Hi.  with the hockey play off season just weeks away... it would be good to find out how to activate Picture in Picture to watch more than one channel at a time.  Is this something I have to do from the config.xml for v5?  I dont see any selections for it at the top of the popup window in the client.  I tried to run multiple browser windows thinking that might be the way but did not work.  The first window stops working.

Appreciate tips. Thank you.

Edward

Had trouble with the guide not working so I deleted and loaded Version 5.0.7 (200726). All works ok on the PC based NextPVR but I cannot get past the login as it will not accept my old details on the web base system. Can anyone help please?

I'm having a weird problem with literally a single program.
I'm trying to record "Love Nature: Nature's Strangest Mysteries Solved" and no matter what the timeslot I more or less immediately get "The response ended prematurely".

I am able to record on other channels and on the same channel with no problems, including a similarly named show "Love Nature: How Do Animals Do That". I'm using the current version installed on Mint 20.1. I have tried purging and reloading the EPG, thinking it might have become corrupted but still the same

There's a similar thread here: https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=60343 but they are running it on a Raspberry Pi where I am running it on a bog-standard 64bit PC. Tv tuner is a Hauppauge PCI card recording dvb-t.

Any help appreciated, thanks

Attached Files

  logs-20210501-0833.zip (Size: 151.65 KB / Downloads: 5)

Hello all!

I'm going to cut the cord from Spectrum by going to Fios (internet only) and setting up an IPTV streaming account. 

We are NOT power users. The 1TB tivo has been fine for us.

I'm using my Apple TV 4k, an IPTV app and NextPVR app. The Apple TV will be attached to a secondary router to isolate VPN from our main router. (It's the only way to use VPN with Apple TV)

I have been searching ALL over to understand what kind of external drive to use in this set up. A friend said I do NOT need a NAS drive, which would be redundant with the apps.

So should I get a 2TB regular external drive and USB it to the secondary router? I assume an SSD is preferable, yes? Or do I need to do something else?

Many thanks in advance!

What are the steps to enable IPTV VOD?

So far all I've been able to find information about, and try, is to:  Change <sendVOD> to "true" in "C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\config.xml" and restart my computer.

Is there more to it than that?

Have a couple of new channels I wish to add in via an STB connected to Hauppauge Colossus.
I have changed all the channel numbers to custom numbering, and use xmltv file as source.

How can I add two channels, without changing my working configuration?

ie. The existing channel lineup for the Colossus device, has modified channel numbering, that is different to the default channel numbering in my xmltv source file.
(the xmltv files uses the channel ID's from the epg grabber 'EPG Collector')

NextPVR 5 does not let me export my channel configuration, and seems to obtain it's channel id's from importing them in from the XMLTV source.
So, for me to import the new channels into my configuration, I would have to reconfigure all channels again, and then remap them?.

Can I add two STB channels without doing all the above?
I am guessing I need to edit my xmltv source file with my custom channel assignments?.

I think this is one feature I miss from NextPVR 4. (being able to export and import custom channel lineups)

If I am missing something, would appreciate any tips or shortcuts to achieving the above, without major reconfiguration.

{Deleted the first post of the old thread due to login info in logs. Caused deletion of thread.}

So I was trying to update my channel list. 
It was imported via XCode. Obviously the "Update m3u" button didn't work as I've now been informed it won't. 
So out of fear of losing my schedules direct channel mappings, I disabled the Xcode device rather than delete it (in case I was forced to go back).
I added a new IPTV Device using the m3u (same provider).
The channel mappings did survive along with a couple custom groups I had made (Seemed everything had worked perfectly).
Then looking at the channel count (green text) on the device list it started to drop.  Looking at the list of channels they were disappearing.
Like a countdown... it dropped all the way down to zero.  Now the device just looks like a blank IPTV device.

I need you help diagnosing my problem.

I have a backend V5 nextPVR server running under Windows 10 and a Kodi Leah client with the nextPVR addon running on a Raspberry Pi 4. The V5 backend server's Live TV buffer is set for 120 minutes and the TimeShift mode is set to TimeBased.

Whenever I start streaming a channel, the ability to time shift is only active for the first 35 - 40 minutes. After that time, Time Shifting is disabled. On one occasion, I had time shifted back a good ten minutes but when the 35-40 minutes of active time expired, time shifting became disabled and I was unable to go back to real time. Once I changed the channel, the clock for the availability of time shifting was reset and was again available.

In the for what it's worth department, I get similar behavior when I run the V4 nextPVR server on the same backend computer with the same RPi4 client  running Kodi Leah.

I am attaching logs (logs-20210429-1439.zip) from the V5 backend server and the log (kodi (2).zip) from my RPi4 Kodi client for you inspection.

My goal is to get Kodi Leah and V5 backend working better than my current system that utilizes the V4 backend server and Kodi Krypton client. So far, except for time shifting accuracy, the older system has been more reliable than the new one.

Please let me know if you need any additional information.

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  kodi (2).zip (Size: 181.85 KB / Downloads: 1)

Hi,

I have installed NextPVR on my qnap in a container, it works, I can interact with the admin.

I setup an IPTV source (m3u and xmltv) and it loads fine.

I can even record from the admin.

I then installed Kodi NextPVR addon (Matrix).

I can now watch these channels within kodi.

But, in kodi, the record button is grayed out.

Are there other settings/adjustments to make to be able to set recordings from within Kodi itself?

I could gather logs, but there is no real functionality issue, it is just that the record option doesn't appear to be available.

Thanks!

I assumed that if I changed the 'Recording Group' in Kodi to match the names of my recording directories (Movies or TV), then it would actually change the recording to be in that directory.  It doesn't.  Is there a way to record into a specific configured directory from Kodi?