing wrong? Anyone have a suggestion for decoders that work well for AC3 audio from HDTV with .ts files? I also have AC3filter, HWC AC3 Audio Decoder, HWC Layer II audio decoder, and CyberLink Audio Decoder available in addition to ffdshow. All of these work and produce 5.1 audio in GBPVR, none of them seem to work in nPVR (all have same behavior...lacking any dialog channel).

Is there any easy way of finding out (outside of GBPVR) the path / filename of the file that GBPVR is currently recording to?

Brian

is there something equivelent in NPVR to

PluginHelperFactory.getPluginHelper().ForceRepaint();

?

I have a function for displaying info as

private void setText(String Text)
{
if (!activated) return;
if (TextMessage == Text) return;

TextMessage = Text;
Hashtable args = new Hashtable();
args.Add("@message", TextMessage);
TextUiStatic.Args = args;
ForceUpdate = true;
}

( I think the syntax was a little different in GB-PVR)

so I can go in my plugin (in some function)

setText("Fetching info, please wait...");

// call retrieve function, whatever that may be. this might take several seconds

setText("Got it. I'm back");

In GB-PVR, it works as expected. In NPVR, the first message is never displayed.

I tried using the class variable ForceUpdate

then in NeedsRendering I go

public override bool NeedsRendering()
{
if (ForceRender == true) {
ForceRender = false;
return true;
}
...

but it still doesn't work.
thanks

sub,

I'd added the "Exit" option to the System plugin - it used Application.Exit()

Then when you posted the AeonLike main menu example, I noticed its exit functionality called EventBus.GetInstance().Notify("EXIT")

I was just wondering if you had a list of events that nPVR will respond to. I'm not looking for anything in particular, but thought it might be handy for us all to know (and might even spark ideas for future functionality for plugins).

Thanks

Iain

Damn! - Just as I prepare to get npvr running on the main machine live, I find my EPG data has gone

After much searching I found this on one of the unixy pvr mailing lists.

Quote:After yesterday's addition of over 100 new channels to the XMLTV
service, the listings generated were empty files. This has been
rectified in today's update, so listings should be working again
normally. The main beneficiaries of the new channels would seem to be
Freesat and Sky Digital users.

I have just committed an update to channel_ids which makes the new
channels available to tv_grab_uk_rt. Updates to the regional channels
and platforms mappings will follow over the next few days - this means
the new channels must be added manually to the grabber configuration
in the meantime if you want to use them.

A cursory glance over the data this morning and noticing a significant
increase in the number of scheduled recordings leads me to believe
that fairly significant changes have been made to many programme
descriptions, which may break duplicate detection in applications such
as MythTV. If you see a lot of programmes flagged to record in MythTV
which have been recorded previously and marked as duplicates, mark
them as "Never Record".

Additionally, many more programmes now have series/episode numbering
provided. The processing routines in the grabber handle most of these
but will need some tweaking to handle new formats seen today.

Hi there - is there a way for me to manually edit the moviewiz database? I am moving my movie folders from a local drive on my PVR to a network drive and would prefer not to re-import all the entries again. I had a search on the forum though couldn't find an answer...

Thanks,

AB