Okay, so this is a scenario that's happened to me multiple times with NextPVR:
1) Channel Foo says that Episode 4 of the series "Bar Bar" is going to air on November 1, and Episode 5 is going to air on November 8. I have a recurring recording set up, so I expect it's going to record both episodes.
2) Something happens, and "Bar Bar" doesn't air on November 1 after all. NextPVR still records something in that time slot, but it's not what I wanted. So I delete it.
3) November 8th comes around, and Channel Foo is airing Episode 4, the one that got postponed last week (the schedules have been corrected). I expect that my recurring recording is going to catch it, but IT DOESN'T. Because NextPVR has a record which says "Oh, we already recorded Episode 4! So he won't want us to record it AGAIN!"
Here's what would solve the problem (correct me if I'm wrong): An easy option to Delete a recording in such a way that NextPVR DOESN'T think "this episode is one we've already recorded." This could also be useful in cases where it wasn't a schedule change but just an unwatchable recording (the channel was having technical difficulties so what recorded was unwatchable, etc.) It doesn't seem like it should be that difficult!
Here is a hardware question that I need help with:
Assuming Windows 10 PC, a 2016 issue lower power drain Intel CPU (ex J3710 , Low end I3 or similar). Does anyone have any experience with the comparision of a Hauppauge USB Digital ATSC tuner versus say the Hauppauge Quad tuner while recording just 1 or 2 channels at a time? My interest is in the level of CPU loading and overall efficiency.
something in mind suggests that the Quad tuner being onboard in a pcie expansion slot will result in lower CPU usage versus the USB tuner approach that requires shuttling data into the PC over USB.
Took Martin's advice of adding one feature at a time. Extension of post-sports programs apparently worked on Sunday, so I added Comskip, but that didn't work. Will someone please take a look at my batch files and logs and provide advice?
Hi, I just got a MyGica A681. I've set it up with NextPVR and Schedule Direct. It's working great, except:
1. I'm not getting some channels. As far as I'm aware, I'm not getting 2 (NBC) or 18 (not sure)
2. I get random crashes and exceptions when dealing with lists. Earlier I clicked bulk map and it gave me an exception, then only displayed a few channels. I also tried to cancel a recording, it gave me an exception and then froze. Right now I have a bunch of schedule conflicts that I'm trying to resolve, when I click cancel/don't record, it either gives me an exception, crashes, or doesn't do anything.
3. I'm getting random freeze ups when pressing most buttons. I click on a timeslot. Freeze. 30 seconds later, I click "Quick Record". Freeze. Not so quick, huh.
Don't get me wrong. It's a great software, I'm glad it's free. I can't believe they survive closed-source on donations like this. I personally think it would be better to either open source it or start charging.
Im getting audio dropouts on certain channels. with my TV tuner (the one inside my HDTV) the audio comes thru fine. Signal strength is also fine.
These are very momentary sub 1 sec drops in audio, but still annoying. Ive tried switching the AC3 codec from LAV to MS, but makes no difference. Not sure how to pin point the cause. Also check the audio our of my PC in case a connector issue, but these drop outs are heard from the PC audio jack.
So, my nPVR on WinXP Pro x64 stopped getting lineups after I upgraded to nPVR 3.8.3 but it took a while for me to realize this failure. I only noticed when my pending recordings only showed two for last night and none beyond.
The nPVR Settings>Channels would fail now setting up the EPG. I would go to a channel, select SchedulesDirect as the source, then going to the lineup button I'd quickly get a box saying I couldn't connect to SchedulesDirect and to try again later. I've been told this has to do with SchedulesDirect moving to load balancing their servers and WinXP not having suitable encryption. I was disturbed that the nPVR wouldn't get me the drop down box showing login username and password.
I went into \App Data\nPVR and renamed the directory \nPVR.old.2016.11.09 and did the same in Program Files (x86) (hoping that if I could get it working I could find the file containing the 130+ recurring programs list and move it over). Then I installed nPVR 3.2.9, scanned devices and got my HDHR3 tuners channels. Now with the Settings>Channels populated, I tried mapping and this time when I input SchedulesDirect as source I got a login user name and password box with a Download button. Hooray I thought. I mashed the Download button, a 2 or 3 second hourglass icon appeared, but no response from SchedulesDirect. Lineup and Mapping dropdown boxes stayed blank with no choices.
But I have no difficulty logging into http://www.schedulesdirect.org on WinXP. I have an entry for the legacy SD-DD (XML) service, which historically has been providing the information to nPVR, and when I go to the report lineups problem I see that there are two listings, the SD-DD (XML) lineup specification described as CableDigital and also a lineup described as SD-JSON.
It seems to me nPVR is going to the SD-JSON login and download rather than the SD-DD (XML) it used in the past. I had no idea what JSON is and just did a Google search and got this:
JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) is a lightweight data-interchange format. It is easy for humans to read and write. It is easy for machines to parse and generate. It is based on a subset of the JavaScript Programming Language, Standard ECMA-262 3rd Edition - December 1999.
Now I know my WinXP Pro x64 started failing java upgrades more than a year, perhaps a few years ago. So, I'm guessing now that SchedulesDirect upgraded its java and it now causes nPVR to fail login to get lineups.
It was suggested I use xmltv.exe to get lineups from schedulesdirect but I don't see how that will work. If nPVR on XP can't login then how can xmltv.exe on XP login? Or is xmltv getting its listings elsewhere?
Is there some java workaround exploit that I can use to get nPVR on WinXP to login? I know there are different flavors of java. Suggestions? Thanks.
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Okay, I see here (https://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/th...of_java_on) the java installer has been fixed to allow installation on XP. Trying it now.... No joy although I now have Java8 on XP. Will try later versions of nPVR.... Nope, nPVR 3.6.6 fails to bring down the login dialog for schedulesdirect when I mash the lineup button.
The advantage nPVR with HDHomeRun3 gives me over my Tivo Premier XL4 is that if I record programs from 10pm to 11pm, my HDHR3 being on a second NIC of the XP machine (Hero Maximus VI motheboard) has those late recordings right there to start processing with MCEBuddy at say 11:05PM. MCEBuddy runs all night and usually finishes before I get up. If I can't use my HDHR3, because nPVR can't get lineups, any recording made between 10pm and 11pm must be transferred to the XP machine and that typically takes 20 minutes or so per hour program and for best MCEBuddy commercial removal the transfers must be completed before MCEBuddy start. Plus with both the 4 Tivo tuners and the 3 HDHR3 tuners I can get up to 7 programs. I have Win7 on an older machine but nPVR on that can't access the HDHR3 tuners on the unique subnet from that other machine and so without access to tuners there's no device population and no scanned channel listings to download lineups. The unique subnet for HDHR3 on the XP machines is for best recordings.
No big deal but I have a couple of channels that are found with a Scan but there is no video or audio when I try to view the channel. Why is scan finding the channel in the first place?
Apologies in advance for the technical nature of this but here goes:
My headless server is currently in my living room under my TV.
It contains a dual DVB-T tuner and a single DVB-S2 tuner. The server also contains four HDDS now and is getting a bit noisy to the extent that I want to move the server to another room.
I have a satellite dish on the side of my house that has a quad LNB but only one connection is being used.
I therefore have two coax cables running all the way round my living room to the server.
In addition to wanting to move my server, I also need some more tuner cards - it is not uncommon for me to be unable to watch Live TV due to a clash and I am only able to record HD from the single satellite tuner (I want to record everything in HD, if available).
Having done some research, it seems that SAT-IP would be the ideal solution. I could have the box where the satellite/aerial feeds enter the house and just run a single ethernet to cable to the server (so I can pretty much put it anywhere I want).
This is where it starts to get complicated - what combination of tuners should I get and can you get them in a single box?
Although there is a lot of duplication, there are some channels on Freesat that are not available on Freeserve and vice versa. I cannot, therefore, ditch one broadcast medium completely.
I originally thought that the best way forward would probably be a SAT-IP server with two DVB-S2 tuners and two DVB-T2 tuners.
This is not a problem on Freesat HD as it uses regular Dolby Digital.
However, Freeview HD uses something called HE-AAC for its sound. Am I correct in thinking that if I records something in 5.1, via one of the HD Freeview channels, I will only be able to play it back in stereo?
Again, apologies for the complex scenario - any advice would be much appreciated.
