I've just recently encountered an issue where some channels in the EPG have (no listings). I've mapped the channel to the XML file, and when I've opened up the XML file, there appears to be listings in there for the missing channels. For some reason they aren't showing up in the EPG. I've also tried clearing the EPG and re-updating, re-mapping the channels, re-scanning the channels, etc.
I've also tried checking the npvr.db3 for errors, though I'm no expert.
I like the new scheduling setup it's much easier than in the past. I setup a search with a specific title, and a subtitle and clicked Create Recording. The only issue is that the show is on multiple channels at different times and always has an HD and non-HD version at the same time. Would it be possible to add an option when creating the recording to select a channel range or a list of channels that it would search?
Example is recording a football game. The title is always NFL Football, subtitle has the team name, and some weeks it is on Fox sports, some on CBS, some on something else, but always has the HD and non-HD at the same time. I'd like to record it on whatever channel at whatever time, but only on the HD channels.
I could make multiple recording schedules, one for each channel, but I'm still working on figuring out what channels will have it throughout the season.
Thanks as always for a great product and I appreciate all your work on it.
I've been trying to use a PC as a NextPVR DVR with some success, but feel like I have hit a dead end. I'd love to keep using it, but I'm really not sure where to go.
I began with a Hauppauge 950Q plugged directly into the machine, but would get occasional errors around failing to start recordings. I thought maybe it was related to standby or windows restarts, but decided to buy a HDHomerun Connect based on positive feedback. I tried 2 different HDHomerun devices with NextPVR, but the Silicon Dust devices would interfere with my Arris cable modem and cause terrible signal levels on both devices, making everything unusable. The Arris modem played nice with the 950Q. The Arris modem played nice by itself. The SiliconDust device also played nice by itself. Arris + SD = Nothing works.
I'll mention this is a ClearQAM environment and my TVs can receive signals with no problems. The 950Q sort of works, other than when it fails to record. The Silicon Dust stuff has been hours of failure with limited success.
So, I'm ready to give up. It there a different path I should pursue? I have a Raspberry PI, but that was garbage for 950Q uses. It couldn't tune much of anything. My best success was the 950Q with Win10, but the random missed recordings were making me crazy. Please advice gurus.
I've just switched from v4 to v5 and everything is running great except for one small issue. Historically, I've only used the ATSC source for the guide data but with the upgrade I thought it was time to revisit the xml route via EPG Buddy (using TVGuide.com data). My use case is very simple, just one tuner and 8 OTA channels. The XML file EPG Buddy generates adds a local GMT offset (presently -7hrs) to every data entry, so when it gets imported into the NextPVR TV Guide everything is (predictably) off by 7 hours. I can manually find/replace the -0700 entry in the xml file and then of course, everything lines up.
It appears that in Media Portal 2 there is a setting (Plugins/XmlTv) "Apply time compensation when loading tvguide.xml" to account for this. Is there something like this that could be added to NextPVR? Or, am I missing something that functions similarly that's already there? Any help/suggestions are appreciated.
In production the npvr database is located at:
"D:\Users\Public\NPVR\npvr.db3"
I have a test/development npvr database located at:
"D:\Users\johni\Projects\graphql-knex-npvr\NPVR\npvr.db3"
Is it possible to point "C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\NextPVR.exe" to use the test npvr.db3. I came across some docs for the command line parameters for NetPVR.exe but did not need see anything for overriding the production npvr.db3 file.
What is the best practice to set up a development environment so that I don't screw up the production version?
Now that Kodi Matrix is in alpha and looking better and better all the time, I thought I should post knewc with the required changes to a few API calls. I haven't figure out how to have a repository on github with Leia and Matrix version so for now this as only only via a zip file.
Hello, I'm a legacy 4.x user and took a break from using NextPVR for the last several months due to the pandemic, and recently came back to it and was amazed at the progress that 5.x has made. In my current set up, I have an Ubuntu server running NextPVR 5, HD Home Run OTA tuner, and I was planning on re-purposing a Raspberry Pi 3 for the client. The Pi is connected via 100 mbps Ethernet, the server is GbE. The Pi is not overclocked. The Pi is installed with LibreELEC and the official Kodi plugin. I have an MPEG2 license. I am only using it to watch pre-recorded TV in North America, no movies, no streaming, no live TV. I do, however, frequently start a TV show not long after it starts, and may end up catching up with the live broadcast by the end of the show.
I have a few issues with this set up.
1. The playback isn't the smoothest around. SD content is fine, but 720p and 1080i both have a few seconds of buffering, and messing around with pausing, fast forwarding, rewinding, etc can really cause stuttering.
2. Channel ordering is sequential in the Kodi plugin, and not by actual channel number. Is there a way to configure Kodi to use the actual broadcast channel number?
3. I have hearing impaired viewers that need closed captioning. It doesn't work by default in Kodi. Is there a way to enable it? It seems like I might have to mess around with something like ccextractor on the server? Does that work with a stream that's being recorded? When I bring up the web client, closed captioning works great except that it's mostly in a middle band of the screen and HUGE and blocks a lot of the screen for longer captions. Is there any way to adjust the captioning either font size or location?
Am I better off finding a more powerful client than the Pi to connect to the TV? I was hoping for a silent client (I know, I know, some of the viewers in my household can't hear a thing but I can.)
I migrated to V5 and imported the v4 xml for recordings. I corrected the XML export from v4 before importing for a new folder I moved the recordings to however I realized I needed to correct two moves to a new file location (I only corrected one of them prior to import). What is the best way to correct this? (I'm not good with DB3 editing or better said, have never done it). I know this is a simple find and replace command. Ideally is there a way to reimport the recording XML with the corrected file location? I'm guessing I would need to delete the incorrectly located files in NextPVR and then reimport after updating the xml file. If I reimport files with the exact same location will that create a duplicate entry?
