Has anyone used directv.pl and activeperl and made it work with NPVR?

AND if so, how did you do it?

Someone had written a Windows program for GBPVR, but as I didn't have a login for their forums I can not get to it.

I'm moving to NPVR for my recording, which I have everything set - I think - but I need to have the PC directly change channels. The IRD doesn't use the standard IR commands (I had to change them) as there are 2 receivers in the room, so I needed to make sure they didn't "interact".

Sometimes NPVR does not successfully record an episode, but thinks it has.
1. NPVR was only recording the first few seconds of shows. It turned out to be because HD was full due to lots of orphaned .ts files.
2. Often NPVR will think an episode has recorded but it really hasn't because of a bad signal from antenna.

I had the option "Avoid duplicate recordings where possible" selected in setup. It looks like NPVR keeps a database of all episodes recorded - even after deleting them. So you can't re-record an episode. Normally that is ok except in the case of not-recorded-but-NPVR-thinks-it's-recorded episodes. If you un-check this setting, you can re-record an episode but you might end up with multiple copies. For example, PBS shows the same episodes of my daughter's favorite shows in the mornings and afternoons.

So my question is: Is there a setting that will allow the recording of ANY episode EXCEPT if it exists on disk?

Thanks.

I have always been a fan of 'it is aint broke, don't fix it'.

Well, I am not sure if my install of 3.2.9 finally needs updating, since for some time now, Channel 9 here in Sydney, is not showing any DVB EPG data, whereas there isn't a problem with the other free to airs. A search of the forums didn't really help, partly because searching to 'epg' has too few letters. Nothing untoward appears in NRecord.log, and not surprisingly, Channels, 7, 10 , ABC and SBS are all present, but nothing shows for channel 9.

Prior to moving to 3.6.6 (that will probably out of date soon too), can anyone confirm if updating NextPVR will resolve my EPG problem? Or have I inadvertently changed a setting?

I am running on a Pentium Dual Core E5400 2.70 GHz with 2GB RAM and Windows 7 32 bit, so this is getting old. Will 3.6.6 additional resources that my old media-centre may no longer be able to handle?

Hi everyone - new user here...

So I am migrating from a Win7/WMC to WinX/Kodi/NextPVR setup, so fresh installs of everything. However, I can't get the EPG (from schedules direct) to populate correctly. It is fully populated (unlike other recent posts), but all the listed shows are wrong. I have tried my zip code (78240) and neighboring zip codes to no avail.

I contacted Schedules Direct (email exchange below) and they believe it is something in NextPVR. I have attached my logs.

Any advice or suggestions are much appreciated.

Thank you.

-Raife

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On Sun May 22 22:30:19 2016, ABCXYZ@hotmail.com wrote:
> I recently sent up NextPVR for 78240. I am trying Schedules Direct
> on trial. I am getting my TV through an over the air antenna. I
> have 6 channels in my lineup, 4.1, 5.1, 9.1, 12.1, 29.1, 35.1. Om
> 5/22/16 t 9:22pm all the listings were wrong. 4.1 EPG showing Spurs
> Nation, actually Dateline

This is the raw JSON that would have been sent to NextPVR:

{
"startTime": "2016-05-23T02:00Z",
"endTime": "2016-05-23T03:00Z",
"duration": 60,
"qualifiers": ["CC", "HDTV", "Letterbox", "New", "Stereo"],
"program": {
"tmsId": "EP000191552889",
"rootId": "12911060",
"seriesId": "184061",
"subType": "Series",
"title": "Dateline NBC",
"episodeTitle": "After the Party",
"releaseYear": 2016,
"releaseDate": "2016-05-22",
"origAirDate": "2016-05-22",
"titleLang": "en",
"descriptionLang": "en",
"entityType": "Episode",
"genres": ["Newsmagazine"],
"longDescription": "Four years after a 28-year-old dies after hosting a New Year's Eve party, a jury must decide if it was suicide or murder.",
"shortDescription": "Four years after a 28-year-year old's death, a jury must decide if it was suicide or murder.",
"episodeNum": 46,
"seasonNum": 24,
"topCast": ["Lester Holt", "Keith Morrison", "Josh Mankiewicz"],
"ratings": [{
"body": "USA Parental Rating",
"code": "TVPG"
}],
"preferredImage": {
"width": "240",
"height": "360",
"uri": "assets/p184061_b_v5_ac.jpg",
"category": "Banner-L1",
"text": "yes",
"primary": "true",
"tier": "Series"
}
},
"station": {
"stationId": "30606",
"callSign": "WOAIDT",
"affiliateCallSign": "NBC",
"affiliateId": "10991",
"preferredImage": {
"width": "360",
"height": "270",
"uri": "h3/NowShowing/28717/s28717_h3_aa.png",
"category": "Logo",
"primary": "true"
}
}
}

If that seems accurate, then we know it's NextPVR or a configuration issue.

> I am concerned I will lose my trial period awaiting an answer...

We extend trial periods all of the time during troubleshooting, so don't worry about the trial period if we're actively working on things.

Have you posted a message to the NextPVR Support Forum?

http://forums.nextpvr.com/forumdisplay.p...VR-Support

"sub" (the creator of NextPVR is very responsive)

If you work with sub and figure things out then respond to this ticket once your issue is resolved and I will extend your trial so that you get a full week of "real" listings.

[...startup]
2016-05-23 18:00:01.015 [DEBUG][1] imageGrabLite, Version=2.2.5433.16677, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null
2016-05-23 18:00:01.015 [DEBUG][1] Command Line --oid 3325 --subtitle --rename
2016-05-23 18:00:01.056 [DEBUG][1] Rename file True
2016-05-23 18:00:01.138 [DEBUG][1] Searching select scheduled_recording.name, event_details, start_time, filename, service_type from scheduled_recording, channel, channel_mapping where scheduled_recording.oid = 3325 and scheduled_recording.channel_oid = channel.oid and scheduled_recording.channel_oid = channel_mapping.channel_oid and scheduled_recording.capture_source_oid = channel_mapping.capture_source_oid
2016-05-23 18:00:01.177 [DEBUG][1] Subtitle: Length=17 Real Deal Mexican
2016-05-23 18:00:01.184 [DEBUG][1] OID is 1333387
2016-05-23 18:00:01.184 [DEBUG][1] Recorded 2016-05-23
2016-05-23 18:00:01.184 [DEBUG][1] Record Ended 2016-05-23
2016-05-23 18:00:01.188 [DEBUG][1] http://www.thetvdb.com/api/GetSeries.php...+and+dives
2016-05-23 18:00:01.561 [DEBUG][1] diners drive-ins and dives
2016-05-23 18:00:01.561 [DEBUG][1] Checking for other years
2016-05-23 18:00:01.791 [ERROR][1] Read Error Data at the root level is invalid. Line 1, position 1.



happens randomly some shows work ive never had a problem with this show till now

Hi - in the web interface (newa), the cancel recording option for the programme being recorded does not cancel the recording. The slot is still showing as recording in the Nextpvr client.

is this a known issue or just my set up?

Thanks.

Schedules direct (OTA USA listings) is not showing any program data. The menu only shows "no details" in all of the program listing cells. I have attempted to update manually without luck. I have uninstalled NextPVR competely and reinstalled it. No change. My Schedules direct account is current and is working correctly on another installation of NextPVR in my home.

Maybe its just my fat fingers, but I've done this twice now since I had the Rii remote with Kodi.

What happens is I play a show (say from Videos) which has a directory with a list of videos in it.

After viewing I then arrow up to get the delete menu; press enter, then OK and it deletes.
But if I leave my finger pressing Enter, it deletes 4 or 5 shows double quick time "poof gone"; Recuva got them back luckily (absent a Recycle Bin in NPVR) but is there a possibility of a setting which would only allow you to delete one, then make you go through the cycle again? I think it;s because up arrow puts you in the delete menu, but it leaves that menu open. I don't know another way to invoke the menu.

Would save a lot of heartache for me.

Thanks,

k.

Apologies if this is posted twice, my first attempt seems to have been eaten.

I am a noobie so I tried to follow the FAQ from top to bottom and searched the forums for this issue. I am in NA with OTA ATSC and Silicon Dust tuners and after following various instructions almost everything seems to be working except the EPG. At first I used the DVB/ATSC listings and I received just three hours of information after which it wouldn't load any more, even after time had past the end of what it previously loaded. I switched to Schedules Direct and followed the YouTube instructions but still not EPG. I do notice that in the video the last two steps are "Saving EPG Listings" and "Updating Recording Schedule" whereas I get "Checking for DVB/ATSC listings".

I also notice that under Misc2 there is "TV Guide Minutes" option that is defaulted to 180, I assume this is the amount visible not the amount loaded.

If I missed something that's already out there please point me to it. Other than this I really like the product, not too many dials and swicthed to play with to get it working.

Richard

Here's an interesting one, maybe it's something simple... I've been happily using Nextpvr for years, and have been recording content on the tuners in my signature below without problems. Haven't been watching much lately as been busy with kids etc and have just started getting back to clearing a backlog of shows recorded on the DVB-S tuner. And I've discovered that something happened between the 4th and the 11th of March and now the .ts recordings are all glitchy and unwatchable. I know it's between these dates as regular shows recorded on the 4th or before are fine, and from the 11th on are not good. I've done some testing and narrowed it down to the DVB-S tuner, and it shows the error repeatedly, as well as during live TV using this tuner.

Any ideas what could be causing this??

(I know I'm still running an old version of NPVR, but it was working fine up until March!)

My log files are fairly large - is there a specific file that would help with diagnosis - let me know.