I’m a bit of a newbie, so I apologize if this has already been answered elsewhere.
Some of my playback files freeze, and the audio skips back a few seconds. I’ve tried playing the files through different players, and they all behave strangely, which led me to believe that the issue might be with the encoding itself. I noticed that FFmpeg was from 2023, so I updated it to the latest version.
I also wanted to tweak the TranscodeArgs since my hardware is fairly powerful (Core i9, RTX 4090, 128GB RAM), but I don’t think the settings are taking effect.

When I check the log (nrecord.log), the only parameters I see are as follows (i replaced the name of the show):
C:\Program Files\NextPVR\Other\ffmpeg.exe -re -y -i "M:\PLEX\_TV_\SomeTVShow_2025-04-04_22350030.ts" -vf fps=1/10,scale=220:124 -f mjpeg -flush_packets 1 "M:\PLEX\_TV_\SomeTVShow_2025-04-04_22350030.thumbnail"

here are the changes directly from the config.xml that I made -
<TranscodeHLS> 
  -y -v error -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format cuda -i [SOURCE] -f mpegts
  -c:v h264_nvenc -preset p5 -rc vbr -cq 19 -b:v [BITRATE] -maxrate [BITRATE] -bufsize 2M
  -c:a aac -b:a 128k -ar 48000 -ac 2 -s [RESOLUTION] -aspect [ASPECT] -g 60 -sc_threshold 0 [TARGET]
</TranscodeHLS>

<AnalyzeDuration>default</AnalyzeDuration>
<VideoEncoder>NVIDIA</VideoEncoder>
<TranscodeArgs>
  -y -v error -hwaccel cuda -hwaccel_output_format cuda -i [SOURCE] -f mpegts
  -c:v h264_nvenc -preset p5 -rc vbr -cq 19 -b:v [BITRATE] -maxrate [BITRATE] -bufsize 2M
  -c:a aac -b:a 128k -ar 48000 -ac 2 -s [RESOLUTION] -aspect [ASPECT] -g 60 -sc_threshold 0 [TARGET]
</TranscodeArgs>

Well its time for my big upgrade V4  to V7.  New hardware after 8 Years.
I have been setting up the new box over the last few weeks. So I have a few questions, on some of the things I am stuck on.

First trying to run NextTool I get -
NextPvr  -   Version: 7.0.1.241229  
NextTool -from wiki  2.5.0
and this error
C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data>dotnet NextTool.dll
A fatal error was encountered. The library 'hostpolicy.dll' required to execute the application was not found in 'C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\'.
Failed to run as a self-contained app.
  - The application was run as a self-contained app because 'C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\NextTool.runtimeconfig.json' was not found.
  - If this should be a framework-dependent app, add the 'C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\NextTool.runtimeconfig.json' file and specify the appropriate framework.

Thanks Greg C.

Hi

Totally new to IPTV and NextPVR.  I am trying to get a the basic UK freeview channels working with a TV guide.  
I am using this list from github

https://iptv-org.github.io/iptv/countries/uk.m3u

A lot of the obscure channels work, but most of the ones that I want to work such as BBC, ITV, Ch4 and Ch5 all give this error

No tuner was available for the requested channel

If I copy and paste the URL for BBC2 for example into my browser I get this error

403 Unauthorized
Streamer protection system doesn't allow you to watch this content.

Am I doing something wrong, or is it just the links in this list are no good or encrypted/protected?

Thanks

I'm building a new server for NextPVR recording UK Freeview (terrestrial). So far the Hauppauge WinTV quadHD PCIe internal card looks like a good choice though there are various external/USB boxes available. To be honest I'd prefer an internal card rather than a bunch of USB devices hanging off the back. Any alternatives to the Hauppauge carfd out there?

Cheers,
Brian

I use schedule direct and have paid through May 2025. My account shows active

I'm using NextPVR with the Kodi client. It works great inside my house on my home network, but I'd like to be able to use it from remote locations, through the internet.
So I set up the Port Forwarding through my router to the computer that is serving the NPVR, and I'm pretty sure I've got that right, because I got a Port Forwarding tester, and it finds the port through the internet (and if I turn off the Port Forwarding, it fails). Yet when I point my Kodi NextPVR client to the external IP address and port grow a garden, I get no response, like there is nothing there. Pointing to the server directly at its internal address, it works fine.
Am I missing something else here that needs to be set up? Or how can I diagnose this?

Hello,

I am starting to be a big fan of your software and appreciate your support.

I am having some issues with live IPTV playback.  Playback stops on most channels within a few minutes and requires to start playing stream over again.  Are there any settings for adjusting re-buffer or timeout as it seems like there may be an issue when the stream is temporarily interrupted?  I have tried adjusting timeshift properties to test if length is a factor but it does not seem to make a difference (tested different times ranging from 1 minute, default 20 minutes, 120 minutes, 360 minutes..)

Recording channels seems to be a bit more stable but there have still been issues noticed.  Not sure if there are more settings for timeout or recovery from an interrupted steam during recording vs live streaming but it seems that way from my testing.  I have tried setting <M3U8DownloadTimeout>30000</M3U8DownloadTimeout> which seems like too much for timeout of the channel loading but not sure if this also applies for re-buffer.

NextPVR Version: 7.0.1.241229  
M3U playlist import, not XC.
Ubuntu server 24.04.2 LTS
Kodi client w/ NextPVR addon using Timeshift

Full set of log files if anyone can take a look and let me know what you think.  I do not have this issue playing channels or VOD titles from whatever VPN server choice I use and an IPTV client so I do not believe the issue is with my VPN provider or IPTV provider.
logs-20250401-1536 .zip 

Please let me know if you need other information provided.

Hello.

I know that V4 is obsolete but it still has value for me and I use it every day in addition to V6.

I'm getting errors while updating the EPG and would like to know if I can do something to prevent them from recurring. I manually updated the EPG this afternoon and the NPVR.log.1 at record 2108 shows the following:

{
  "stationID": "96299",
  "serverID": "20141201.web",
  "code": 7020,
  "response": "SCHEDULE_RANGE_EXCEEDED",
  "minDate": "no_db_mindate",
  "maxDate": "no_db_maxdate",
  "requestedDate": "2025-04-01",
  "message": "Date requested (2025-04-01) not within no_db_mindate -> no_db_maxdate for stationID 96299."
}
2025-04-01 15:12:39.691 [ERROR][188] (798 - Uplift HD): Date requested (2025-04-01) not within no_db_mindate -> no_db_maxdate for stationID 96299.
2025-04-01 15:12:39.691 [DEBUG][188] 798 Uplift HD
{
  "stationID": "96299",
  "serverID": "20141201.web",
  "code": 7020,
  "response": "SCHEDULE_RANGE_EXCEEDED",
  "minDate": "no_db_mindate",
  "maxDate": "no_db_maxdate",
  "requestedDate": "2025-04-02",
  "message": "Date requested (2025-04-02) not within no_db_mindate -> no_db_maxdate for stationID 96299."
}
2025-04-01 15:12:39.691 [ERROR][188] (798 - Uplift HD): Date requested (2025-04-02) not within no_db_mindate -> no_db_maxdate for stationID 96299.
2025-04-01 15:12:39.691 [DEBUG][188] 798 Uplift HD

Can you offer some tips I can use to prevent these errors?

Thanks.

Attached Files

  Logs-20250401.zip (Size: 317.72 KB / Downloads: 1)

With all this AI and LLM stuff, could we get something similar to Comskip that looks through TV shows and skips the boring bits?  Maybe it could summarise the details in a pop-up and let you skip to the next interesting bit of a show.  

It could even add a score to the main recording menu, it could tell you if a show was worth watching or not.

I'm attempting to migrate nextpvr v5 to a  windows 11 computer. The previous computer (Windows 10) was v5 also. It appears that program recordings kick off as scheduled. The recording listing indicates they've finished but the tray app indicates they're still recording (way) past the scheduled stop time. I've uninstalled nextpvr  and reinstalled. I've purchased the latest wintv version (to ensure newest drivers) from Hauppague. I've installed the latest LAV decoders. i'll attempt to upload the log files and the config.xml, which I've copied from the previous installation. I removed the SID values and set the 3 keys to ensure that existing recordings would not be lost in migration. Drive locations are the same. Existing recordings are found and playback OK.

Attached Files

  logs-20250331-1704.zip (Size: 65.07 KB / Downloads: 3)