Hi everyone. I'm new here. I did try to find this info out here first. And I usually *way* overwrite initial help posts with every detail and totally lose the TL;DR crowd, so I'll *try* to keep it slimmer and just answer any further questions as we go along.
BACKGROUND:
I want to upgrade my existing WMC-on-Win7Home HTPC from i3-2100+HD2000 / Intel H67 / 4GB-RAM to something like Kaby Lake Pentium+HD630 / B250M / 8GB RAM. I just want it to playback 2 windows of moving video while cutting commercials via VideoReDo, converting files, and copying them away, all at the same time; is that too much to ask? I was going to keep all other h/w the same.
[Un]fortunately, just before pulling the trigger I found out Microsoft&Co are screwing us WMCers more quickly than I ever thought because now (first time in history) new hardware won't reliably run with a still supported OS, Win7+WMC (not allowing us to last until 2020). OMG, I can't say what I wish on Microsoft here without getting banned from my very first post.
GOAL:
Proof the concept that I can successfully run other software to do what MS WMC does, just as well, that can also run on Win10 if I'm going to be forced to it now. If that works and family approves, I can move to new h/w & Win10; otherwise, I guess I give-up or find older h/w to upgrade for now.
What WMC does for me today:
- allows me to play & record live Clear QAM channels via a hand-me-down Hauppauge WinTV HVR-1250 card, which still works great BTW
- allows me to play & record live cable channels (free & DRM) via a SD HomeRunHD 3ch external box with a CableCARD in it (less reliable than the internal card)
[so, when I record, I have to manually manage that there's only 1 tuner for QAM & 3 for cable; and that's fine]
- plays DVD discs in the box
- via MediaBrowser, WMC serves up & plays my backed-up unripped DVDs, recordings (TS & WTV), and VHS home movie transfers
- also allows me to do the previous three on a lesser TV via a old laptop also running WMC on Win7 configured the same
Peripherally, I also run a Hauppage Colossus from the STB & VCR, but that's not a WMC thing.
PROGRESS:
My research led me to Kodi, and then to NextPVR with SAF codecs. Through trial & error and without MS codecs (to prove it out), I got QAM to NPVR and to NPVR-Kodi plug-in to Kodi all working. I also got cable via SD HRHD-Kodi plug-in to Kodi to work, but the SD-HR won't allow recording of HR cable channels that way, so I scrapped that idea.
CURRENT POSITION:
Last night I got NPVR to work (sketchily) with QAM channels and copy free cable channels (in anticipation of going through Kodi), but HBO (and I do currently have on STB & CableCARD to WMC) won't show me even 1 frame of audio or video in NPVR, though the device status shows it's at least connected to a correct file name, the box's green light comes on, and it seems to possibly be working in the background.
I say "sketchily" b/c last night NPVR would often randomly freeze or just not respond to keyboard commands or mouse clicks until I restarted the services. I dunno about that.
Q1: Am I even approaching this whole WMC replacement correctly? I feel lost in the weeds here.
Q2: Does NPVR allow/support copy protected cable content behind the CableCARD? [I figure WMC can do it seemingly easily, so other similar products else can, too? I mean, the CableCARD already gave the "permission," right?]
Q3: I read in the NPVR Wiki one statement that NPVR supports SD-HRHD "natively" but I could find no further specifics. Does that mean I should just be treating the SD tuners exactly like the WinTV card? Or should I instead follow the SD instructions for HDHR & NPVR I found HERE? (I would trust instructions directly from NPVR more than SD's.)
I'm learning most of these TV details as I go along so, please, be gentle. Thanks!
WG
From the time I updated to ver. 4.0.4, I had problems with playback - video/audio sync, live TV, recordings, EPG video not starting, video hanging after skip. I downloaded numerous patches. Each one either made no difference, solved one problem but created another or just created a new problem. I installed a recent patch for the NPVRTSReader4.ax. After that the video playback displayed was pixelated at the bottom. I decided to install an older version of the patch. At the same time I updated to the K-Lite 13.5.8 LAV codecs. To my amazement, when I started to playback video, NEXTpvr worked without a problem. I am now running NEXTpvr on 2 machines using LAV codecs for audio and video. Recording and playback are working without a problem.
I am uploading the patched files I am using. Maybe this will work for you.
I'm using version 4.04(70820). Seems in the past that when I have a series set to record,
that when I went to Search, those shows would be highlighed in red. Now it snly shows red
while I'm in Search, when I come back later it's not. Also, pending recording are not marked
on web interface either.
Did I miss a setting or am I just remembering it wrong.
In Kodi if I am watching a show and set it to record, when the show ends and I get the recording stopped message the picture stutters and then freezes (audio continues). If I then stop the stream Kodi crashes.
This is happening on 17.4 on fire tv & Jarvis in Windows?
Using Windows 10 and WinTV 950Q. I scan for analog channels and when scan is complete, I hit 'OK', and get this error:
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at NShared.AnalogScanChannelForm.buttonOK_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
Recently, I re-scanned my ATSC channels. Now, when I view the Modern Web page, 2 of the channel (22.2 - Q13FOX and 28.1 - KBTC) are not loading correctly. They do load correctly in NextPVR application.
Hi, this is the first time i've attempted to setup a tv tuner so at this point i'm not sure where the issue lies. I'll detail what I have done and hopefully someone can confirm if i've done it right or made any glaring errors:
Installed TBS6902 DVB-S2 card into pc running Windows 10 and installed the Windows 10 driver from their website
Installed NextPVR & went into Device Settings. The tuner card was present and enabled showing 2 tuners
Went into device setup & set settings on "Single Satellite" and "0282 Astra 2E/2F/2G (28.2E)"
Scanned the channels, updated the EPG and the settings were copied to the second tuner
Recording & Live TV Buffer pointed to a folder on an SSD. So far so good.
I then tried to watch a Live Channel and was told the Windows MPEG2 could not be used. Downloaded FFDSHOW and enabled mpeg2. Loaded the channel again and got a pixelated mess with audio cutting in and out. I then re-installed the Windows MPEG2 decoder using the cmd line & powershell (found a tutorial) and when I switched over to that decoder I had the same result (pixelated image and skipping audio).
I then installed SAF 6 using the tutorial which uninstalled FFDSHOW installing the Auto refresh plugin also. This provided about 3 other decoder choices and I tried them all but the issue persists.
Confident that the issue was not decoder related having tried so many I looked to the cabling. I had tested the cabling the day before the card installation on a Sky box and it showed high signal strength and quality so I doubted this was the issue but wanted to be thorough. I moved the pc into the living room to test with the cables in there (Sky box has been running on this cabling for 6 years with no issues). The result was exactly the same bad picture and audio.
So I turned my attention to the drivers however there are not much to choose from. A windows 32 & 64 and a Windows 10 32 & 64. I tested them all with the exact same result. I also tried Media Portal 2 in case the issue was NextPVR with no improvement. One thing I have not figured out how to do is check the signal strength & quality when the cables are connected up to the pc, can this be done in NextPVR or do I need another utility?
At this point I am at a complete loss unless the problem is the tuner card itself?? Does anyone here have this card and is using it for UK Freesat? Is there anything else I can try before returning the card and trying another brand? Something obvious I have missed that should have been completed?
I'm having a problem using the Kodi NextPVR addon. My setup us:
Kodi Krpyton version 17.4 running on Android TV 6.0
NextPVR version 4.0.4 (170820) running on a Win10 machine
With this setup, I can access NextPVR via a web browser on any other PC, using the local IP address of my Win10 machine: 192.168.xxx.xxx:8866. However, having configured the Kodi NextPVR addon with the same IP address and clicked "enable", I then get this message in the top right of the screen when I exit the add-on:
"PVR Manager is Starting Up 0%"
"Loading Channels From Clients"
Kodi sits there for a while, obviously trying to load data, then I get the message "Kodi has stopped". This happens every time!
Attached below are the Web and NRecord logs. I've been trying to resolve this for several hours, so any help would be greatly appreciated .
I have Hauppauge HVR-2250 tuners installed in both my computer and my wife's. Both are running Win7. I am getting bad pixellation on some channels but others are perfectly clear. AMC, Lifetime, A&E, HGTV, FOOD, Disney Jr, SYFY, and History to name a few that have issues. Maybe that helps you find info in the logs...
I thought for the longest time that it was a problem with the cable provider (Mediacom) but then I realized one day that the same channel had NO pixellation on my wife's computer. Now the REALLY strange thing about this is that I set up my computer, and then copied files to her's so I could save setup time. I am at a loss as to why her's would work and mine not. They should be virtually the same setup except for scheduled recordings and different preferences in the OS.
Log files are attached. I'd love to hear any ideas for possible solutions.
Came across something unexpected . I went to settings MISC and changed time shifting mode to EPG based. ( i have a zap2it epg). When I saved my setting and returned to live tv I hit CTRL K to record the show that had been running in the background while I made my adjustment. Immediately I got a box pop up saying application error and that if I hit continue it would attempt to ignore the error and continue. so I hit C and the box would not go away. But I could still see Nextpvr menu behind it.. so I tried exit and it did and then the error box went away.
So I restarted nextpvr and zipped the log files. attached here.
Then I noticed that a title existed in the recordings of the show I hit ctrl K on. So I clicked on it and tried to play it. Immediately a popup message appeared in a box. It said "Beef is not dead". Again I had to figure out how to exit. restarted nextpvr zipped log file.
When I had a quick look near the end of the log file from the first incident I noticed some error messages about logging into schedules direct and that it could not do so. Thats was interesting as I dont use Schedules direct. I use zap2it epg for 90% of my stuff and a few stations have DVB/ATSC as the source of the EPG as they dont appear in the zap2it.
I guess the timeshifting does not work with EPG in this version? Will go back to Time Based for now as I never had any errors at all with that.
I was going to keep all other h/w the same.
