Seen a few other similar threads but nothing seems to solve these problems for me.
I was using Kodi with NPVR as a back end but it crashed so often that a few weeks ago I decided to switch to the NPVR front end as it seemed more stable and NPVR has always been super reliable for recording.
At that time I was running version 4.1.1 but had an issue where when trying to resume watching a recording having previously stopped part way through where the UI would just freeze. There was no explicit application crash but I have to bring up the task manager to end the process which was listed as not responding in task manager.
A couple of weeks ago I decided to upgrade to the latest version (4.2.5) in the hope it would solve the issue but it didn't and it introduced this new playback issue - I start watching a recording and at some point the video starts racing ahead of the audio (the video appears to run in fast forward whilst the audio carries on at normal speed). It happens seemingly at random though there is definitely a pattern based on the channel recorded - e.g. programs from ITV usually mess up within a couple of minutes of starting playback, other recordings it can take much longer or not happen at all). It doesn't seem to affect Live TV unless timeshifting.
I've installed and switched to the latest LAV decoders (was using Microsoft DTV-DVD, I'm on Windows 8 and used to use Media Center) but still get the issue. Also tried both with the "use legacy NPVR TS reader" option but so far only succeeded in breaking Live TV playback altogether or simply getting audio/video out of sync immediately (not the "fast forward video" thing, just mismatched audio/video playback).
The recorded ts files playback fine in Kodi and VLC.
Finally I've tried downgrading through all versions back to 4.1.1 and the issue remains even when running 4.1.1 which is frustrating as I no longer have a working/reliable TV setup.
I've attached the logs and will gladly try some different setting combinations as advised.
I am looking at migrating away from my current PVR software provider because the recorded TV programs (.TS files) from one particular multiplex has issues on playback and the software does not allow any control over the recording format.
I am using UK freeview DVB T/T2 transmissions through my aerial.
Nearly every program that I record from one particular multiplex transmitted from my local transmitter (it's the one with all the HD channels on it) has black fullscreen interruptions all through the recording when played back on a 4K TV (they play fine on anything else and I have tried three different 4K TVs).
I've investigated this to death and can only say that the recorded tv files in the .TS format from that single multiplex are the problem.
Does NextPVR allow any control over the recording format of the files please? Such as creating a .mpg file for instance instead of the .TS file.
Many thanks.
I was hoping that when I export the recordings to xml, I could see the pending manual (one off) recordings somewhere. Is that list only available in the database?
In other words, how do I get a list of the manual (one off) recordings?
For a few days now I'm not able to watch (or record) CBS HD. I get a black screen when I select it.
I'm able to watch it on my HD Homerun directly, though.
For some reason, the audio delivered to my computer from the set top box is quite a bit lower than all other applications. Does anyone else have this problem and is there some way to configure NextPVR to increase the volume close to everything else? I've tried making any adjustments in Window I can find that might do this, but even with max settings there is still a large discrepancy.
I want to switch most of my channels' EPG source from xmltv to Schedules Direct. I couldn't figure out a way to highlight the channels I want to change and update them all at the same time. Is it possible to do this? Doing it one channel at a time would be tedious so I'm probably missing something here.
Hi. I am running NextPVR 4.2.5 on Windows 10 PC and it works great. I decided to purchase the Android app and have installed it on both my Shield and my Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus (Android 9) and it is doing the same thing on both devices. When I start the Android App, it connects to the server and loads up the GUI navigation buttons but doesn't populate with any further information and just locks up on this screen. If I go to my web browser on my PC and browse to 127.0.0.1:8867 I can access everything fine. I changed the port because 8866 wasn't working at all. Could this be an issue with the app? I did delete it and reinstall on my phone and added the server again and just got the same result.
I tried the knewc UIClient and had some success: Namely, the guide loaded super fast but still not honoring channel groups.
The big problem is that while watching live TV, I clicked on settings and changed a video setting from Normal to Original size. I was trying to view SD video in vertical letterbox like in V4. I wish I could be more detailed but I cannot get to the point where I can change it back. Can you tell me how to reverse my change? Each time I try live TV from the menu or the guide, I get "Player Error" in big letters. Then reverts back to where I was.
Using the New Client on Kodi I am having a problem where some recordings default to the Audio Description audio stream. The Kodi Accessibility functions are disabled.
I pause playback and go into Settings and change the audio from NAR to ENG. The other option is to go into Audio Settings and select the English stream and can then save this as the default setting but that does not seem to do anything. Not sure if it is supposed to be making the “English” stream the default or for example making stream 2/2 as the default. On my free to air receiver all channels with two streams seem to have NAR on stream 1/2 and ENG on stream 2/2 but on NextPVR recordings it seems random with English sometimes on stream 1/2 !
At first it seemed to be one particular SD channel I record a lot but I occasionally find others. Also some channels I didn’t realise were defaulting to NAR stream because they were not adding any Audio Description to the audio. It is irritating and after many weeks of testing have no idea where to look! A recording which had Audio Description on the New Client played normal audio on Nlite!
I am trying to determine if NextPVR can be installed on Arch Linux and x86-64 based linux. The first step is determining where all the files end up. Thus far I have the following list of actions/files locations.
My understaning is the macNPVR.zip is downloaded into /tmp/macNPVR.zip.
