I've built a new recording station using Windows 10 LTSB 2016 (like my old recording station that worked just fine) but I'm having a heck of a time getting NextPVR to work with my new HDHomeRun Quatro.
NextPVR can find the devices, it can scan the channels, it can download the guide from SchedulesDirect, but when I try to watch Live TV or schedule a recording nothing happens. The Log says:
"non-existant capture source: 20"
I first encountered this with the latest NextPVR 4.2.5 with my old first-gen HDHomeRun device (which worked just fine on my old recording station). I then hooked up a HDHomeRun Quatro hoping that the newer device supporting DNLA might work, but I had the same problem. Then I downgraded to NextPVR 4.2.2 (which I was using on my old recording station) and encountered the same problem!
I've tried the advice here: https://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?tid=54068 and changed the BDA Compatiblity mode in HDHomeRUn setup to be Default and MediaPortal but there was no change. I tried disabling the Windows Firewall and there was no change. I know the device works because I can view the changes from the HDHomeRun Setup tool, and because NextPVR is able to scan for my channels just fine, however I cannot tune or record them. I've attached my logs, is there any chance they indicate some problem I missed?
Thanks much for any advice you can provide!
Have good ones,
-guyinco6nito
I noticed my live TV plays very well but the system resources seem really high, the process table says 32-34%. The system load is in the mid 90% range with nearly all of it being 2 instances of ffmpeg. So I checked resource use while playing a prerecorded video. That yielded 33% for the first ffmpeg and 27% for the other with dotnet pulling 3%. The system load is >95% on a quad core Intel i3 3225 running at 3.3Ghz with frequent drop outs and freezes. And that load is across all 4 cores. So I closed the browser and it is still using 34%, server still running, in the process table and a system load of ust under 40%, again the main load is ffmpeg. This seems to me to be wildly excessive.
Doing a server restart but not opening the browser and no scheduled recording occuring, the ffmpeg isn't even using enough. if any, to register. The system load at this point is < 2%. Starting the browser and going to 127.0..., results in the system load being a little bit higher, maybe 4%. Starting livetv and it jumps to 31% ffmpeg process and ~40% system load. Playing a precorded show the single ffmpeg process jumps to 67% with a system load of just under 70%. At this percentage playback is solid with no skips or pauses. There is no second ffmpeg process at this point.
Is it normal for ffmpeg video systems on linux to be such resource hogs?
using the latest 5.0.1.200103 release, quick question please...
I just signed up for Schedule Direct's 7 day free trial to see if I get anything more than I'm getting out of my xmltv provider.
Guide data works great and program info seems to be at least as good as what I got from the other source.
Since I have the trial, I thought I'd also try "Download Channel Icons" and this is where my question comes up.
Click the button, get the expected process going and see the .png files being downloaded in the terminal window.
See 52 .png files in the .NPVR-data/media/channels directory... all good so far.
but the icons never show up in my Guide or in the Channels panel.
I can upload logs at some point when I get home, but thought I'd throw this quick question out in case I missed a known issue in my searching, or if this feature isn't expected to work running on a Mac, etc.
I set up Next PVR on my PC and everything has worked out fine. I'm able to record future shows through a browser with no issues as well which is the reason why I set this up. However, things have been very rocky when it comes to the Android app which I use on Nvidia Shield TV and I also tried on my Razer phone with similar issues. A couple times now, the app couldn't find the server with the majority of the time, it would connect, but MULTIPLE TIMES, and the bigger issue, the app crashes on me after connecting. And once it crashes once, it just keeps crashing until I either uninstall the app and reinstall or clear the app data. Exact same things happens with my Razer phone. I have noticed that it consistently crashes, however, when I specifically change IPTV categories under settings. It doesn't crash every time I change categories but that's usually when this issue occurs and it happens way too often.
Another issue I run into with the app is recording. One time, I'm able to record a show on a specific channel and then minutes later, I can't record on that same channel or even the same show after cancelling the recording with the error stating ' unable to find tuner' or something of that sort. Once again, on the PC, I haven't had any issues of this nature. I have the PC on 24/7 with no sleep or hibernate but only the monitor shuts off after a few minutes.
Otherwise, when working, I find it ideal to watch IPTV and record my favourite shows. It's a godsend once I get beyond these hiccups.
Also, I was looking to sideload the app which I already purchased onto an Amazon Fire TV 4k stick but how do I go about acquiring the APK since I install it through Google Play store?
Any help with these issues would be greatly appreciated.
I configured each channel to point to the correct xml file.
The xml file gets updated automatically by a batch file scheduled in Windows Task Scheduler. That part works, I am seeing the xml updated as expected. If I go to 'Channels' and click 'Update EPG', the EPG gets updated properly so the xml file is ok.
My problem is that when I set the NextPVR 'EPG Update Hour' and check the 'Auto Update EPG' and save the settings, NextPVR does not seem to read the xml file automatically at the hour set. The whole programming schedule stays empty.
i am trying to move from tvheadend to nextpvr. I have all working on my server pc. I can access the web ui on all devices on my network, but no matter what machine im using kodi trys to load the channels but none do. I can see the recordings from the back end in all my kodi devices, i get notifications when recording start and i can play all recordings.
Hi, I'm a verry happy NextPVR user on Windows x64
It worked amazing except for just one little bug
Version: 5.0.1.191224 gets confused when I choose "keep 3 recordings" when it's recording #4 or higher
It's doesn't delete the older recording and ends up with a broken new recording
Hi Is it possible to manually map(combine) channels in Nextpvr5
I'm in the UK and have both DVBT and DVBS signals but some of the channel names vary between the two. i would like to combine say [BBC One] and [BBC yrks & Lincs]
I've look through all the posts titles in this section of forum and did not find anything regarding my problem.
I'm new to NextPVR, I was using ArgusTV with MediaPortal before, now moving to Emby and NextPVR. Emby was using too much resources to record and I like NextPVR being seperated from Emby server and alos the fast that this software is dedicated to recording and scheduling.
Enough about me, here is my problem. I seem to be unable to select "Record Season (NEW episodes)" in the Recording types of an item in "Scheduler". When I hit save and go back in it's back to "Record season (All Episodes)".
When I create a new schedule from the TV Guide and go to advanced and choose the Recording Type I want, that works. Then again if I try to modify it from the scheduler section, it does not work, it will stay at what I've choose in the advanced section.
