So had some issues with windows and chose to reload the os using the windows defender fresh start feature. Overall that was painless. Microsoft claims that files will be left intact but programs need to be reinstalled.

So for Npvr the result was that my recordings and my epg files stayed where they were but Npvr needed reinstallation.

It's back up and running now. But I have a couple of issues.

The first one was that when I reinstalled I got a message at the end of the installer that it could not start Npvr because it detected another instance running. This made me think that part of Npvr must be installed in some place that Microsoft considered it a file and kept it. Undaunted I reboot and this time Npvr started and I reprogrammed the channels and xmltv listings. Seems to work fine. Watched a channel. So this mystery is sort of solved.

2nd issue. Went to tv listings and picked a show to record thirty min in future. However the recorder did not start when the show came on. Upon checking my recurring show listings .,empty. .. redid the recording request..again empty. At this Pont I thought does it record at all? Yes ctrl K starts the recorder. So that was good.

So back to why won't record from epg? Any ideas appreciated. Perhaps it's some conflict with the remnants of settings that microsoft considered personal files?

I've had NPVR running pretty much flawlessly for 5 years. Unfortunately, the machine it is installed on is on it's last leg. I want to move NPVR to another machine. I hope to be able to copy a few files/folders and avoid starting from scratch. Is this possible? If so, what do I need to transfer?

TIA

Hi I am a noobie so please forgive my ignorance. I can populate the epg if I go to channels and manually update epg, but it will not auto update at the time I have listed in Misc2 page of settings menu. I only have 4 channels and I am trying to update them through the Antenna with ATSC. I will try to include logs. Thanks in advance for your help.

Hi Sub,

I know you've done a fair bit of experimentation with Ace IPTV. Have you looked at all at accessing the Catch Up content that they offer?
Personally I've found recording IPTV channels to be quite unreliable, so the catch up content may offer a better way of getting shows that I can't watch live.

If you haven't looked at it - unfortunately the catch up content isn't listed in the M3U I can download - but from looking at what Kodi does when accessing this content I can see that for the supported channels, you can just use a URL that specifies the stream number, date and time, and duration, and you get a stream of that content. Perhaps it would be possible to access this using the OnDemand function - even if it means I need to create a correctly formatted M3U myself?

I can download this content using a browser, or save it with VLC as a .ts and it plays ok. However, trying to watch the files in NPVR hasn't worked for me. If I play the file via the Videos option in NPVR it plays, but the duration shows as 1 second and I can't navigate. (But if I understand correctly this method uses DirectShow rather than NPVR's .ts reader?)

I also tried setting one or the stream URLs as an IPTV channel as a test, and I can't play or record from this IPTV channel in NPVR.

Next PVR was installed by my grandson who is no longer in town. The TY guide wasn't showing anything except No Show Details for everything. I installed the new update and went through the EPG Setup, but nothing worked. I deleted TV Guide from the plugins and then put it back and I don't know if I used the correct settings and don't want to do anything else and mess it up even more. After several attempts to fix the EPG, I went ahead and bought Schedules Direct and set that up and went to channels in Settings and set them up and that looks ok. But when i hit TV Guide on the main menu, it blinks a window I can't begin to see and is blank! I have been trying to fix this for 3 days. Can you help? I am including my logs as per instructed. I'm not very experienced with forums, so beg your indulgence for a novice. Thank you.
I'm not sure i sent the logs correctly. I don't see a "Go Advanced" button or a "paperclip". Please let me know if I did this wrong and how to do it correctly. Sorry.[ATTACH=CONFIG]44929[/ATTACH]

Is it possible to add another M3U playlist and EPG on top of an existing one?

How does npvr handle encrypted iptv channels? I see no option for decrypting...?

Hello Guys,

I am trying to play a publicly available stream which works in both VLC and WMP.
https://clb.cdn.bg/bnt1/fls/bntW.stream/...020b4b3c58 (http://tv.bnt.bg/bntworld/)

I added the channel and the SOURCE URL, but when I try to play it in nPVR I get no video playback at all.
I only see "Please wait" for a fraction of the second and then nothing. There is nothing in the logs as well (all logs are attached).

Is this M3U stream (video codec is H264) supported?

2018-01-17 15:57:04.125 [DEBUG][1] GetServerStatus() returns:
<Status>
</Status>
2018-01-17 15:57:04.125 [DEBUG][1] StartLiveTV@1 (BNT)
2018-01-17 15:57:04.125 [DEBUG][1] StartLiveTV@2
2018-01-17 15:57:04.125 [DEBUG][1] StartLiveTV@3
2018-01-17 15:57:04.125 [DEBUG][1] StartLiveTV@4
2018-01-17 15:57:04.200 [DEBUG][1] Calling dispose on old popup(2): ShowDetailsPopup
2018-01-17 15:57:04.200 [DEBUG][1] ShowDetailsPopup.Dispose()

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I found the answer to a very frustrating problem and wanted to post it for others. I was having a problem where my Windows 10 PC would wake and start an UpdateEPG or a recording, but the PC would go to sleep after one minute. Here is an example of a failed UpdateEPG that was scheduled for 1:00 AM:

2018-01-16 01:00:05.048 [DEBUG][74] Resuming...
2018-01-16 01:00:05.817 [DEBUG][6] cycling MVP servers
2018-01-16 01:00:13.026 [DEBUG][9] Recording service noted the system was resuming...
2018-01-16 01:00:13.026 [DEBUG][9] No C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\Wakeup.bat
2018-01-16 01:00:13.327 [DEBUG][9] PurgeOldDeletes()
2018-01-16 01:00:34.646 [DEBUG][10] Pre EPG Update
2018-01-16 03:44:01.044 [DEBUG][74] Resuming...

The UpdateEPG would complete when I would later press the power button in the morning. Recordings were similar:

2018-01-16 08:56:05.035 [DEBUG][28] Resuming...
2018-01-16 08:56:05.535 [DEBUG][6] cycling MVP servers
2018-01-16 08:56:12.842 [DEBUG][9] Recording service noted the system was resuming...
2018-01-16 08:56:12.842 [DEBUG][9] No C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\Wakeup.bat

but all my recordings reported "Recording service not running at recording time."

There is a hidden Windows 10 setting "System unattended sleep timeout" that was set to one minute. It appears NPVR did not start telling Windows 10 to "stay awake" in the first minute and the PC just went back to sleep.

I found this Windows Q&A that solved my problem: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/wind...52d?auth=1

I adjusted the setting to 10 minutes and this gave enough time for NPVR to start sending the "stay awake" messages to Windows 10. My PC then went to sleep 10 minutes after UpdateEPG or Recordings completed.

Hope this helps others as it took me a long time to solve this problem.

Hi,

I have the time shifting setting set to "EPG Based" in npvr so that when I hit record while watching live TV, I don't lose what I've watched so far. This doesn't seem to work in Kodi, as I painfully just discovered. It starts a new recording from the time I hit record.

I was surprised the behavior was different since I figured the recording service controlled all of this logic internally, and presumably the buffer file is there on disk when Kodi asks to record the same exact show that's being buffered and played. Can I force npvr to obey the timeshift setting when watching on a Kodi client?