I am running NextPVR using an HDHomerun and a cable card on a Windows 10 network. I am unable to stream live TV successfully for any length of time as the stream will stop with the message "A network error has caused the video download to fail part-way". It happens on Ethernet and WiFi connections. The stream will start again and run for an undetermined amount of time if the browser window is refreshed but then the same error will occur. There is no issues using Edge browser but I prefer to use Chrome instead if I can. I have recreated the error on other Windows 10 machines on the same network also. It even occurs on the same machine the NextPVR server is installed. It works fine using Kodi so it's most likely related to the Chrome browser. I have inquired at Google about his but to no avail. I'm just wondering if anyone here has come across this issue. Thank you very much an assistance.
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In the past couple of days some of my recurring recordings have stopped being scheduled.
After the daily EPG update the log is showing the following error:-
2019-03-13 04:35:08.551 [ERROR][10] Unexpected error parsing EPGEvent xml: System.Xml.XmlException: '', hexadecimal value 0x18, is an invalid character. Line 5, position 156.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String[] args)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText(Int32& startPos, Int32& endPos, Int32& outOrChars)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseText()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.LoadXml(String xml)
at NUtility.EPGEvent.Parse(String xml)
2019-03-13 04:35:08.551 [ERROR][10] xml:
<Event>
<OID>6877211</OID>
<Title>The Great British Sewing Bee</Title>
<SubTitle></SubTitle>
<Description>With Joe Lycett hosting, the quarter-finalists face British and Irish fabrics week. Patrick Grant and Esme Young ask the sewers to create a worker's jacket' from linen. [S,AD]</Description>
<ChannelOID>7339</ChannelOID>
<StartTime>2019-03-19T21:00:00.0000000Z</StartTime>
<EndTime>2019-03-19T22:00:00.0000000Z</EndTime>
<FirstRun>true</FirstRun>
<DVBServiceEventID>1293</DVBServiceEventID>
<DVBTableVersion>22</DVBTableVersion>
<Genres>
<Genre>News / Current Affairs</Genre>
</Genres>
<UniqueID>The Great British Sewing Bee/m/27J5</UniqueID>
</Event>
2019-03-13 04:35:08.551 [ERROR][10] Unexpected error in UpdateRecurringRecording(): System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at NShared.RecordingServiceProxy.UpdateRecurringRecording(RecurringRecording recurringRecording)
2019-03-13 04:35:08.551 [INFO][10] UpdateRecurringRecording(314, 'MotherFatherSon'):
<Rules>
<EPGTitle>MotherFatherSon</EPGTitle>
<ChannelOID>7339</ChannelOID>
<ChannelName>BBC Two HD</ChannelName>
<StartTime>2019-03-06T21:00:00.0000000Z</StartTime>
<EndTime>2019-03-06T22:00:00.0000000Z</EndTime>
<PrePadding>1</PrePadding>
<PostPadding>3</PostPadding>
<Quality>0</Quality>
<Keep>0</Keep>
<Days>WEDNESDAY</Days>
<TimeslotStart>2019-03-06T19:30:00.0000000Z</TimeslotStart>
<TimeslotEnd>2019-03-06T22:30:00.0000000Z</TimeslotEnd>
</Rules>
After this error, every NPVR attempt to schedule an existing recurring recording fails with either the parsing error or the System.NullReferenceException seen above.
The parsing error always refers to the Hex 0x18 value.
What do I need to do or check to resolve.
(I am familiar with editing the database if needed)
Currently the data obtained from the http xml interface is not rich compared to the NEWA JSON interface which basically provides as much of the EPG record as it can. I think as a minimum the following changes should be considered
1) method=channel.listings
- add season and episode numbers
- add movie year
- separate subtitle field I will use this to clean description
- new indicator <= not even used by Kodi but need to display
2) method=recording.list
- include genre
- include movie year
- currently I regex the subtitle for S##E## probably need to keep that for new versions.
I have an interesting problem.
Recent clean install of win10 and Npvr (among other bits of program).
TV Guide.xml is made by EPG Collector.
Problem is EPG updates ok in Npvr manually, but does not automatically update at set time (in Misc 2) In fact it does not update at all. I have to manually update EPG each day.
Recording service updates ok with new programs.
I have tried reboot, stop and start recording service and restarting Npvr to no avail.
what have I done wrong?
I can send logs if needed.
Not sure if 4.2.4 is the culprit, but this problem started as soon as I upgraded.
I use iptv-epg.com for most of my EPG and it has always worked fine. Now, I get no listings and the logs show a 500 error consistently for the past 2 days whenever I try to update the EPG. Gettingg the file works just fine in Chrome though so not sure what's going on.
Code:
2019-03-11 20:34:39.075 [DEBUG][272] Will process xmltv file from http: http://iptv-epg.com/.../snipped.xml?.... [QHP2txmUZjOS3snCDTiZ0aoDZq7En8BS3sHxbxVf3u57zPCEAPw0bot7rLN8ObUY/DxMf46J7JmblqG6W5qojgfanz52HK9IzF+Zs6MXGj7myvxtDQdq+MAPS2BMEBGRz53C39PR1RxXbatfm5ndzjwlWNF6Ckh9gfN5gd3ZIFAEnqWbTQaCoSqbLUUMN1guYHwkyhhjenj1HT7CKcp7MsNxpQWfzTPz98ywHTk1CXEi9lMbcEpmAMXxgRNRROrOC9keByFiDPp0kQoe2BO0ktP8YgVw4YqslCz3WkTm734jXxrsISA0lIn/1WeFhnPm7L/QM3nBH6zzHRjZ9Ra2TIacqNDpT7L2tZHurNaFGDcLFdRT+F387Vp51e3mzziPKZsaRTbU/8A/gj0RSbyqatHjbwTuj9sPhO0NOPmTBZs=]
2019-03-11 20:34:39.079 [DEBUG][272] Loading XMLTV from: http://iptv-epg.com/.../snipped.xml?.... [sGSC1WCiU7LgF/oX/zo/r1LE2YzNtivk3+YJAPEdHPrQexX4G6WdfG/Jebw4AvxVtN3VspWggKKA0D1l3ydsYjKpjPMCoNWrtaApDxUL1v6p71HqksIIhazISdfvWbxZh/hIePHngfYxrnxbJLSM10P4hPqmfzfcmXG5PliEaelheY863hJ+w0veldj7MLk/eu+VK77dxejIrhi8Yw+VhYM9raxGleRQaCDAOGrciSIkvnFrn+/4mF+PHQP8A1IDKeVnAiwVGSAA58C9EFeMLhff7frkveAiHa7u5Ie1hluOnarGHo88ju6B4feBaeVGO141yldot0MXntCzawG0XwTf7IDYaSYK8EN9FmnF85xZu9ux23VnLdvigkVU9sawGpx9k1DiC5GfsaDdFrjJ4TSkW266uywS44t6Q8mmStE=]
2019-03-11 20:34:39.419 [ERROR][272] Unexpected error processing xmltv file (http://iptv-epg.com/snipped.xml): System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (500) Internal Server Error.
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadDataInternal(Uri address, WebRequest& request)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadData(Uri address)
at System.Net.WebClient.DownloadData(String address)
at NShared.XmltvEPGSource.UpdateEPG(List`1 channels)
Recently had to rebuild on new hardware after almost 8 years. It didn't owe me anything!
I've reloaded everything but I'm missing one thing. I have a number of dvd's ripped and I can see the name.dvd when I go in through the Video's screen. However all I get is a black or grey screen. I've tried the decoders installed (seen below) and I can't get it to work.
Screenshot of decoders installed and logs are attached.
