I have been a long time NPVR user, since a few months I started to have a strange issue, recordings would get all kind of artefacts, frame skipping and sound cutting. It looks like bad reception from antenna but reception is actually ok.
This morning I did a test recording 4 programs at a time to see if I could reproduce the problem, at first everything was smooth, I was watching channel 2-2 while recording the same channel + 3 others. everything was perfect. then around 8:30am it started happening, live tv was stutering all of a sudden.
I stopped all recordings and went back "live" and all that was now gone, everything was playing great again
I think I pinpointed the problem to be happening when either a recording has been running for over an hour or so because it mostly happens around 1h + into a recording, looking at logs (i am ignorant of all this stuff) it looks like also other devices in my house are requesting an epg update which seems to coincide with the problems...but I am not sure... could it be the problem ?
I have a rpi3b+ running kodi and a T95Z android box which are always turned on, I was testing from a windows10 pc running kodi 18.6 (all devices have that version)
Please note I had this problem on the latest v4.xx version and upgraded to v5.xx in hope of fixing this issue but it is still there
sorry for the poor explanations, let me know what else I should provide
My system consists of v4 running on W10 in the loft with 4 PCH clients and this has been rock solid for years. Now it's failing and I'm stumped but it must have been something I did so here is what has happened over the last 24 hours, most of which will be irrelevant but someone might just notice something...
Some of you may have seen my other thread about setting up a projector and needing an extra client where I managed to get a 5th PCH working, just about. Well I decided that it would be nice to add a PC to the projection setup and I had my old NPVR server gathering dust so I fired it up (it had already had NPVR software removed), installed an HDMI card, went through all the W10 updates and got it working to the projector. It has a blu-ray/HD-DVD drive so I could then watch old DVDs. All good.
I then thought 'why don't I install NPVR in client mode', so I downloaded the latest version (also running on main PVR server) and installed it. I ran NPVR, went into settings and ticked 'client mode'. Of course it asked for the server name and share so I went back to the main server to share the c:\users\public\npvr folder. Windows said this folder 'could not be shared'(?) so after some trials I ended up sharing c:\users. I completed the client mode setup and it worked perfectly, played recordings etc. I did have a problem with HD recordings stuttering so I went into settings (on this new client) and changed the Video Renderer from EVR to VMR9 (clutching at straws) but it had no effect so I decided it's most likely a network issue as this new client goes through a couple of routers/hubs. I wasn't worried as I can sort that another time. We streamed a couple of things from the Internet that evening but did not watch NPVR at all.
Now, cut to this morning and I woke up and powered up my bedroom PCH to watch the news and see if Boris was hanging on. When I selected Play on the recording it went to a black screen and then after about 4 seconds started to play fine and then about 4 seconds later it stopped and went back to the menu. Strange, I thought, so I selected another recording which did the same thing. Checked more recordings that I knew were OK and the same thing happened. So I rebooted the server and the PCH and tried again. Same thing. I tried a second PCH, same. So I went to the server and tried to play the news there and it worked perfectly. I ran WinMerge on the latest config.xml and one from my last update in December and the only difference, aside from version numbers/dates, was a new section MVP-LOCAL so I removed this and tried again, still no joy. Checked the drives weren't full, all OK. I should mention also that the new client PC was switched off last night and has not been on since. I've also rebooted the networking.
So, in summary I think I have somehow broken something in the web/mvp/PCH area (unless it's a windows update? But looks like only definition updates yesterday) but I really didn't change anything. Can anyone (Martin!) spot anything or have any ideas? I have attached a clean set of logs which do show a couple of streaming errors:
Unexpected error streaming file: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (0x80004005): An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Send(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
at Cassini.Connection.WriteBody(Byte[] data, Int32 offset, Int32 length)
at Cassini.Request.StreamFile(Dictionary`2 parameters)
and
Unexpected error streaming file: System.Threading.ThreadAbortException: Thread was being aborted.
at System.Net.UnsafeNclNativeMethods.OSSOCK.send(IntPtr socketHandle, Byte* pinnedBuffer, Int32 len, SocketFlags socketFlags)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Send(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags, SocketError& errorCode)
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Send(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags)
at Cassini.Connection.WriteBody(Byte[] data, Int32 offset, Int32 length)
at Cassini.Request.StreamFile(Dictionary`2 parameters)
but they mean nothing to me. Are they the issue? What do they point to?
Sorry for the lengthy post but I'm stumped so not sure what, if anything, is relevant and too much info is better than not enough...
Hi! Newbie in IPTV and PVR , so please excuse my ignorance...
I have installed this nextpvr in docker, in a kind of Synology" NAS, called EXpenology, basically is a custom synology envoroment , meant to run in home made hardware platforms. I run it in a HP NL54 server with AMD proccessor.
Everything is fine, I mean I managed to installed it on docker and it runs fine! I configured it for IPTV and I use it via the usual Kodi addon in windows 10.
I have only a "strange" problem with recordings...
When I push the record button in kodi for an instant recording , the recording starts normally but in in some moment there is a "repeat" of the video, it goes back some second and it continiues, then after some moments the same happens again... I see this behavor because I continue to watch the channel while I record it and this behavor is also recorded...
Any idea what may cause this?
I'm having some trouble displaying video meta information on NextPVR 4.2.5 32-bit.
I'm trying to manually make the information file for a movie using the xml format that NextPVR expects.
I have referenced the offical Wiki at https://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php...eoMetadata
I've searched the forum which suggested to use "movies.nfo" instead of "mymovies.xml".
So I have the one and only media folder "R:\Test"
It has one sub folder "Some Movie (2005) [1080p] [PG-13]" which contains:
Some Movie (2005) [1080p] [PG-13].mkv
folder.jpg
movie.nfo
For testing purposes "movie.nfo" contains ONLY the exact text of the wiki example.
When I go to "Videos" and highlight "Some Movie (2005) [1080p] [PG-13]" to the right is displayed
the folder icon and the file name but none of the other meta information.
What am I missing?
What else...
Download meta data is off.
Display meta data for videos is on.
Cleared artwork cache. Restart NextPVR.
Logs [Debug] show nothing related to the loading of the .nfo file.
I'm having problems with my setup sadly and hoping for some help on it
when watching live tv or recordings i experience freezes and stutters and constant buffering
this is when using the kodi addon the NPVR website it was working perfectly but one day i started too experience issues it has been the same since it seems too be mainly 1080p content but it does happen when other times too i thought it was cpu problems HDD problems but looking on task manager it seems all too be fine
on another note I am also experiencing an issue with the server crashing and i have too reload NPVR server program this has been since the upgrade to V5 im not that worried about that atm but i would like too fix the major issue i am having it drives me crazy and makes watching TV impossible
Details on setup
Server OS: Windows server 2019
Tuner: Haunpeggue Quad HD Tuner
NPVR Version: 5.0.2.200322
I noticed that in v.5 for some reason the NPVR Tray icon doesn't show as running in the Hidden Icon Menu on the Task bar.
NPVR Tray was in my Start Folder in the Start Menu but it wasn't working.
The only way to get NPVR Tray to show up was by manually clicking on NPVRTRAY.exe.
So I decided to schedule a Task to make it run automatically at log on. Made no difference.
Yet when I stopped the task from running that started at Log on and ran it again. The NPVR Tray icon appeared.
So I realized what was happening.
NPVR.exe., which starts up before NextPVR Service (which has a Automatic Delay) starts is the reason why.
So I altered the Task Schedule to have NPVR Tray task to delay 15 minutes before starting thus given a chance for NextPVR Services to start first before the NPVR Tray task runs.
Next time I restart my computer I will check to see if the NPVR Tray icon appear 15 minutes after booting up into Windows.
I have been running Widows 7 64 bit OS, using Windows Media Center. Well the EPG data stopped and so I wanted to try NextPvr. I installed v4 and it sees the Homerun quattro I have EPG data but could not get it to display video. So I tried installed v5. It hangs on "installing files"
I think there may be a DLL out-of-sync in the current release...
When using the Archive function in the desktop app, I get a NotImplemented exception popup once I select the destination and press Enter. Nothing shows in the logs.
************** Exception Text **************
System.NotImplementedException: The method or operation is not implemented.
at NShared.RecordingServiceRemote.ArchiveRecording(ScheduledRecording scheduledRecording, String recordingDirectoryID)
at NextPVR.TV.ShowDetailsPopup.PluginCallback(Object source, String command, Object args)
at NUtility.Base.SimpleListPopup.ActivateItem(ListObject selectedObject)
at NUtility.Controls.ListRenderers.UiListList.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
at NUtility.Base.SimpleListPopup.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
at NUtility.UIController.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
at NextPVR.ControllerForm.ControllerForm_KeyDown(Object sender, KeyEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnKeyDown(KeyEventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyEventArgs(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ProcessKeyMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmKeyChar(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
at NextPVR.ControllerForm.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
I switched over to using V5 last weekend and the only major problem was the XML EPG file was not where the software expected it so ended up with no EPG a week later!
One of my satellite channels has disappeared and has moved to a different transponder. I select the tuner then select Scan Channels, on the left I select Manual Scan and below I select the satellite location all as in V4 but no list of transponder to select from. Is there some special key combination to make it appear as there seems to be with a few functions?
