My setup of NextPVR 5 under Debian 10 worked quite fine: I could successfully create a device, scan the channels from the SAT>IP source (4 DVB-C tuner implemented in a FRITZ!Box 6490 Cable Router) and could even retrieve the EPG data from the DVB-C stream. But when I try to playback a stream (tried with transcoder streaming profiles default and 720p), I only see the status "Starting Device. Please Wait..." and nothing appears.
This does not to be an issue of the Cable Router, as I can perfectly access the rtsp streams in VLC by downloading an m3u file from the Cable Router and having a direct connection to the Cable Router, without using NextPVR. So when I access the rtsp stream directly, the stream plays back, and when I open the same stream via NextPVR, I can only retrieve EPG data, but no stream for playback.
Therefore, I consulted the log file. After some initial tasks, NextPVR repeats the following steps many, many times before finally giving up. The following log information shows the portion that is repeated all the time while I see "Starting Device. Please Wait..." on the screen:
Unfortunately, my knowledge about NextPVR is not sufficient to identify any failure from the above log information. Similarly, I can also not identify an issue from the log information that preceeds the above repeated information once I click on a particular channel for playback and which is attached to this post in the file nrecord.log.
So I wonder what I could do to identify the source of the problem. I also tried to avoid a transcoding at all, but I do not know as how to enforce/achieve this.
I left the default settings in the transcoding sections at first, with the default streaming profile (which gives the same result) and then (as shown above in the log information) with the 720p streaming profile. According to the default settings in the transcoding settings, transcoding is to be avoided.
I've just posted the new NextPVR v5.1.2.210603 release. This is the same as the v5.1.2.210601 release from a couple of days ago, but fixes a bug causing live streams to be slow to start, and stop after a 7 minutes or so.
Quote:Fixed issue which could cause live streams to be slow to start, and to stop after 7 minutes or so.
Added support for VOD for IPTV users. This is accessible via the new VOD menu option in the web app. On the VOD page you can either click an item to watch it, or click download and it'll download it as a recording.
Added support for VOD Extras, for extendable on-demand content from elsewhere
Minor skin improvement to make horizontal menu look better with Direct2D rendering.
Updated versions .net core and dependencies
Minor improvements to date display in search page
Minor improvements to the Settings->Channels page, and group management
Fixed issue with editing existing manual recording in web app
Fixed issue with 'resume' in web app opening a new browser window/tab
QAM channel scan now defaults epg source to 'none', and no longer prompts for EPG update when scanning QAM channels
Fixed bug with QAM channels creating a unique group for every channel
Improvements to CORS support in the web server
Fixed issue with NScriptHelper -rename
Added method=channel.xmltv api for getting listings from NextPVR
Added directoryID to recordings returned from API
Added support different DVB scan file directory on Linux using NEXTPVR_DVBDIR environment variable
Fixed issue with overriding User-Agent on IPTV services that use redirects
Added the ability to force treating a xmltv url as gzipped, by adding &contentType=application%2Fgzip to the url
Improved logging on digital tuners
Fixed a couple of bugs with SAT>IP support
Fixed issue with auto transcode feature
Fixed issue with web server stream seeking behavor
Added new config setting <ScheduleWakeups>, that can be set to 'false' to disable any OS wake up requests
Fixed issue with RollingFile logging, which could cause a scary error message in the log, even though nothing was wrong
Fixed issue with device priority
Fixed issue with channel names that had trailing spaces in channel metadata
Added verbose logging around looking for missing files, to help diagnose issues
Minor tweaks to tuning strings used for DVB-S2 with SAT>IP
Added system.remove.missing api, which can be used from NScriptHelper, to trigger the application to remove missing recordings from the database (when files no longer exist on disk)
Fixed issue with running NScriptHelper on some platforms
Added vod.delete and vod.update.extras api
I struggle with Kodi quite a bit lol. I always have. I just am not a huge fan of the setup. However, I really really like the NextPVR integration within Kodi so I'm giving it a try. I have a Shield TV 2019 Pro and thought that it would be able to handle the Hardware Acceleration. For some reason if this is turned on the NextPVR feed becomes almost unusable. I would think the Shield could handle HW better than SW or am I wrong. What are ultimately the best settings, within Kodi, to have to get the best possible stream from NextPVR, which is loaded on a Rasp. Pi4, btw.
I'm testing on a Roku Streaming Stick 3600X Roku Software version 10.0.0 build 4195-24 NextPVR UI Version 1.11 build 10
I already know that this Roku model cannot decode AC3. I don't know about its video format support situation, but I was able to play a NextPVR TV recording (without audio, of course, as I'm not hooked up to a digital audio decoding receiver).
However, when I go to Live TV, I get:
Starting Device. Please Wait... Receiving Data ([various increasing numbers]) Streaming Failed (transcoder exited) -2 The connection timed out.
I know the problem isn't my NextPVR server, as NextPVR Live TV playback is working just fine on my Fire TV Stick 4K within the NextPVR Kodi add-on.
I have been trying with no luck to get nextpvr to be able to access a usb hardrive to store recordings on.
I am a complete noob when it comes to linux.
Hoping someone could tell me exactly how i do this?
Just to note it is debian on a raspberry pi, and have tried some guides that get you to mount the drive, but just get told it is already mounted.
Hi, I just updated 5.1.1.210601 and found a problem.
I use nextpvr with emby and when I try to watch live TV every 5 to 10 minutes, it stops.
I have to go back and start the channel again, but it happened again and again ...
Maybe I'm missing something ...
I had no problem with the previous version at all.
PS: Can I downgrade to nextpvr to an older version?
BR
I have updated the Pluto TV Extra with VOD support for NextPVR 5.1.2. The new VOD feature in NextPVR 5.12. allows you to watch VOD live in the web app but you can also download VOD as recording for later viewing in other NextPVR clients.
