The problem
This setup worked correctly in the past.
After reinstalling my Proxmox host and restoring my environment, NextPVR no longer works correctly under Linux.
Using the same tuner hardware, NextPVR under Windows works perfectly. It finds all channels and Live TV and recordings work without any issues.
Under Linux, however, NextPVR is unable to find many DVB-S channels, especially the German private SD channels (RTL, SAT.1, ProSieben, Kabel Eins, Tele 5, etc.) during a channel scan.
Running the following command successfully finds all Astra 19.2°E (S19E2) transponders and channels:
Code:
w_scan2 -5 -fs -s S19E2 > channels.conf
The generated
Code:
channels.conf
contains all expected channels.
However, importing/scanning this
Code:
channels.conf
in NextPVR still results in many DVB-S channels not being detected.
I have also tested native on debian 12 linux and other Linux DVB applications.
For example, EasyVDR under Docker is able to tune and watch the missing channels successfully using the same hardware/sytem.
Summary
This setup worked correctly before reinstalling Proxmox.
The same tuner hardware works perfectly with NextPVR under Windows.
Code:
w_scan2 -5 -fs -s S19E2 > channels.conf
finds all Astra 19.2°E transponders and channels.
EasyVDR can tune and watch the missing channels.
NextPVR on Linux fails to detect many DVB-S channels during scanning, even when using a valid
Code:
channels.conf
.
Has anyone seen similar behaviour, or is there anything specific I should enable for debugging the Linux DVB implementation in NextPVR?
I'm happy to provide logs or test patches if needed.
Two weeks ago was watching Soccer on two different TV's using NextPVR client v5 via my Windows 11 PC. Today using the same credentials "NAME", Enabled, NextPVR Hostname = ip address of PC, 8866, and PINcode. All these items confirmed on all four of my TV's (and have not been changed) and the PC itself. None of the TV's NextPVR will connect to the server. The Local copy of NextPVR on the PC is working fine. I've switched network from Public to Private and back. I have maybe 5 or 6 hairs left on the top of my head. Log file from PC attached. Not sure where to find log file, if one, on KODI.
I was given a simple request by my wife.
"How do I record a program Monday, Wednesday and Friday skipping Tuesday & Thursday which are repeats of old programmes".
(without setting up 3 separate repeating recordings)
I said use the Advanced Scheduling but then hit a snag.
I don't see anything in the wiki that gives a full description of the syntax or options that are needed to be entered in the rule.
I went to Kodi as I thought there was a similar option there in the Timers but I only see a setting under Timer reminders not recordings.
Can anybody give me the syntax to use in the Advance Schedule settings please?.
I'm having an intermittent transcoding issue with NextPVR on Ubuntu 24.04 using VAAPI hardware acceleration. Most transcoding attempts fail, but occasionally they work without any changes.
Intel® Core™ i5-7500T CPU
Driver version: Intel iHD driver for Intel® Gen Graphics - 24.1.0 ()
I've verified permissions on /dev/dri/renderD128, the nextpvr user is in the video and render groups, and vainfo reports VAAPI support.
I've attached my latest logs (zip), which include both successful and failed transcoding attempts.
Any ideas on what I should check next?
I have NextPVR running on a Windows 11 machine hooked up to a Hauppauge WinTV HVR-950. It works fine for a few days. But then the guide quits updating, and it stop tuning channels. An error message says "Streaming Failed - Transcoder exited" when attempting to tune. If I restart the machine, it all comes back and works again for a few days before repeating the failure. Any idea what might be causing it?
I am new to NextPVR, but I'm trying to get it set up as a replacement to an aging Windows Media Center CableCARD system with a Ceton InfiniTV. I've been using Schedules Direct successfully with epg123 and WMC for several years now, and I have an active subscription that I can't seem to add in NextPVR. When I log in to SD and attempt to refresh, nothing shows up under EPG sources. I think the logs are telling me that SD is blocking my attempt to pull lineup data, but I'm having a difficult time figuring out for sure where my issue is.
For background, I am running NextPVR in Podman on a Rocky 9 system (I have also tested in Docker proper, same issue). The container can access network resources, because it sees the tuners over the network and correctly scans for channels. I was working on getting this set up a couple weeks ago when I hit the SD snag and then let it sit for a long stretch until now, so any temporary (24-48h) blocks by SD should be over. I can provide any additional information that the logs don't show, obviously. Thanks in advance for the help!
I set up NextPVR last week because I was fed up with the terrible delay with internet streams of TV, which is most annoying during the World Cup and Euros. If you're watching iPlayer (or, god forbid, ITVX) when England are playing, you may as well give up on being surprised by anything because everyone in a bar or watching over satellite/aerial will be approximately 5 days ahead of you.
Now that I have set up nextpvr feeding into dispatcharr, I can watch with between 2-8 seconds of delay (depends on SD or HD)! Perhaps not quite enough for a penalty shootout, but lightyears better than any other internet option. I did find, however, that the included frequency file for my transmitting station - Crystal Palace - is out-of-date, so I thought I might share my updated file here for anyone who needs it (DVB-T2 channels don't work on the npvr included one or the newest one on linuxtv.org because the frequency is incorrect in both, for example).
That's it! Hope at least some people get some use out of this (maybe even for the Norway match in 90 mins)! Oh, and, thank you for this great piece of software - I finally managed to get a use out of my 12-year-old xbox tuner!
Fyi, using yauiclient3 on my laptop, deleting some pending recordings for today that I didn't want. Server went down on the last one I was removing (6th or so).
Rebooted and grabbed the logs.
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