This conflict between Microsoft, AMD HDMI or Realtek Audio and the mute function for the NextPVR player has me puzzled.
The deluge of Window updates, W10 Home Edition, has me buffaloed as to what the heck was going on to include motive.
The 30Jul25 update screwed up my video picture fit to my Vizio TV. Got that fixed along with the icons on homescreen.
I thought the 31Jul25 update may have been a frantic move to fix the earlier stupidity, who knows.
Somewhere between update 2 and 4, I visited the systems sound page many times and the last one had a special block for NextPVR, similar to the selection reserved for AMD HDMI or RealTek Audio selection. That disappeared, I believe with update 4. I can mute other programs, Vivaldi mutes, and audio programs
Any idea why not I can't mute the NextPVR Client with either?
Hi Folks, I've never had an issue getting Nextpvr to run within Kodi. I've just built a new PC, installed the latest Kodi, Nextpvr for windows 11, configured the devices in the web client nextpvr, and nothing plays. My tuner can pick up channels, Ive deleted ones I don't want and set to be primed, they've loaded fine into kodi nextpvr addon, but nothing (one or more items failed to play.
If I try either the web client or the windows nextpvr, I get streaming failed transcoder exited, in windows nextpvr, nothing happens. I've been researching this and came across lav decoders as being necessary, so I installed the latest lav filters, went to settings in the windows version and under the decoder section I selected lav for everything, video is set to my marantz avr. Still nothing plays. My firewall isn't blocking it.
So can someone tell me what I need to do, to get my channels to play in kodi again? I've attached the log files from the npvr web client.
since the machine I was using so far for NextPVR is no longer supported by Windows 11 I decided to switch from the installed Windows 10 to Ubuntu 24.04.
I installed the NextPVR .deb package and so far things appear to be fine, except for the fact that some EPG issues that appear to be similar to the ones I reported before (when using NextPVR under Windows) appear to have resurfaced: https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=64117 https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=66173
For some of my DVB-T2 channels NextPVR fails to obtain EPG information via DVB-T2. The EPG information for those particular channels is completely missing. Other channels, on the other hand, appear to have the EPG information that belongs to a different channel. I am certain, that the wrong EPG information is associated with these channels, since the respective channels are either only German or only Italian, but the respective EPG information is clearly mismatched with the wrong language.
I know for a fact, that much more EPG information is available for those particular channels - my TV and my Blu-ray DVB-T2 Recorder are able to obtain the respective EPG information via DVB-T2 (they are not connected to the internet, so they cannot obtain this information from other sources). I can also exclude that fact, that something is off with the USB-TV tuner, that is directly connected to my NextPVR machine.
So, I know for a fact, that there is EPG information that is transmitted via DVB-T2, that NextPVR does not pick up and/or assigns it the wrong way. Maybe you can help me? I attach the respective log files.
Further information:
Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04
NextPVR version: 7.0.2.250621
TV Tuner: Hauppauge WinTV-soloHD DVB-T/DVB-T2
Region: Italy
At least the following channels appear affected (those are the ones I checked, there may be more):
1) RAS ORF1 HD (Freq: 474000000OFF SID: 20): should have at least 24 hours of EPG (probably more), but NextPVR only reports "(no listings)"
2) RAS ORF III HD (Freq: 474000000OFF SID: 23): should have at least 24 hours of EPG (probably more), but NextPVR only reports "(no listings)"
(note, that unlike previously where channels such as RAS Das Erste HD, RAS SRF zwei HD, and RAS Kika HD were also affected, this time there appear to be only two channels, where the EPG information is completely missing but where I know it exists)
Meanwhile the following channel has EPG information that is both Italian and German, although the channel is Italian language only. In fact, I am pretty sure that the German part of the EPG information displayed here belongs to the RAS ORF1 HD channel:
3) Food Network (Freq: 666000000OFF SID: 20)
Vice versa the following channels also have EPG information that is both Italian and German, although the channels are German language only:
4) RAS 3sat HD (Freq: 474000000OFF SID: 24)
5) RAS ZDF Neo (Freq: 642000000OFF SID: 40)
6) RAS Das Erste HD (Freq: 474000000OFF SID: 22)
7) RAS ORF2T HD (Freq: 474000000OFF SID: 21)
a) Is it possible that the issues solved for Windows have never been changed for the Linux version of NextPVR?
b) I have tried to get the EPG information both with and without the "Use Strict TSID/ONID" option. It does not appear to make any difference on Linux (different from how it was for me when I still used the Windows version).
I have not recorded a stream with TS capture, since that tool only appears to be available on Windows. If you can tell me a Linux/Ubuntu alternative I will try to capture the respective stream.
Have worked out a pretty good postprocessing.bat for the purpose of having ffmpeg repair time stamps in my recordings. This was a problem for me for a while, either due to my IPTV provider or my ISP, but I have it very well handled now.
I plan to contribute to this community by posting the file I'm using and some detail about it once I fix one issue I have remaining.
On a different matter the other day Martin mentioned I should be redirecting stdout from my ffmpeg which I hadn't thought of myself (I was capturing errorlevels and echoing to a log file manually, which was inferior) and this has now shown me a problem I have.
If two recordings end at the same time, they appear to simultaneously call postprocessing.bat but only one actually gets the ffmpeg command executed on it and the other does not.
Is there something I'm missing to force these postprocessings to queue, so that they both fully execute, or...?
Within the NextPVR web interface, I am unable to add more than four SD lineups. There is a mismatch between what I see within NextPVR and SD website. I am unclear how to delete SD lineups I see in NextPVR that do not show on SD website (ie Pluto TV or Dish Boston). See screenshots below. Thanks.
Hi, I'm really struggling to know how to edit the channels on nextpvr. I edited the list of categories on the right hand side and removed about 40 of the 60 or so categories of channels by pressing on the bin icon and confirming a delete. When nextpvr loads the channels into Kodi however it's still loading absolutely every single channel as if I had not made any edit at all. The list of channels on the next VPR web interface, also has every single one of them ticked. So again deleting various categories on the right hand side seems to do nothing. I can't understand what I'm doing wrong, because there's no option to save anything once I've deleted various sections using the bin icon. Thanks very much for any help.
I've noticed an issue where after watching live TV and then closing the NextPVR client the process NextPVRServer.exe continues to prevent the PC from entering sleep. This only seems to happen after watching live TV and the only way to clear it is to restart the NextPVR service. After scheduled recordings end the PC is able to enter sleep mode immediately.
For example, about 25 minutes ago I stopped a live TV stream and closed the NextPVR client, but powercfg /requests still shows requests from NextPVRServer.exe.
Is there any way to prevent this and allow the PC to enter sleep after watching live TV?
First of all may a say a really big thank you to Sub for all the work he has put into NextPVR, also to Martin for his support work and all the forum members for their help and assistance at various times.
I have been a NextPVR user since the early days of v5.0 initially on a RPi 4B and latterly on a more powerful Linux server via the official Docker image. I am based in the UK, have no use (don't want to pay) for Sky, Netflix etc, with the OTA UK FreeView providing all my watching needs. Along with the Schedules Direct EPG and a Silicon Dust Quatro HDHR the NextPVR software has served me well for a number of years.
The FreeView service has been freely (sic!) available OTA for a long time, requiring only a decent aerial and a suitable TV or a STB/Dongle to use it. Its services come and go but its main problem for me is the effect weather has on it. Picture breakup, particularly in hot weather, is for me the biggest gripe. A few years ago it was announced the FreeView would, eventually, be replaced by a new streaming service called Freely. This would be subscription free and initially available on TVs with a built in Freely 'receiver' via a broadband internet connection. Freely started operating in 2024 and it currently offers 40 channels with FreeView and Freely currently operating side by side with the former not due to be removed for several years (2030/2040 has been muted). Whilst originally Freely was only going to be made available via Freely enabled TVs recent pressure has seen the announcement of a Freely 'firestick-like' dongle:
which should be available by Christmas this year and will plug into a HDMI port on any TV. The dongle however will be internet enabled only, no aerial socket provided. Whilst Freely has a large number fo benefits, one of the biggest drawbacks of Freely is that there is no means of recording programmes broadcast over the Freely service.
Completely unrelated to the above, or least that's how it started, I have been keeping an eye, out of interest, on a Forum thread 'Legal IPTV?' (https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=66460). This talked about various ways the OP might continue to use his existing services possibly via IPTV, including the possible use of HDMI capture.
With the announcement of the Freely dongle and the possibility of HDMI capture this got me thinking. As noted above I use a SD HDHR Quatro to effectively stream Freeview programmes to NextPVR for recording purposes. NextPVR uses a 'special' inbuilt tuner for this purpose. Would it be beyond the realms of possibility to think that, one day, NextPVR might have HDMI capture capabilities built in so that a Freely dongle (or any other HDMI dongle) might be used to provide programme streams to NextPVR for recording purposes? If this were possible then this could go a long way to removing one of the major drawbacks of moving to the Freely services. Might this be possible in a future release of NextPVR ?
Whilst on the subject of where NextPVR might go in future, and completely unrelated to any of the above. Is it time to switch NextPVR to be a recording service only (may be as a separate version, this it too hard to swallow initially) ? I know from experience that NextPVR runs perfectly well on a RPi 4B for recording purposes - I know Martin will dispute the use of such a small system for NextPVR but the issues with using the Pi seem to be more around playback than recording. Is it time to retire the playback functionality completely and give it over to something else ? As noted above I have recorded with a RPi 4B, and now with a Docker image, BUT I map the NextPVR recording folder to a JellyFin Library for viewing. I use the NextPVR JellyFin addon to link to the SD provided EPG on the NextPVR server and so I can use the JellyFin TV Guide to setup recordings directly on the NextPVR server. Maybe its time to let NextPVR do what it does best - managing the recording processes and let, in my case JellyFin (but could be Kodi or some other 3rd party viewer), do the jobs they do best, managing and viewing media, in this case recorded programmes, with all their attendant artwork, cast list, synopsis, series and episode details etc ?
Contentious I know, but please don't simply shoot me down. Before replying think about what might need to be possible with NextPVR going forward as broadcast processes change and the way we are served up our TV (will it still be called TV ?) viewing ?
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but the issues with using the Pi seem to be more around playback than recording. Is it time to retire the playback functionality completely and give it over to something else ? As noted above I have recorded with a RPi 4B, and now with a Docker image, BUT I map the NextPVR recording folder to a JellyFin Library for viewing. I use the NextPVR JellyFin addon to link to the SD provided EPG on the NextPVR server and so I can use the JellyFin TV Guide to setup recordings directly on the NextPVR server. Maybe its time to let NextPVR do what it does best - managing the recording processes and let, in my case JellyFin (but could be Kodi or some other 3rd party viewer), do the jobs they do best, managing and viewing media, in this case recorded programmes, with all their attendant artwork, cast list, synopsis, series and episode details etc ? 