Verizon FIOS has swapped two channels, that is, what used to be 516 is now 517 and vice versa. It's not clear to me how I fix this. Do I have to back all the way up to Haupblast and fix it in the Colossus 2, or can I just delete them both and re-add them correctly? Schedules direct seems to get stuff on the correct channel numbers, but the names and mappings are not correct.
Posted by: VCR58 - 2024-11-18, 02:59 AM - Forum: Linux
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While recording a show I visited the Scheduler settings page and noticed there were two options "Play" and "Cancel" to select from for this show. When I clicked on "Play" instead of playing the in progress recording a menu appeared with recording schedule options.
Don't know what is really intended to happen but the "Play" button didn't play the recording.
Here is a screen grab of what I see after clicking on "Play".
I upgraded to v7.0.0.241105 recently and now my PC wakes up and stays awake with the following recording:
Device Status
×
QUAD DVB-T (#0)
- \\.\pipe\NPVR_6b4fdd36-ceb9-476b-a17a-bc1efaca750b:pids=18
How do I stop this recording? It doesn't relate to any tv show I set up to record so I cannot go into NextPVR Web interface to cancel recording. I have 2 pcs and it happens on both ever since I upgraded to v7.
Hardware: Windows 11 HTPC, Avermedia 716x (dual tuner) Version: v7.0.0.241105 Problem: I am using DVB/ATSC as my EPG source. If I do an EPG scan/update during a recording, the recording will change to whatever channel is being scanned (so I get one minute of each channel). At the end of the EPG scan, the recording stays on the last channel scanned. Fairly certain this is a new behavior in v7, since I know I have done this successfully in the past. It's a dual tuner card, so I would think that if I'm only recording one channel, it should be able to scan using the other tuner.
NextPVR version 7.0.0.241105 and Kodi version 21.1 (Omega) both on Win10.
Since some of my IPTV sources change their URLs and tokens regularly, I had three goals:
1. Create "clean" M3U (playlist) and XML (EPG) files for the specific channels and groups I want and automate keeping these files updated.
2. Automate the process of doing an "Update Channels" on the NPVR IPTV devices as well as the EPG.
3. Automate the process of updating the channel list and EPG on Kodi PVR & LiveTV.
Solution for goal 1:
I use the IPTVBoss application on Docker - which allows editing, organizing and syncing IPTV sources, to produce clean and updated M3U and XML files for existing channels. In my environment, IPTVBoss is scheduled to sync all M3U and EPG sources and create the refreshed M3U and XML files at four hour intervals.
If there are additions or deletions of channels, it would require a manual process in IPTVBoss and NPVR to make the changes.
Solution for goal 2: This is accomplished with NPVR API commands using NScriptHelper.exe. Thanks to the NPVR devs for pointing me in this direction. A batch file that updates existing channels on IPTV devices and updates the EPG is set to run six times a day with Task Scheduler five minutes after the IPTVBoss updates. Here's the batch file:
Solution for goal 3: Although NPVR has been updated with the refreshed channel URLs and EPG, Kodi PVR & LiveTV is not updated automatically with this info. This can be solved by either doing a "Clear Data" in the the Kodi PVR & LiveTV General menu or disabling and enabling the NPVR addon. AFAIK, the "Clear Data" function cannot be automated via the Kodi API. But, the disabling/enabling of the NPVR addon can be done with an API call.
The relevant Kodi API call is Addons.SetAddonEnabled
I use Home Assistant for home automation and so, I created this HA script that runs one minute after the NPVR updates. It uses the API to disable and enable the NPVR addon on three Kodi devices, with 5 seconds between the two actions.
One caveat. If LiveTV is being played when the NPVR addon is disabled/enabled, the stream is stopped. The stream can then be restarted manually. This is a small intrusion which I can live with.
I hope the NPVR devs consider building into the app the capability to automate existing channel changes and also to propagate these changes to the Kodi PVR & LiveTV without needing to manually "Clear Data" in the app or to disable/enable the NPVR addon.
I will say that even with the "limitations" mentioned above, NextPVR is the easiest app/addon to use for IPTV, Live TV and Recording from a Kodi perspective. I have tried both MythTV previously and recently tested TVHeadend.
Server: Windows 11 HTPC
Client: Chrome and Jellyfin on Roku
Hardware: Avermedia 716x
Version: v7.0.0.241105
Video Encoder: CPU
Problem: Cannot seek through an in-progress recording.
Basically, I'm trying to time-shift a live sporting event, but it's not working.
Jellyfin/Roku: I can watch the recording from the beginning but the remote buttons don't do anything at all.
Jellyfin/Web: scroll bar doesn't show the full length of the recording, but it does "grow" as I watch the recording, so I can skip ahead, watch for a minute or so until the recording "grows" by another 4-5 minutes, and skip then ahead some more.
NextPVR/Web and NextPVR/Desktop:, I can play a live recording, and use the mouse to seek to the part of the recording I want, but it doesn't start playing at that location.
If I play the .ts file directly on the server machine using VLC, it works okay. If I wait until the recording is over, it also plays okay on any client.
Hi everbody, yes, I saw these is handled before, but I do not understand the answers.
I made a channel scan and many channels were found, but these two not:
#EXTINF:0,ZDF HD
rtsp://192.168.178.58/?src=1&freq=11362&pol=h&ro=0.35&msys=dvbs2&mtype=8psk&plts=on&sr=22000&fec=23&pids=0,17,18,6100,6110,6120,6130
#EXTINF:0,Das Erste HD
rtsp://192.168.178.58/?src=1&freq=11494&pol=h&ro=0.35&msys=dvbs2&mtype=8psk&plts=on&sr=22000&fec=23&pids=0,17,18,5100,5101,5102,5104
Scanning ASTRA my SAT>IP Device from KATHREIN found 502 channels, but not the two above. These channels are the most common channels in Germany.
There seems to be a way to manually add these channels, but how can I do this?
Thanks for any help.
By the way: replacing rtsp through http the above urls are working fine with VLC. I am using a ubuntu server Linux ubuntuvdr 6.8.0-48-generic #48-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Fri Sep 27 14:04:52 UTC 2024 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux and the nextVDR version is 34.
I live in St. John's on the island of Newfoundland, in Canada. Seven years ago, I successfully used NextPVR and SchedulesDirect to watch the two local channels: CBC at 8.1 and CJON (NTV) 21.1. Every time I have scanned for channels on my HDHOMERUN, the NTV station has not been detected. I reported this to Tablo tech support who told me there was a "protocol error" and I gave up using my TABLO tuner. This device appears to have been bricked a few months ago when I attempted to investigate further. I understand that Ottawa-based TABLO no longer support Canadian users (what odds?).
Television sets don't care about an EPG so their scans detect both stations. NTV are locally notorious for not managing the volume levels between commercials and their broadcast stream. I will call them out for this violation of the terms of their broadcast license but that is a separate issue.
I tested the scan on my HDHomeRun EXTEND HDTC-2US and NTV is not detected. I can watch the broadcast from NTV if I run "HDHomeRun Config GUI" and specify Channel us-bcast 21.1. I reported this to support on the SiliconDust forum and was told to rerun the scan with logging turned on. I sent them the log and was told that the broadcaster isn't running their PSIB generator. I reported this to the station twice and received no response. I would like to write an article for a local community newspaper for anyone who wishes to cut the cord. Cable with a PVR costs about $60/month and many seniors can't afford to pay this much.
I read that it is possible to manually add a channel but the instructions are written for the Linux file system. Does anyone have a description of the Windows configuration file layout?
Does the current version of NPVR use C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\KeyMappings.xml
I don't seem to be able to change my keymapping behavior. I tried changing the file name to .old , and everything was still mapped the same and NPVR didn't complain. I then tried installing the latest version of NPVR and the installation didn't even create a new KeyMappings.xml file?
Posted by: kfmf - 2024-11-16, 08:59 AM - Forum: Linux
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Hi
Is there a possibility how I can update the media database to avoid multiple recordings.
Because of a new installation of nextpvr, it seems all the old recordings were no longer recognized by the system.
(Movies which are already captured are now planning for a capture again in the future.)
Would be great to know how which approach is the best to tackle that issue.
