I’ve been lurking around here for a while, reading everyone's tips, and I finally spent my weekend getting my NextPVR server exactly where I want it. I'm just a bit excited and felt like sharing the win!
I was struggling for ages with weird stuttering on my recordings. I thought it was my old PC acting up, but it turns out it was just my home network being messy. I moved the server under the stairs, plugged everything directly into a cheap unmanaged switch instead of using the built-in ports on my ISP router, and wow... what a difference.
The web interface is snappy, the recordings are clean, and my wife is finally happy that the TV actually works when she wants to watch her shows. It’s not a high-end rack build like some of yours, just an old Dell Optiplex and a couple of tuners, but it's doing the job perfectly.
Next step for me is to figure out a better way to organize my library (the metadata is a bit of a mess right now), but for today, I'm just going to enjoy some glitch-free TV.
Big thanks to everyone who posts guides here, they really helped a lot!
Cheers.
Chúc mừng!
Hello,
In the course of computer repair, that resulted in no recognition of the "ViXS PureTV-U 48B0 (NTSC/ATSC Combo)" I got a bricked card. In the following channel scaning process, I recall some selection somewhere that limited range of ATSC channels to where it limited channels to channel two. I'm fearful that this information is stored resident on the Vixs card and not some external method via NPVR. I'm hopeful my logs can be examined for clues. But, I did a complete uninstall and reload of the latest issue and the logs may not help.
I've had a working RPi 5 setup using Kodi, LEC, Schedules Direct and NextPVR for 2 years until my microSD card died and took the established system down with it. Put a NVMe hat on it and got the system up and rebuilt from scratch. I have access to the OTA TV as before to watch and record. I'm using a separate laptop to get into the RPi with IP address:8866 to do the settings. The problem is with the EPG.
I can get the DVB/ATSC listings but not with my Schedules Direct. Whenever I try to AutoMap (first with none and then) with Schedules Direct there is no change with anything on the screen. And the EPG stays as none.
I've looked at selecting them manually and none of my channels match in the manual selections. I can pick one and it will change to that selection, but obviously won't pull up those listing because I don't have access to them. For instance: CBS2HD is in my channels all I can find are CBS News from different cities.
I've read guides and info on this site and in this forum for someone with similar problems with no joy. I didn't have any real difficulty setting it up two years ago and confused why it's so difficult this time. I logged a ticket with Schedules Direct and my account isn't locked out and is available if I can sort out the issue here.
I hope it is a switch somewhere that I'm not looking. I appreciate any advice.
Hi I have installed Kodi and next pvr on enigma2 receiver. Unfortunately when entering Kodi is limited to 720p only and auto refresh is not working. I have tried various setting in my open atv 7.6 video settings and Kodi and nothing helps still 720p only while channels are 1080 and 2060p. Thanks.
Because of the issues on the new server I returned to the old one until I have more time to deal with it. But now it isn't downloading SD either. It looks like I'm just getting DVB/ATSC EPG data.The log is for the old server.
Hi all,
after a frequency change by vodaphone I cannot find e.g. Das Erste.
My setup: libreelec with kodi (21.3), fritzbox 6490 with 4 cable tuners.
My fritzbox finds all channels but NextPVR does not, before of this frequency change it found all.
I've tested in Scan SAT>IP Channels different possibilities, normally use Germany / Full Cable Spectrum.
I saw no channel with 386MHz, but there it should be.
After running fine for several years on the same system, my nextPVR server crashed and is now refusing to start. systemctl status is reporting:
Code:
● nextpvr-server.service - NextPVRServer
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/nextpvr-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: signal) since Thu 2026-02-26 18:52:38 PST; 13min ago
Process: 3063 ExecStart=/opt/nextpvr/shell/server.sh start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 3104 (code=killed, signal=ABRT)
Feb 26 18:52:28 dlserver systemd[1]: Started NextPVRServer.
Feb 26 18:52:38 dlserver server.sh[3104]: Unhandled exception. System.FormatException: The format of value '' is invalid.
Feb 26 18:52:38 dlserver server.sh[3104]: at System.Net.Http.Headers.HttpHeaderParser.ParseValue(String value, Object storeValue, Int32& index)
Feb 26 18:52:38 dlserver server.sh[3104]: at System.Net.Http.Headers.HttpHeaders.ParseAndAddValue(HeaderDescriptor descriptor, HeaderStoreItemInfo info, String value)
Feb 26 18:52:38 dlserver server.sh[3104]: at System.Net.Http.Headers.HttpHeaders.Add(HeaderDescriptor descriptor, String value)
Feb 26 18:52:38 dlserver server.sh[3104]: at NShared.M3U8Downloader..ctor(String url, ITSWriter target)
Feb 26 18:52:38 dlserver server.sh[3104]: at NShared.IPTVRecorder.StartStream(ChannelMapping channelMapping, String target, String& reason)
Feb 26 18:52:38 dlserver server.sh[3104]: at NShared.RecordingService.WorkerThread()
Feb 26 18:52:38 dlserver systemd[1]: nextpvr-server.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=6/ABRT
Feb 26 18:52:38 dlserver systemd[1]: nextpvr-server.service: Failed with result 'signal'.
Anyone able to interpret the stack? Is there something up with one of my config files?
