Hi,

So don't laugh, but I've been using 3.4.8 on my main machine for the last 5 years and its been rock solid, but I decided to do an overhaul and upgrade to 4.2.5.  It's great, working very well.

I really like the new "modern" web interface on Desktop, it's really very slick and works well.  But I miss is the 'iNEWA Mobile' web interface.  It worked extremely well to set recordings when I was out and about, it was really easy to navigate.  Is there any way to restore this, or is there an alternative way of doing this now?

Thanks!

With all this free time due to CV19 I’ve been cleaning up my install notes and stuff for my various systems and I figured I’d share my "Headless Linux install and update for dummies" instructions for folks like me.  These are steps, tricks and tips I’ve collected that work for me and hopefully will help others flatten the learning curve, especially if your new to Linux.  

EDIT - I had originally included update info too but the forum software won't let me post more than 10,000 characters so I'll break this into 2 posts.
 
Let me preface this with I'm running a headless Ubuntu 18.04LTS server in a VM on a FreeNAS server. I only use NextPVR for the back end and I'm only using HDHR Prime tuners.  I’m not going to go into tuner setup either which can be found in the Wiki.  These instructions are for Debian-based distributions which use the .deb package format such as Ubuntu and since this is about headless installations of the backend, it will also be only CLI.
 
At this point I’d also be remiss if I didn’t touch briefly on hardware requirements - if you intend to transcode, either to convert recordings to a new format from the .standard TS recording or want to watch Live TV from a web UI, then you need a fairly robust CPU to handle the load.  Let me say that again... transcoding is CPU intensive and trying to transcode with a underpowered CPU is a recipe for failure!  On the other hand, if you’re only intending to record and watch live TV though a client that plays the stream natively, (ie. nextpvr.exe, Kodi etc)  then you can get by with a low power CPU as the stream is played in the original format and does not require transcoding.  With all that out of the way, let’s get started.

Installing a fresh installation

SSH into your machine/VM with your favorite SSH client which will take you to your home directory in the terminal.
 
Check the timezone settings are correct and fix it if needed.  If the timezone is off then you’re going to have all sorts of odd issues, especially with EPG and recordings so now is the time to fix it and prevent that headache.  Yea, it's not a common issue but it happened to me so I figured I'd pass it along so nobody else has to go through the headache it caused me!

Check the clock settings
# timedatectl
 
Change the timezone if needed (here I’m using New York, use whatever you need for your location)
# sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/New_York
 
Update the OS software list and install updates so we  start off with a updated system and eliminate that variable
# sudo apt update
# sudo apt upgrade
 
Not sure if it’s necessary anymore, but make sure libc6-dev is installed
# sudo apt install libc6-dev
 
Not sure if this necessary anymore either, but just to make sure install hdhomerun-config if you’re using a legacy HDHR device
# sudo apt install hdhomerun-config
 
Now that we have the prerequisites taken care of let’s get to actually installing NextPVR. 
 
Download the .nextpvr installer .deb file
# curl https://nextpvr.com/nextpvr-helper.deb -O
 
Install the nextpvr installer .deb file
# sudo apt install ./nextpvr-helper.deb
 
The installer creates a web server that is run automatically after the install.  Give it a half a minute or so to start, then you should be able to open http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:8866 in a browser to setup NextPVR from the web UI.
 
The default web UI login credentials are - "admin"/"password"

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Some helpful commands:

Check status (sudo not required)
# service nextpvr-server status

Stop the NextPVR service
# sudo service nextpvr-server stop

Start the NextPVR service
# sudo service nextpvr-server start

Restart the NextPVR service
# sudo service nextpvr-server restart

To simplify maintenance you can  get a shell with the nextpvr user permissions
# sudo -u nextpvr bash

To return to normal user
# su - [your normal user name]

-------- Paths to various stuff --------

Main program stuff  (scripts, channel icons etc)
/var/opt/nextpvr

database
/var/opt/nextpvr/npvr.db3

config file
/var/opt/nextpvr/config.xml

Default recording directories
/home/npvr/recordings/livetv
/home/npvr/videos/recordings

logs
/var/opt/nextpvr/logs

channel icons
/var/opt/nextpvr/media/channels

So there ya go, everything I know about installing, updating and maintaining NextPVR on a headless Linux system.  I hope someone finds it useful and if anyone sees any mistakes or has easier ways of doing something let me know and I'll update this.

Hello,  I am a newb to nextpvr.  I have discovered that with epg123 and schedules direct that I can now record on my updated win10 pc.  I am using an HDHR3CC.  I subscribe to one premium channel.  This channel appears to be impossible to update to the nextpvr menu although it appears in the epg123 list.  Am I doing this wrong, or can this not be achieved at all?  By the way, so far, the learning curve for Nextpvr is wonderful.  I am enjoying it but would like to be able to record my paid premium channel.  Thanks,  JIM  

What does it means?  
0 channel found
clicking on the down arrow nothing more

   

Hi im running the latest version on windows10 and see 'Version: 5.0.4.200427  (5.0.4.200428 is available for download)' on the settings/about page of the web app, re-downloading and install makes no difference.

rgds

Hi,

the web client stutters for me or it stops because it has not enough frames downloaded(atleast i think), is there a way to increase the buffer ?

And sometimes i get for almost every channel transcoder failed/exited, how can i fix this?

I have downloaded ffmpeg from https://ffmpeg.org/ and replaced ffmpeg but that did not fix it, i read that somewhere on the forum.

I have a bit of a weird problem...
I have been recording 8 out of 10 cats does countdown as a series for some time now. Recently NextPVR stopped recording it as a series but I can select each episode individually and record it without a problem. If I try to select it as a series instead of an individual show it doesn't add it in the web interface but will add it in the app but won't record it. I don't seem to have any problems selecting any other series to record, any suggestions?

I have noted over the last few days that whilst working on my Windows PC that approximately every 10 minutes the tray icon changes from green  to red for about 30 seconds.

This may be related to either the current build or inputting the EPG update time to 18.00  .

Due to issues in the past I had input the EPG  update time as 3  to resolve issues noted on https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=60624

Perhaps the original EPG issue has not been fixed.

Screen shot of status shown below.

I have now reverted the EPG time back to 3  and the tray icon has remained at green.

Thanks

Maurice

   

I got this error after 6hrs on my Win7 machine with 8GB memory:

 "The tuner that you were using was required for a recording."

I started TaskManager and noticed that NPVR was using about
890MB/hr.

I've used Happauge WinTV for a longer recorder time with no problem.

Years ago I developed a DLL to use with NPVR.
My project references NShared and NUtility.
If I want to make a change to the DLL, must I reference the latest versions of NShared and NUtilty?
It appears as though the versions referenced in my project are much older than the current versions.