I noticed an anomaly when I'm importing m3u files ?  The initial first m3u file loads fine and channel.number = channel_mapping.channel_source_number where channel.oid = channel_mapping.channel_source_oid.   But any subsequent m3u file I import ends up with the new channels having channel_source_number being 1 more than it should be.  For example if the 2nd file started channel numbering at 300, then the first new row added would have channel.number = 300 but the matching channel_source_oid in channel_mapping would have channel_source_number = 301 and that pattern continues for all the newly added rows in the 2nd m3u file.

I presume NextPVR joins using the oid's so maybe this issue was never noticed before.  I noticed because I have some scripts that I use for reassigning tuning and epg columns and find it convenient to be able to query channel_mapping by channel_source_number.   I thought I was doing something wrong until I noticed that the channel numbers weren't aligning properly on the newly added rows.  So every time I import another m3u file, I end up running a script to correct the channel matching between channel & channel_mapping tables.

Both tables always have the same number of rows and as mentioined, the very first file always loads correctly.  Its the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc files that seem to hit this issue.

I get that in a purely "normalized" database, channel_source_number wouldn't even be there and that its likely there just for convenience, but in order to take advantage of this convenience, I need to correct it after each new m3u load.

When I turned on my Sony android TV last night, I noticed that it had automatically downloaded and installed Kodi 19.5.  Yet, when going to the kodi website, there is no mention of that version for any platform.  Say what?   Does anyone have any insight as to what is going on?

Hi. I am an OLD guy, I was a CTO 20 years ago - so - I really appreciate the work that has gone into this NextPVR. It took me a few days to get from V4 to V5, but I got there. Runs great - finally. 

BUT  . . . I do have a minor problem. I see that in the web version settings, there appears to be an option to do an auto transcode of the resulting .ts file into .mp4. The resulting file is big, but it cannot be played. There seems to be something missing in the result.

I set preferred streaming profile to default.
Video encoder to CPU. 
Recording Auto Transcode - set to 1080p (.mp4)

When the recording ends, the browser runs quite a long time, and a large .mp4 file results. Smaller than the .ts file. BUT it will not play. I deleted all the results, realize now I should have kept one and looked at attributes. I'll make another one and come back in a bit.

Thanks. Amazing amount of work went into this thing.

As you know I/we got the art showing in NextPVR, but I'm having an issue getting it to show in the Kodi Client. I might have a setting wrong, but I was able to display the art properly in the past.

Do I have a client setting wrong or did the missing art size is SD affect anything? (I've also tried it with remote access setting enabled, i didnt see much info on these settings)


The art used to show here as well as other places in GUI:

So I’ve got a 2021 Apple TV 4K and I’m looking for a new 4K tv to take advantage of Dolby Vision. Since I’ll be using the Apple TV for smart tv features the TV-OS that comes with the tv is not important to me. With that in mind does anyone have any recommendations on some TV’s that provide the best picture quality for the money? For instance if hypothetically a Vizio tv has a worse stock OS but invests in better panels or has better colours than Sony or Samsung I would take the Vizio. I also plan on buying a decent Dolby atmos sound system so the stock tv speakers are not a major factor either.
I’ll be putting it in a room that can get pretty bright during the day so I’m not married to OLED if it can't get bright enough, but if it provides the best picture overall I would go for it.
Budget is not an issue, I'm just looking for the straight up best picture quality and colors for the money without caring about the sound or os features. Any recommendations would be appreciated!

Hello,
I have the NextPVR add on channel for Roku running.
I have 2 Roku devices on one server, and 2 on another at a different house
I recently got a license for NextPVR via donation.  I edited the config.xml  file and restarted my Roku Devices.  One started working and the other reverted to demo mode.  I am attaching the log files.  Any help would be appreciated.

Attached Files

  NextPVR.zip (Size: 1.02 MB / Downloads: 3)

Hi there.
I use daily NextPVR to record series by using Man-Rec and use its options to record a period of time of a specific channel (like 17:30-22:00). The show I want is in this period of time and airs one episode after another. The name of the episodes are like "something s2 e15". I wamt to have NextPVR to automatically record "something", ignoring the "S2 E15" part.
The good thing about Man-Rec is that I can record a period of time and catch some other tv shows. The bad things are that I need to search for the parts not needed to cut them out, save and rename the parts I need, etc. I usually have to use Avidemux to load the massive TS file, it scans the file, oddly I have to save everything first into mkv, then I have to close/open Avidemux, load this mkv, it scans the mkv, then I can accurately select the area I want and save it, and repeat same selection/save.
So my question is: Can I tell NextPVR to record automatically "something" ignoring "s2 e15" no matter when this "something" airs?
Since I am here, can I custom the colour of the selection items within Desktop App? I find annoying to look at a bright selection with dark text, and the background being dark blue. For example, I want to click Recordings and the items from the list to be presented in a brightish dark blue with light text.
Thanks.

I should be most grateful if somebody could tell me the frequency and SID of BBC4 HD (channel 107) transmitted from the Oxford transmitter.

I have tried scanning many times but it is not detailed on the list, all the other HD channels are detected.

Broadcsting starts at 7PM when it switches over from CBBC HD which is detected.

Thanks

Maurice

I am trying to setup my remote to allow direct access to the new Scheduler, What's New and Recordings screens.  I have two 45 key Hauppague remotes.  On the Windows server, I was able to assign the F8, F9 and F10 to keystrokes to the Radio, Pictures and Music buttons, respectively.  I am trying to get the same functionality on the Client UI under Kodi on the other TV.  I looked at my Hauppague file under Configfiles/rc_keymaps, my Lircmap.xml file under Userdata and my remote.xml under Userdata/keymaps.  I had originally set this up a while ago, so I am a little rusty on this.  After playing with it a bit, I realized I needed to change the remote.xml file.
So, I changed the following lines from:

Are the settings for Skip forward and back set only by the client app?
I'm using the NextPVR client on Kodi (on a raspberrypi and windows 10). The skip settings are 10, 30, 1min etc.
Is there a way to fine tune these? I'd like to be able to set the forward skip to a number between 10 and 30 seconds and I'm not sure where I can make that adjustment. 

I like to use DVRs/PVRs to shorten the time it takes to watch a football game. In addition to skipping commercials and halftime, I skip the dead time between plays. As soon as a play ends, I hit skip and they're all getting lined up for the next play. A 30 second skip is usually fine but some teams use a hurry-up offence and they're lined up and ready to go in 10 to 15 seconds. A 30 second skip is too much for those situations. In WMC, there was a registry setting for the skip length. I'm looking for something like that for NextPVR.

 
Also, in my setup, there are brief audio dropouts after a skip. The audio is fine for about 2 seconds after a skip but then drops out for about 250ms before coming back. It's just an inconvenience. I can live with it. It's not like a loud click or pop or some other annoying thing but it would be nice to get rid of it. Maybe it's just my setup.