If anyone is looking for HDHomeRuns look like Bestbuy has them on sale. I was going to purchase the 2 tuner but you can get a 4 for 99.99 just last week it was over 150.00. I'm new here so I don't know if these types of post are frowned upon.


https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hdhomerun-c...Id=6079602

https://www.bestbuy.com/site/hdhomerun-c...Id=6079607

Does everyone here subscribe to schedulesdirect for there guide data? Or is there another way to get guide data that does to not require a yearly subscription.

OK confessed newbie here. I'm setting this up for a friend and as a seasoned technologist - I don't have any experience with this kind of configuration.

Device lists as Hauppauge WinTV 885 BD Tuner/Demod within NextPVR. The label on the card shows WinTV-HVR-1250 ATSC/QAM/NTSC.

I have it installed, hooked it up to a cheesy antenna (just to get something coming in) and scanned. I got 6 ATSC channels (18.1-18.6).

When I select any of the channels the application pauses and then I get the message "Missing audio? You don't have a AC3 decoder selected. you can fix this on the Settings->Decoders screen." (copied exactly as displayed including misspelled "don't"). I have hooked this antenna up to a TV, done the channel scan and was able to watch all of the channels on the TV. So I know that the data source is valid and functioning...

Under the Decoders configuration | Audio Decoders - the AC2Audio is set for Microsoft DTV-DVD Audio Decoder. Not sure this is valid - but it's the only option available in the dropdown box (except for disabled which didn't seem like the correct option).

I have downloaded and installed VLC just because I know it comes with a lot of different codecs and hoped that one might 'show up' in NextPVR... it didn't happen.

Do I need a specific decoder? if so - where can I get it? Do I have the configuration set up incorrectly?

I've come to this point with NextPVR after spending a lot of hours trying to get MythTV on Linux to work. Being a 'Windows' guy - this just made more sense to me - mostly.

Any help is always appreciated!

Thanks everyone...

Bill

I am new to NextPVR just cut the cord a few days ago. I would like to know who all here is running NextPVR on a VM? If you are running a vm what are the specs of the vm? BTW I will be using HDHome run for the tuners.

Can someone with more experience confirm to me that this was my error.

I have many PBS stations from 3 regions (I luckily live in an area and place where I get channels from 3 TV regions).

Some play shows others don't for some reason. I wanted to catch the new Father Brown when it starts.

I wanted to create an 'all channel' only, new Father Brown recording as there is no 'all channels, new episode' option.

My first attempt failed, and still was recording at least 1 episode on all Father Browns.

My second attempt doesn't mark anything, so I'm sure if it will work when the new Father Brown in the US.

Will my second attempt record the new Father Brown on any channel when it hits the guide?

THX.

First Attempt:
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Hi, I'm new here.

I have an old Diamond XtremeTV PVR500 II PCI card that I have been using for probably a decade now. I have used it on XP, then Vista 32-bit and then Win 7 Pro 32-bit. No problems.

But my PC died last week so I refurbished another PC and I am now running Win 7 Pro 64-bit OS on it.

I have been searching high and low for a driver for this PVR500 II that works on a 64bit OS, but I have not been able to find one!

Does anyone here know of any compatible drivers for this card that will work on Win 7 Pro 64-bit OS?

I don't care if I have total functionality of the card. All I need is to be able to watch cable TV on my PC once in a while when I'm using my PC.

If it matters, I'm in the USA.

Have been using NPVR and HDHR4-2US for over a year now, but is not my primary means of watching TV.
Computer is Windows 10 Home operating system, NPVR has been working just fine and always detected both tuners in HDHR.
Fired up NPVR earlier this week and get message "no channels setup". Checked devices and only device shown is IPTV ?? Also get message of new version of NPVR available, so I upgraded from 4.04 to 4.05. Same problem, no devices detected. Have uninstalled and reinstalled NPVR numerous times, deleting ALL files and starting over. Same results.

HDHR app works just fine in Windows 10. Both tuners, all channels. Have checked firewall, all programs allowed to pass thru. Looking at log file (attached), it appears to see my 2 HDHR tuners but will not load them??

Recommendations to go into HDHR configuration and check settings is no longer an option for me with the most recent Windows 10 HDHR software. Early HDHR software did have a configuration page but most recent software from Silicon Dust appears to have did away with that.

Windows 10 recently did a "build update" on my machine to 1709. Read where others have had some issues with NPVR after that update, but not really saw where any solutions were found.

All help appreciated.

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.

Martin

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.

hello.
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'.