Are there any commercial grade or lossless codecs available for the NPVR video decoder? What are the absolute best ones out there? Willing to pay for a good one.
The LAV decoder is not giving me the results I want and the MS DVD one doesn't work.
I have read the FAQ and installed the Hauppauge SoftPVR components from WinTV7. Note that this is on AVerMedia hardware, not Hauppauge, hopefully that is okay? I used the directions at Utility.HauppaugeSoftPVR.
My Analog capture source (AverMedia H826 Hybrid TV Video Capture) shows up in Devices, and I have used "Add FM" to add an FM station in Device Setup.
Digital TV works as expected (no Analog TV in this area) but when I select the FM station in Live TV, no sound plays. I notice the NRecord process starts using 14% CPU (100% of one thread) and the UI also becomes very sluggish, taking a second or two to respond to a right-click.
I am new to NextPVR so don't assume I know what I am doing (though I do have a technical background).
I have the latest version of NextPVR (4.2.3) and just re-installed LAVFilters-0.73.1-Installer. I am using LAV for all the Video and Audio decoders (EVR/default for Renderers).
Logs are attached. FilterCheck.log is included in the zip.
SiliconDust has added a streaming package that allows users of their ATSC/QAM tuners (not the Prime CableCard units) to add a group of streamed network channels to their locally tuned lineup of around US $35 per month, and given a comparison of other stream-only services like Sling or YouTubeTV, looks like a good value. Adding this subscription adds these channels to the Connect tuner as additional channels in the 1000+ range above any locally tuned channels, at least when the latest firmware is on the device and the HDHR app is used. Their site mentions upcoming availability of these channels via Plex DVR, and I saw mention that some SageTV users are already tuning these directly in Sage but via "OpenDCT" rather than the native tuner instance. Any idea if this method or some other would allow these streamed HDHR channels to be visible via NPVR? I re-scanned the Connect Dual tuner I have and while the channels are working fully in the HDHR apps, they remain invisible to NPVR, where I see only the ATSC channels I always had, via antenna.
I've noticed it takes quite a bit longer for a live channel to be transcoded and viewed in the app than it does while watching a previously recorded show. The link below shows first an attempt to watch a live show being transcoded. This takes 18 seconds to begin. The second is watching a show that was perviously recorded. This takes closer to 5 seconds. The source is a network attached hdhomerun. Is this expected behavior?
My NextPVR Recording and Decoder coding that never works despite updates after switching from from a free trial subscription that cost ~10 month:
TV plays fine - no TV Guide Program Data nor recordings. I am able to manually record and quick record with no Program info, but cannot record Programs!!!!!
No TV Guide program guide info but can quick and manually record using the WinTV HVR-980 BDA Tuner with the following Recorder and Decoder coding - there is no TV ATSC recording program info for the recorded programs using correct the following correct coding:
Recording
7 Days
Default Location: C:\Users\Public\Videos
Checked: Default to Recording Location with the most space available
File Naming
Checked: Use S01E01 file naming format if possible
Checked: Use MovieName.(YEAR) format for movies if possible
Checked: Replace spaces with period character
Recurring Match: Match Exact Title
Checked: Avoid duplicate recordings where possible
Look for alternate airing on unresolved conflict
Pre-Padding Minutes: 1
Post-Padding Minutes: 2
Video Renderer
Checked: Only use mapped audio decoders during .ts playback
Just a thought on scanning / updating / adding / removing channels.
It's quite frustrating how many channels keep coming and going, moving about and changing name on Freeview. On a TV it's handy enough just to let it scan and see what it finds, but on NextPVR there's a clear need for a more considered approach as there are several tuners, different types of tuner (DVB-T, S, IPTV), and so on.
A tool I think would make things easier is something that would let you compare the latest channel scan against the present database of TV channels. I've attached an example. The orange channels have moved LCN, the purple channel has renamed, and the red channel is no longer broadcast. The green channel is new.
There'd be more subtly to it I'm sure sub knows lots more about, but I imagine it could have some logic based on if these channels are currently assigned to the tuner being scanned.
I can go into setting and delete channel groups for French, Italian, Polish, latino, because these aren't languages I am going to pick up any time soon. But on the drop down menu for the guide when I pull up groups, these groups still exist. How can I get rid of them?
I've just installed 4.2.3 on my main machine and notice when I go to edit existing XMLTV sources that were set to a http:// URL sources that these are lost and now default back to a local file. The database shows the correct source still and updates work - it just displays incorrectly in the channels EPG area.
(though I do have a technical background).