Hi,
I upgraded to 4_0_5_171208 on Windows 10 and have a problem with the new TS readers. I've switched back to using the legacy for now.
I can watch from the HD Homerun using either default or legacy.
Tuning live TV using Hauppauge HD-PVR2 throws a MPEG 2 refused to hookup error on the black screen and then shows the NPVR Menu. Station sound continues.
I've tried choosing MPEG2 video decoder Main Concept (works in Legacy), ffdshow, lav, Microsoft, Arcsoft, ATI & PDC and get the same error.
2018-02-20 22:14:35.740 [DEBUG][1] TV Listings: Got event NO_VIDEO_RENDERER Your selected MPEG2 video decoder refused to hook up. Please try another decoder.
Not all TV shows will have Logo and/or Banner artwork. Life In Pieces and Super Girl do not have Banner artwork even though TheTVDB shows that they do have banner artwork. Those two shows also do not have Logo artwork but I don't know where the Log artwork comes from. I would guess that only about 85% of the my TV shows have Logo artwork and none have had Banner artwork.
I went into Settings => Artwork => Clear Cached Artwork. All services are enabled and download types are checked.
Could someone explain the rule(s) used by NextPVR for getting the artwork.
I have read other discussions and understand there is a distaste for the limited amount of guide data many stations in the US broadcast. It's a difference of thinking of the guide as a one-time file download versus a constantly updating stream.
My previous job was an engineer at a commercial TV station. I managed 4 PSIP servers that injected the guide data into the ATSC signal in 3 states. I no longer have a hand in these machines. I do still have an affection for this freely available data that stations broadcast.
Many stations do only put out 6 hours. In my TV market I see some doing 24 hours. The down side of putting out more hours, is the number of PIDs increase along with the data used. This means a smaller bit-rate available for video quality. It's small, but does have to be considered.
The PSIP system that is broadcast does allow stations to put out a very up to date guide. It can be tweaked and immediately affect the guide going out. Though most just download the guide from the guide data service and forget to modify it. There was a time when the FCC was pushing for stations to tie the PSIP system into their automation playlist. The plan was that if a program ran long (sports) the guide would always be current. Ultimately they backed off though. The technology wasn't there and it didn't help satellite and cable systems.
Personally, I don't have trouble with stations only putting out 6 hours of guide. When I sit down on the couch, I'm just trying to see what is on now or in the next few hours.
I have two thoughts that would improve the guide experience for those of us that use the free broadcast guide.
1) When a tuner is locked onto a broadcast signal, there should be some EIT and ETT tables present. Act a little surprised and go "wow, that is real guide data I'm seeing, I should grab a copy and do something with it in case somebody wants to see it." Again, think of ATSC guide as a constantly available and constantly updating live stream. Not a once a day file download. This is what the other (non-computer) TVs in my house do.
2) Give Nextpvr the option to update the guide more than once per day. Maybe there are implication because you need an available tuner that is not being watched or recorded. I do have 3 tuners though. Usually one is available.
Thanks for the good work on this project and letting me throw my 2 cents in.
Have been running NPVR for a few years now, so thanks very much for providing this
To start with, it's all running perfectly in 17.6 with 4.0.4 for months, and am looking to run an alpha version of Kodi 18 so I can make use of one of the Amazon VOD add-on.
In preparation for this, I've updated NPVR to 4.0.5. This works just fine in Kodi 17.6
However, in Kodi 18 (20180218 nightly), when I try to tune to a channel, I get one of two things happening:
1) The channel plays, but there is no sound
2) If I stop and play the same channel, I get a "Tuner not found" message.
I've run the above tests with a completely fresh install of Kodi 18, where the only thing I've done is configure/enable NPVR so I don't believe there are any other add-ons interfering.
I've (hopefully) attached my Kodi log file, in case it helps at all.
I was told that DVB/ATSC in the USA only updates six hours of programming. Is it possible to modify NPVR run a the "Update EPG" more than once every 24 hours in the settings under MISC2?
If NPVR can run the "Update EPG" every six hours, My EPG GUIDE will be complete all the time instead of having "No Shows" listed after six hours. I have to use both XMTV and DVB/ATSC to be able to receive both National (XMTV) and Local (DVB/ATSC) programming. I use only OTA programming.
Running ZapItXML Update EPG.bat every six hours won't do the trick since it won't be updated until NPVR runs Update EPG which is once a day.
Has anyone else experienced freeze on resume on a partially watched show? Does not happen every time, obviously nothing in the logs. I have tried different decoders, Cyberlink PDVD13, LAV and MS. Cyrrently using latest LAV both for H.264 and Mpeg.
Prior to pc re-install, I had TV guide for ITV without the warning and missing highlighted program. Now I have the warning about no permission for the channel use, I'm sure I had that before and somehow got it like the other channels like BBC1.
What is the magic I need to do?
I've been struggling with this one for the past month.
I've used NextPVR for the past 4 years with minimal problems. I used a HDHomerun HDHR (yes original) till last year when I did an upgrade to the HDHomerun Connect. I added the connect and remapped my channels and everything worked fine, EPG would populate fine. Last month I added a HDHomerun Prime. And that's where the problem starts.
I use zap2xml to get EPG data. Since the Connect is antenna and Prime is cable there are different sets of channels that doesn't overlap for everything. I went ahead and tried out 2 different accounts and seperated the XMLTV files into two seperate folders. I then went ahead and mapped my channels to whatever XMLTV file they needed. Then I emptied the EPG and did an update. The end result was half the EPG populating. In researching the issue I found some advise that said the issue might clear up in a day or two. So that's what I did I waited and still the issue persisted.
Next I thought maybe the issue was that I was using separate XMLTV files. So I did some more research and decided to try merging the XMLTV files using XMLTV GUI. I outputed the merged file to another folder and tried that. And same issue, only part of the guide gets updated. So as a last resort I tried using all three XMLTV files I got some interesting results and found a new problem.
1] I setup the first channel to my Cable XMLTV:
[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]
2] I set the next channel to Antenna XMLTV:
[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]
3] Another channel to Merged XMLTV:
[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]
4] Finally now a second channel to Antenna XMLTV:
[ATTACHMENT NOT FOUND]
5] I emptied and updated the EPG, started NextPVR and here is the result:
I just downloaded, installed, and configured NextPVR on my WIndows 10x64 machine. I can watch live TV, the recording seems to work, but in my attempts to connect NPVR to Kodi, I found out I cannot even access the web interface through my browser on the same machine, I get "refused to connect".
In Settings->Clients, the box next to "Enable Web Server" is checked, the port is the standard 8866, but going to the web address "127.0.0.1:8866" results in "Refused to Connect" in Chrome.
I thought perhaps the port was already in use, but changing the port to various other values, 8282, 8867, 7799, and then trying to connect to that port through the browser results in the same problem, refused to connect.
I've made sure nrecord.exe, nextpvr.exe, and ndigitalhost.exe are all "allow"ed through my firewall (Norton Premier 360). Even tested with the firewall disabled, still no go. Hopefully my included logs might give some clue what's wrong. Thanks. :confused:
Sorry I am newbie,
When I click on liveTV I get message that NextPVR has stopped working.
When I try to attach a file it tells me the file is invalid. Do I need to zip the file before attching?
