Hi, I am considering writing an Android client or Android web client for NextPVR but before I spend too much time I thought I'd reach out to the community to see how well the built in Android h/w media player libraries work on various Android devices that you might be using.
To start off I have built a demo application that should autodetect your NextPVR server and show a list of channels for live tv playback. This application is based on Googles ExoPlayer demo and doesn't really do much more than that, although it allow there is a list of other file formats for capability testing.
To access my dev Android apk go http://xnewa.netai.net/ and download demo-noExtensions-debug.apk.tmp or download it directly http://xnewa.netai.net/demo-noExtensions-debug.apk.tmp Sorry I had to call it .tmp because my web host doesn't like apk files. If you access the web page in Chrome on your Android device you should be able to download the tmp file and with appropriate setting changes to load an unknown source directly install it.
So far I have tested on several devices
1. Lenovo tablet Mediatek MT6165 h264 and mpeg2 video, and ac3 and mpeg2 audio. This was a pleasant surprise because it doesn't work with Kodi.
2. Moto G3 phone has h264 and mpeg2 video but now ac3 or mpeg2 audio
2. Samsung A5 phone has h264 video but no mpeg2 video and no ac3 or mpeg2 audio
4. Amlogic S905x Android box great h264 and mpeg2 video, and for ac3 and mpeg2 audio.
5. Amazon FTV1 h264 and mpeg2 video. No mpeg2 audio, ac3 passthrough only.
6. Xiaomi Mi Box h264 and mpeg2 video, and ac3 and mpeg2 audio
I might be able to add support for ac3 and mpeg2 audio but mpeg2 video support will be a challenge.
Any help that can be provided would be appreciated. I am especially interested in things like 1080i playback mpeg2 video and AAC audio which I don't have here.
I've been using this latest version of NVPR for the past two or three days. It plays and records IPTV programs well. It plays downloaded video files (.mkv/.mp4) well. It will not record my HDHR channels so they can be watched (smeary and jerky with constant freezing). Emby can't play those recordings either, for what it's worth. I've also noted the NPVR icon stays red constantly, even when nothing is being recorded. I will continue to play with it for a day or so more and if nothing improves I'll see if one of the earlier versions of NPVR will work properly.
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Can you tell me if the current version of next PVR will still work on windows XP?
I am upgrading from 3.9.2 (161119).
speaking of upgrading, I get this strange error when I try to do so.
if I click on Install NextPVR v4.0.5 (171208), I get an error:
System.EntryPointNotFoundException: Unable to find an entry point named 'SHGetKnownFolderPath' in DLL 'Shell32.dll'.
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I enabled full screen mode and disables animations etc on my PVR Interface. When I right click now I get the MENU showing up. I used to get another pop up letting me get into settings etc.. I can no longer do that. How can I get to the settings from the Keyboard? Or get our of full screen mode?
Hello. I have been using Kodi with NextPVR on the backend for quite some time and it had been working great for nearly two years now. My issue just happened in the last day or so when I try to watch TV in Kodi 17.6 or 16.1 running AndroidTV connecting to a NextPVR 4.0.5 backend. This issue was not present 4.0.4 until yesterday and no upgrade had happened for weeks. I did upgrade it today to 4.0.5 as i thought maybe it was a bug in 4.0.4.
For some reason Kodi will attempt to open the stream on the channel but just constantly spin and hang. The only way i could get kodi to work again was to force stop it. Kodi running from the same server that has NextPVR installed did not exhibit the same behavior. After much testing and seeing if i could figure out what happened, I finally noticed that the Timeshifting feature of the plugin isn't working. Once i disabled that, LiveTV would load again, albeit a little slower than normal. I tried to see if anyone had this issue but i found nothing. I am guessing this is a new issue either with the plugin or with NextPVR so I thought i would post this here and see how far it can go here before i post elsewhere. Anyone else having this issue? I can provide logs, maybe, not sure how to grab them from AndroidTV and put them up here. I did however upload a screenshot of the error that was produced using the kodi log viewer which hopefully helps. Thanks for the help!
When I play recordings from BBC Earth I always get Hungarian audio, probably because that is the first MPEG audio channel. There is an AC3 channel with English audio listed first but NPVR does not select it by default. Was there a PreferAC3 setting somwhere?
I am new to this forum but I have been using NextPVR for a number of years and has been working like a dream. Suddenly, a few days ago, the EPG died for all channels (see below):
But he was using XMLTV. My installation defaulted to DVB/ATSC and I never had to configure anything, so the post didn't help me much.
I attach the log files.
I am located in rural Western Australia and running Windows 10. This happened shortly after the most recent update, but that may be a coincidence. I am using a fairly new USB DVB-T IT9135 Filter.
I have restarted NPVR and my computer a few times, but to no avail. I have also unplugged and replugged in the tuner.
Currently my remote setup mostly works but it is a kluge. I have both a eHome transceiver and a Hauppauge receiver using WinTVIR.exe running at the same time. If disable one or the other I loose some button functionality. I also have an iMon receiver but I've disabled that after much frustration. I'm also running xbmccustomregis GSB script from when I was planning to run everything from Kodi (I like the Nextpvr interface better and had a few issues with Kodi). One thing I really like from that script is that it effectively gives me a discrete on for my computer (I have a macro that runs on my remote that turns on the computer if it is off but doesn't turn it off if it is on). Discrete on is important to me and don't want to lose it. My remote is an X-Sight learning remote and I run JP1 RM so I have access to a database of different remote codes. I currently have a Windows Media Center device installed on it which I use to control Nextpvr.
The main thing I'm missing is a way to get to the hidden menu on the TV Guide. The Info button doesn't work for this. I tried installing IRSS following the sandbox wiki but my Hauppauge digital tuners (1609) don't have a Channel Changer option listed in devices (I see a Channel Changer option for an analog tuner) so I can't figure out how to tell NexttPVR to use IRSS.
Is IRSS the best (and easiest - I'm already getting in over my head) tool to use? The wiki is old and there may have been advances. If so, how I tell Nextpvr to use it? Is there an updated guide on using it with NextPVR?
I'm assuming I should switch everything to the MCE eHome transceiver unless there is some advantage to using the Hauppauge receiver also.
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1. NextPVR is working fine. I have it installed on an instance of Windows 7 on my QNAP storage device 192.168.0.29. I love it, and it works great. It records to my NAS and I can watch those recordings.
2. I can use my web browser on my Windows 10 machine (http://192.168.0.29:8866/modern/guide.html) and it looks lovely. I can start recordings from here - all works great.
3. I have 2 instances of Kodi, one on my same Windows 10 machine (17.6) and one on my Nvidia Shield (17.6).
4. I cannot connect, either with the pvr addon or the x-new program addon to 192.168.0.29. I am pulling my hair out.
5. Error on bootup of Kodi (Windows Machine) is "PVR Clients: NextPVR PVR Client, Add-on couldn't be loaded. An unknown error has occured. Error in Kodi log is "18:22:52.387 T:11180 ERROR: ADDON: Dll NextPVR PVR Client - Client returned bad status (1) from Create and is not usable".
Any ideas? My gut tells me it is Kodi because NextPVR is running great, but why can I connect via web browser and not with either PVR addon or x-newa addon?
TVPlayer has announced the launch of a new cloud recording service.
The launch of the network personal video recorder (nPVR) service marks a key development for TVPlayer, with the platform now being able to supplement its existing free and pay linear service with the ability to record live TV to generate catch-up content.
The nPVR service will initially only be available on TV Player Plus (subscription) channels, wih additional channels to become available in the coming weeks.
Customers are able to increase storage up to 150 hours for £5 per month on top of their monthly fee.
You would think they could have found a more original name - hasn't nPVR been taken already?
