I've just started out with NextPVR (although I was using GBPVR for many years some time ago), and am extremely happy with how it works in my current setup.
Dish pointed towards Astra 28.2
Second offset LNB to receive Astra 19.2
WinTV-Starburst
DiSEqC 1.0 switch (to bring the Astra 19.2 and Astra 28.2 feeds onto a single cable for the Starburst)
Kodi as clients on Kindle FireTV Stick, Windows Laptop and MacBook Air
The only limitation, which I would like to overcome is only having one tuner and sometimes wanting to watch/record two channels at the same time.
Could I simply add a second WinTV-Starburst and a second DiSEqC in the same PC? Is it possible to have two TV cards the same in this way?
Will this give me the full flexibility to watch/record any of the following combinations at the same time (for live TV, watching on two different clients of course)?
- Astra 19.2 / Astra 28.2
- Astra 19.2 / Astra 19.2
- Astra 28.2 / Astra 28.2
I was just looking in my NRecord.log file and noticed several error messages during the EPG update like:
Code:
2016-10-07 03:49:17.855 [DEBUG][11] 829 A&E
{
"stationID": "51529",
"serverID": "20141201.web.2",
"code": 7020,
"response": "SCHEDULE_RANGE_EXCEEDED",
"minDate": "2016-10-07",
"maxDate": "2016-10-27",
"requestedDate": "2016-10-28",
"message": "Date requested (2016-10-28) not within 2016-10-07 -> 2016-10-27 for stationID 51529."
}
2016-10-07 03:49:17.855 [ERROR][11] (829 - A&E): Date requested (2016-10-28) not within 2016-10-07 -> 2016-10-27 for stationID 51529.
2016-10-07 03:49:17.855 [DEBUG][11] Date requested (2016-10-28) not within 2016-10-07 -> 2016-10-27 for stationID 51529.
I'm using the built-in, direct Schedules Direct EPG. I'm quite sure that I recall NextPVR having a setting for the number of days of EPG to download in the past. But I couldn't find it in either any of the current setting screens or in the config.xml file.
I have the data media/channels populated with my channel icons but only about a third show in the guide.
The names match exactly, and if I replace the working icons with different image it changes in the guide.
Is there some sort of reset to allow it to re-import icons?
I've been using Sidereel to track which episodes I've watched for each program I record or stream. Is there a NextPVR utility that serves that function? Switching back and forth between NextPVR and Sidereel is pretty inconvenient without Minimize, Maximize/Resize, and Close widgets in NextPVR.
I've searched and searched and can't find the answers. Want to use GuidePlus to create an augmented .xml listings file. Need help with the following statements in my UpdateEPG batch file:
[INDENT]empty the EPG
update the EPG (including time of day to do it)
invoke XMLTV to download listings as an XML file from Schedules Direct (I have downloaded XMLTV from SourceForge)
invoke GuidePlus.exe to create an augmented .xml listings file
format for GuidePlus statements
point to the augmented .xml file when configuring sources in the NextPVR settings dialog
[/INDENT]
Hopefully the answers will get me a long ways towards completing this task.
Hi,
I'm seeing intermittent (about once a week) crashes of NextPVR when recording. Last night it was scheduled to record a show at 3am, finishing just after 4. When I woke up there were a couple of Windows crash log dialogs on screen. In the Windows event log, I can see the following at 2.59:
[INDENT]
Faulting application name: NDigitalHost.exe, version: 1.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x57eb372e
Faulting module name: clr.dll, version: 4.6.1085.0, time stamp: 0x57a4fc7a
Exception code: 0xc00000fd
Fault offset: 0x00009239
Faulting process id: 0x2108
Faulting application start time: 0x01d21eabd5100976
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\NDigitalHost.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\clr.dll
Report Id: 9e7ad51b-8c31-11e6-a073-005056c00008[/INDENT]
Then there are two entries at 4.08:
[INDENT]Application: NRecord.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an internal error in the .NET Runtime at IP 70B3013F (70B20000) with exit code 80131506.[/INDENT]
The odd thing is that the recording in question seems to have completed OK, but I had to restart the NPVR services this morning.
Please find attached the NPVR log as requested.
Could someone please take a look and see what's causing this, as currently it means I can't leave NPVR reliably recording things over a period away from my computer.
Notice: If you use MCEBuddy to convert your shows and watch the converted shows through Plex this post will not be worth the read. If you wish to watch converted shows that MCEBuddy converted in the recordings directory of NextPVR or a front end like Kodi as if they was just recorded from live TV without commercials you may be interested in my post.
I have been using WMC for the past 5 years and finally I had some major issues with my TV guide, so it forced me to do some searching on another solution. I always thought my channels were DRM protected, but I was able to discover that was only movie channels like HBO and Stars. After getting everything setup with my HDHomerun Prime I wanted to have the ability to remove commercials from my shows and convert them to a different format for storage savings. To do this I found MCEBuddy did a good job of accomplishing this task, but if I wanted to use MCEBuddy I would have to use Plex or KodiPlexConnect with Kodi to see my converted shows and categorize them. I wanted to keep my recorded shows listed under recordings, so I decided to do some testing on converting the files and getting them to still operate under NextPVR. I use the Kodi front end, so that with NextPVR and the shows look nice under the recording directly with certain skins. I was able to figure out a solution to make this happen using MCEBuddy and a custom script (PowerShell) that I wrote.
How This Works
Using NextPVR with or without Kodi it will record your shows and put them into the recorded shows directory. NextPVR will record the show as a .ts format. You can use MCEBuddy to convert the show to MP4 High Quality and replace the original recorded show with the converted. As long as you keep the name the same NextPVR will play the converted show as normal with the commercials now removed. The script I wrote monitors the conversion directory and once the show is finished being converted by MCEBuddy this script will move the show into the original recording directory. You can run it on startup with a scheduled task and it will loop and monitor the directory for changes. I put more setup instructions in the script and what needs setup inside MCEBuddy. I recommend putting MCEBuddy and this script on the same machine and have plenty of CPU power for processing.
Extra Features
I built in under the variables the option to enable monitoring within the console and setup the ability to send email alerts if a show isn't moved. If you don't enter anything into the email area the script will run either way.
The script is attached to this post. It is a PowerShell script and nothing else is included in the zip. The instructions are in the PowerShell script to set it up to run on startup. I don't post scripts that much, but I do have some other scripts I have posted on SpiceWorks for PowerShell if you wanted to look my username up to trust the zip file.
I had a couple of recordings (Designated Survivor & The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) fail last night. When I looked at the Recordings via the Modern web interface, it grouped both of them as The Late Show.
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When I click on that group, it shows the images from The Late Show and the details at the top from Designated Survivor.
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