Hi

Thank you for all the hard work you have put into making this great program multiple platform!

I recently installed npvr 5 on a fresh install of ubuntu server 18.04.  Everything works beautifully except for channel 10.1-10.5.  Linux recognizes the channels via the tuners and NPVR 5 recognizes the channels in the setup and guides. My problem is that when I try to play back the channel it does not work and a transcoder failure (all other channels work).  The logs appear to indicate that it is waiting for data but it is not delivered.  Is there a way to change the radio frequency or channel or the way it communicates with the tuner?

If there are other logs, please let me know where they reside so I can retrieve them and post.

thanks in advance!

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Basically most recordings fail after a few minutes for me currently (I can't remember if I actually received a full recording yet since I have been messing with Emby and Jellyfin too).

My testing over the past few days though has been entirely NextPVR though and at least 4 recordings failed, but NextPVR shows as "recording" even when the recording has stopped (network traffic ceases).

I understand there are a million reasons why the stream could be stalled etc... but it would be great if NextPVR continued to try and restart the recording.

VLC is able to play the stream directly so it isn't that the stream is no longer available, but that for some reason NextPVR had an issue and then just gave up. e.g. a program set to record from 1:00pm to 2:00pm fails at, say, 1:15 but playing with VLC at 1:20pm is fine.

I don't know yet if Emby and Jellyfin have the same issue yet (I think yes to some degree since that is why I switched to NextPVR in the first place) but I don't know if it is to the same degree as I am currently seeing with NextPVR.

Basically, it would be nice if NextPVR keeps trying to record the stream during the programmed period when it fails for whatever reason. My preference would be to merge the recorded fragments into a single file if possible so that only one file gets created but understand that that might cause (other) playback issues.

Regards,
Steve

Does nextpvr.exe buffer its logs?

If "yes" ... does nexpvr.exe flush its logs when logs are zipped in the NextPVR Web App?

I just tried to watch Chicago Fire at 9:33pm, and knewc/NextPVR went sort of wonky. It didn't ever start actually playing. And I'm pretty sure that knewc actually died (or maybe just went into the background) and I was back at the Kodi menu. Then I tried (multiple times) to restart knewc, but it just kept timing out.

You can logs (kodi is in there too) here: https://bowmantech-my.sharepoint.com/:u:...Q?e=deYamh

Searched Wiki and Forum and there were no matches for Network Icons. I have 2 sets of icons: .jpeg and .npg. Which should I use and where should I put it?

I'm trying to keep my laptop in sleep mode overnight, and I've noticed that nextPVRServer.exe (amongst other services) is waking it up.  Is there anyway of running this service during the day?

Hi Sub.

Anytime I am watching live tv in the client and I click settings and then devices and channels... within a few seconds the client stops and pops up the attached message... The tuner you are using was required for a recording.....

But nothing is being recorded or watched in the browser.... sounds like either an incorrect message or a bug.

Just thought I would pass it on for the fix list.

Edward

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I had a failed recording last night, and while looking at the logs I noticed that the OnResume happened a few minutes after the scheduled time. Full logs are attached, but here are some relevant snippets:

Quote:2021-01-04 12:37:00.398 [DEBUG][9] Loading recording schedule
2021-01-04 12:37:00.402 [DEBUG][9] [The Late Show With Stephen Colbert] at 1/4/2021 11:35 PM
2021-01-04 12:37:00.402 [DEBUG][9] Requesting wake up for 'RecordingOID889' [The Late Show With Stephen Colbert] at 1/4/2021 11:31 PM


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2021-01-04 17:31:03.458 [DEBUG][95] stopping device process
2021-01-04 23:34:27.882 [DEBUG][9] DefaultDirectoryChoice: first
2021-01-04 23:34:27.884 [DEBUG][9] Preferred filename is 'The.Late.Show.With.Stephen.Colbert.S06E59.Stacey.Abrams;.RuPaul.Charles;.Maren.Morris'
2021-01-04 23:34:28.345 [DEBUG][84] [Resume]
2021-01-04 23:34:28.345 [DEBUG][84] OnResume...

Quote:2021-01-04 23:34:46.003 [DEBUG][9] Unexpected error in GetTargetName: System.IO.DirectoryNotFoundException: Could not find a part of the path 'D:\Recorded TV\The Late Show With Stephen Colbert\Season 06\'.

  at System.IO.FileSystem.CreateDirectory(String fullPath, Byte[] securityDescriptor)
  at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(String path)
  at NShared.RecordingService.GetTargetName(ScheduledRecording scheduledRecording)
  at NShared.RecordingService.WorkerThread()

Hi Guys,
I've been using TVHEADEND on Ubuntu 20.10 connected to a separate Kodi client also on Ubuntu 20.10.  When first done for 20.04, this were quite nice, but since updating to 20.10 the streaming video had some issues that I cant crack.  So I thought I'd try NextPVR...
I installed with the helper ".deb" and things install, the web page works, it finds my tuners (a few Hauppage cards) and even get the EPG.  But it wont play a video or record with the error suggesting it doesnt have access to the correct folders.  I've seen this type of issue before on ubuntu, they are more strict than many linux systems.  Can someone help this newbie get the folder permissions correct...

How do identify which user is running the nextpvr?

Thanks
C

Hi.  here is my suggestion.  Based on using the hardware tuners I have bought in the past or watching channels directly on a ASTC television.. I perceive that they are grabbing the epg data OTA while you are watching a channel.  They dont require me to run an update program.

Some cheapies show you only the current show, most show you at least the next show for a channel or a little more.  They also have all the data in hand for channels in a group like 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 if you are watching one of these channels.  I suppose this comes about because you have watched anyone of the channels in the group for a minimum required data cycle.

Depending on how much you paid for the tuner or tv some even save the epg data from the channel you were watching and add it to a database of epg that have been collected from channels you surfed past... provided you lingered long enough for the data stream to come in.  Thus over a period of say an hour and you flicking channels and pausing the dvb epg gets built up.  This is challenging to kluge into a standalone hardware device and drives the price up.  Npvr already has generous computing and storage resources to work with as it runs on a PC.

A scheme like this for npvr would be helpful as it would mitigate the perceived need for multiple TOTAL epg updates per day.  Generally one has a few favourite channels and wants to watch and record shows from these channels in the next few hours after looking at the tv guide.   The hubub about total updates for all channels for weeks or months has more to do with a special niche of users and with our greed for data and not so much our need for all this data as offered by paid service providers.   So grabbing data from astc ota and updating a channel while it is being watched is a pretty good way to take advantage of free OTA epg.  I would propose that NPVR invest some time looking into how this can be done on the fly as this this data is being refreshed continuously by the broadcasters and is free.

Ota epg has improved immensly in North America from the early days of ASTC.  From what I see all the major american networks are supplying a minimum of 9.5 hours of data through their affiliates, some at least 22 hours regularly.  Canadian networks 2 to 3.5 days of data.