Hello, I am switching my NPVR server from a decade + old PC (i5 processor, Windows 10) to a Raspberry Pi 3B+ (stripped down current Raspberry Pi OS - Bookworm, I think). I am continuing to use an HDHR dual tuner, and I am recording OTA programs, a mixture of HD and SD shows. I've only recorded a few shows on the RPi so far (shoulda read the instructions more closely about disk access by the nextpvr user, too way to long to figure out why access to the mounted NAS drive was denied) so I don't have a great comparison of how these recordings look compared to the ones off of the PC (I'm viewing the RPi recordings using Kodi on a new Mac Mini, on an old Dell monitor, compared to a large LG TV for the PC).
My question is, should I expect the quality of the recordings on the RPi to be equal to the recordings on the PC, especially when two shows are being recorded at the same time? The RPi currently is booting with the user interface (I've deleted just about everything extraneous from it, and once everything is running smoothly I'll switch it to booting to the command line interface to save resources).
When using the 'import using M3U' function for an IPTV provider, I immediately get an http 401 unauthorized error. When I try that same m3u url in the browser, if I set a generic User-Agent http header value of VLC, it works.
What User-Agent value is being sent by nextpvr when doing 'import using M3U' and can it be customized?
Also, when using the 'import using m3u' function, how many requests is nextpvr making at that time to the url? Is it just one or does it attempt to make multiple requests within a second for that function?
I'm running nextpvr Version: 7.0.3.250920 on ubuntu
Just noticed that on the client side on Roku the current time and guide times are off (+5 hours). However in KODI and webui they are the correct current time. I checked my Roku and Hisense tv and time settings are correct which is EST. I suspect it is getting its epg time from the NextPVR server and not client device? Server time is set to EST as well, plus when logging in to use webui, it displays correct times.
Running on Windows 11, latest version, other recordings have been fine.
Love the app - had an issue with a scheduled recording - see log below. Seemed the "name" contained a tab \t and it caused an issue.
Quote: "reason": "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. : 'C:\\Users\\Public\\NPVR-recordings\\Premier League\tLIVE\\Premier League\tLIVE_20250929_01000330.ts'",
Would be great to either have the option to edit the name/filename in webUI of the recording or for these types of characters to be removed before attempting to record.
Extract from the log:
Code:
"recordings": [
{
"id": 859,
"name": "Premier League\tLIVE",
"desc": "On Super Sunday, Newcastle host Arsenal at St James' Park in the Premier League.",
"subtitle": "",
"group": "Premier League\tLIVE",
"startTime": 1759071600,
"duration": 9000,
"firstrun": true,
"epgEventId": 2026293,
"status": "failed",
"size": 0,
"quality": "QUALITY_DEFAULT",
"channel": "SKY SPORTS MAIN EVENTS \u2074\u1D4F",
"channelId": 35702,
"blue": false,
"green": false,
"yellow": false,
"red": false,
"prePadding": 0,
"postPadding": 0,
"reason": "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect. : 'C:\\Users\\Public\\NPVR-recordings\\Premier League\tLIVE\\Premier League\tLIVE_20250929_01000330.ts'",
"recurring": false,
"recurringParent": 0
},
I have 2 tuners and I was expecting to be able to view TV on 2 separate clients, for example, view channel 85 on Kodi and channel 76 on Jellyfin. My understanding was that NextPVR would switch to tuner 2 if tuner 1 was in use, but this does not seem to be the case. Is my assumption correct or is the use of dual tuners only applicable to viewing one channel with one tuner and recording with another tuner?
Posted by: hae - 2025-09-26, 04:36 AM - Forum: Windows
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We upgraded from v7.0.2.250621 to v7.0.3.250920 yesterday.
Previously, nextpvr.exe would indicate that a show is scheduled to be recorded with a red background on the guide. As of v7.0.3.250920, this no longer appears to be the case. Is there an option to reenable this feature?
The guide is indicating shows are scheduled to be recorded on the timeline with a red background. Is this a new feature or have we just noticed it?
I use TiviMate for IPTV and Stremio movies, what's the best way to watch the recordings from NextPVR on a FireStick? Will they display in either of those apps? Kodi was too complicated for me, I gave up.
Posted by: Soapm - 2025-09-25, 03:13 AM - Forum: Linux
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I just installed NextPVR on my headless Debian (Trixie) server and it seemed to be working fine after getting permissions set. I think added my IPTV list. It seemed to work fine though it only imported guide data until around 4pm. Since then I can't get it to retrieve any more guide data. I've hit update EPG several times but nothing past 4pm.
I sent my logs to Sub per the many message I found searching this forum but I was wondering if this was common and if someone had a simple fix.
I have added the info which I “think” should find them to a scan list.
When ‘asking’ one of my DVBS devices - both Hauppauge WinTV-Nova-S2 01676 USB TV Tuner HD Digital Satellite (Montage Technology M88DS3103) units to scan channels I get a momentary >>>scanning 1130500 followed by the next frequency on my this but no new stations.
Log files attached + the scan table I created + image of blind scan dome by friend on his system, which confirms the presence of Channel 5 and Astra 28.2F
In my NextPVR browser window I note the alert: Version: 7.0.1.241229 (7.0.3.250920 is available for download).
Does this version come with more recent scan list(s) I am unable to install (no instructions that I can find on the net)
Joined the forum today, after doing a donation to get the "channels.xmltv" output enabled.
I've lurked around for a while & it took a WHILE to find the very well hidden, (at least to me), detail regarding THAT.
Anyway, after a fair amount of struggling, I've got data spooling from my NextPVR install, (Windows box running it, started with Docker, struggled with various things, wound up getting Windows to work before Docker, so that's where I'm staying for now), to Jellyfin, (I'm NOT asking for Jellyfin help, atm - I do also have the android NextPVR client).
The challenge I'm facing now is that the "channels.xmltv" method of guide data export from NextPVR seems to only pull the first/primary set of guide data. I freely admit that I may be mistaken or that some component of what I'm doing may be abnormal, of course.
Due to some inconsistency in retrieval of guide data, I have a second, scripted, local .xml source defined in NextPVR which works fine within the application, but I'd like to be able to export the two separate .xml inputs from NextPVR as a single output to the "channels.xmltv" configuration. {I even tinkered a bit & got my local scripted source to present via NextPVR, but that was just some stumbling around in directory structure to present a hard link from the wwwroot of NextPVR install to the scripted .xml.}
Anyway, I did some searching but since the "channels.xmltv" proved to be challenging to find initially, you might imagine that I've struggled to determine if this is even possible or practical.
Would appreciate any input the NextPVR wizards can provide.
