I use the DVB/ATSC EPG source for updating the EPG. It works great other than it takes like 10-15 mins to update. During the update I'm locked out of watching Live TV however and if I'm already watching TV when the update is scheduled it will fail and not update. Is this by design? My tuner card has 2 TV tuners so it seems one could be used for updating the EPG and the other could still watch live TV?
I upgraded yesterday to 4.0.5 and now the system does not play anything. WinTV8 works fine, i can see that the card and service is working. But, when I go into NPVR and try to play any live TV, I just get a black screen. I am unable to do any settings, and it is locked up. I have to kill the program, and at that point i get a .NET framework error.
Attached are the NVPR.log, the text to the .NET error, and a screen shot of the .NET error.
It's 5am Christmas morning here, and my 14 year daughter (who normally has to be dragged out of bed) is up and suggesting we should wake everybody else up.
Hi,
I previously discontinued Dish service but was really attached to their primetime anytime recording functionality. It would record the four network channels (ABC, NBC, CBS, and FOX) from 8-11pm. I never had to setup any recording, unless it was on cable channels or outside that schedule.
It took me a while to figure out how to set it up with Advanced Rules and I learned a few things along the way. I hope this helps others with Advanced Rules and setting up similar processes.
Here is the advanced rules I setup to make it work. This rule will record NEW shows that are not in the genre of "news" in the between the hours of 8pm and 11pm PST. I couldn't get the 'localtime' option to work with the time() function, so I am using GMT in the rule below (YMMV).
Quote:time(start_time) >= time('04:00:00') AND time(start_time) < time('07:00:00') AND first_run = 'Y' AND genres NOT LIKE '%news%'
Notes:
-I set this rule up on each channel.
-Daylight savings time messes with this. I setup another rule with the time offset by an hour and disabled the rule. Then twice a year I disable and enable the correct one.
You can load Advanced Rules two ways (that I've found):
Type it into the GUI. This is frustrating because the GUI is limited and doesn't show you enough characters to see the whole command. I also couldn't get cut/paste to work, so I had to blindly type the second half.
You can setup an advanced rule and wait for npvr to backup the recurring schedule. It's backed up to your data folder (c:\users\Public\NPVR\). It's called recurring-backup.xml. NPVR doesn't read this file if you make changes, but you can go into setting and import this file once you've made changes and it will create new rules. I found this the easiest way to make changes.
Here is a sample of my recurring-backup.xml
Quote:<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<recurrings>
<recurring>
<oid>66</oid>
<name>NBC - Primetime</name>
<matchrules>
<Rules><ChannelOID>7182</ChannelOID><ChannelName>KING-HD</ChannelName><StartTime>2017-03-14T05:10:00.0000000Z</StartTime><EndTime>2017-03-14T06:10:00.0000000Z</EndTime><PrePadding>0</PrePadding><PostPadding>1</PostPadding><Quality>0</Quality><Keep>0</Keep><AdvancedRules>time(start_time) >= time('03:00:00') AND time(start_time) < time('06:00:00') AND first_run = 'Y' AND genres NOT LIKE '%news%'</AdvancedRules></Rules>
</matchrules>
</recurring>
</recurrings>
Hope this helps as it took me a while to get it just right. But it's been working for 6 months now and I've been very happy with it.
First, let me admit that my limited knowledge of all things digital means that I have no business being here. That said, I am a long time user of GBPVR/PVRX2 that has worked great for me for over 10 years. When it was replaced with NEXTPVR I opted to stay with it because 1) I had four wired Media MVPs connected to my PC giving me "whole house DVRs", 2) I'm not that picky about the picture quality rendered by the MVPs, and 3) I enjoyed using Comskip. I should state at this point that I AM NOT looking for GBPVR support.
Well, my PC recently did an update to Windows 10 after which the video on the MVPs played in slow motion. I tried everything I could think of to fix it, but nothing worked. I also tried System restore and undoing the update to no avail. So I tried uninstalling and reinstalling GBPVR, thinking perhaps the dongle was corrupted. Now GBPVR won't even work on my PC. The TV Guide won't work, and changes I make to directories in Config don't show up in GBPVR. I'm assuming that GBPVR, God rest her soul, is no longer compatible with Windows 10.
The purpose of this post is to elicit suggestions on what hardware I need to get into NEXTPVR. I currently have Spectrum cable and have a dual tuner Hauppauge HVR-2250 (no set-top box) wired to four Media MVPs.
Questions:
1. Will the HVR-2250 work with NEXTPVR? If not, what is a good comparable replacement?
2. Since my house is already wired for media servers, what is a good, preferably inexpensive since I'll need four, replacement for the MediaMVPs.
Just want to remind everyone, some may not even know, that the Federal Communications Commission, which regulates the public airwaves, held an auction to reallocate TV airwaves for wireless internet services and many stations will cease operating sometime in January 2018.
What many stations are doing is moving their channels to other stations that a) they already own or b) that will lease them sub-channels.
In my area WOTH (channel 20) is moving their stations to WKRP (channels 25) They are ceasing operations on Jan 23rd 2018.
Their press release states :
Quote:WOTH will cease broadcasting on January 23, 2018 after serving the community for 24 years. Other local TV stations in our area will be moving to new frequencies to make room for wireless internet services. Dayton’s WBDT 26 and Richmond’s WKOI 43 will cease broadcasting as well. WKRP channel 25 is trying to make room for the networks currently on WOTH channel 20. Unfortunately, not all will make the transition as space is very limited. We can confirm Newsmax won’t make the transition to WKRP channel 25. The network informed us they are ceasing agreements with their broadcast affiliates.
If you are OTA and things start missing or you start getting errors like zero data, know this is probably the reason and run a channel scan.
In unrelated news, the FCC approved and fast tracked ATSC 3.0. on a voluntary basis. Sinclair Broadcasting, who will soon own 3/4 of the OTA stations in the US if the merger goes through, has announced they will convert, and has a rapid deployment plan. The FCC did require existing major network channels (Assumed to be ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, PBS, TBN and THE CW) to be broadcasted in ATSC 1.0 until a TV market reaches a certain percentage of ATSC 3.0 among the market stations. Sinclair expects to move fast with it's ATSC transitions.
One of the reasons I started the thread on IPTV was I am looking for a cable replacement. I currently pay in excess of $125 a month for cable (plus additionally for internet) but my wife and I watch less than ten channels. Three of those channels have OTA transmitters less than ten miles from me. What I'm looking for is a replacement for those five channels that will integrate with NPVR so they can be recorded. I know about Hulu, SlingTV, etc. but I have no idea whether they can integrate with NPVR. Does anyone have any thoughts about this or is this just a lost cause at this time. IPTV does this nicely but I'm well aware of the illegality of such services in the U.S. and would prefer to pay for something legal but more affordabe.
