Posted by: loggio - 2016-04-30, 04:47 AM - Forum: Kodi / XBMC
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Hi there,
Timeshift mode to "EPG Based"
When watching a channel and pressing the "record" button kodi will begin recording. Stopping the channel first, then stopping the recording marks the recording as "completed" and the file remains in the Timeshift folder. This is fine and works as it should, or should the .ts file be moved to the recordings folder?
Anyways... If i'm watching a channel, i hit record to start the recording, wait some time, Stop the recording first, THEN stop the channel the .ts file is deleted from the timeshift folder and the recording vanishes.
So if you stop playing the channel before you stop the recording it works fine.
if you stop the recording before you stop the playback, it doesn't work.
Approx a week ago, 2 channels (23.1 & 23.2 ) started displaying "Regularly Scheduled Programming" in three hr blocks in the Program Guide, instead of the normal 1/2 hr increments (I run the dvr as a vcr - no inet connection or EPG, just manual recording by channel and time). The other 27 channels are ok. The first time it happened, I wanted to record 9 - 10 pm on ch 23.1, but the "Regularly Scheduled Programming block covered 7 - 10 pm. So I waited until 8:50, and set up the recording, but got nothing.
I have next pvr working great in kodi, i have the channel guide set up with the EPG from schedules direct.
But when I'm viewing the guide in Kodi and I select a channel, nothing happens. I hit enter on the keyboard and it doesn't do anything. I can move around the guide with the arrow keys, i just cant select anything to view the channel or record, etc.
I'm running a very basic NextPVR 3.6.6 setup to record OTA shows. Just basic scheduling with no meta data. Occasionally the schedule seems include odd characters so I get failed recordings like:
The Big Burn: American Experience
Wildfire across the Northern Rockies.
Recording Error: Illegal characters in path.
How can I get NextPVR to filter out any illegal characters before it tries to create the file so my recordings are not missed? Schedule data is not perfect so a little sanity cleanup on NextPVR's part would probably benefit everyone.
Log snippet of the event attached (it does show the odd characters). If you need more, let me know.
I was using NextPVR just for recording live TV here in Australia until a week ago when NextPVR no longer detects the Tuners in device settings. They are present and working as I can see Live TV in HDHR view OK. It use to be a simple case of selecting devices and up they came.
All HDHR software reinstalled to latest versions as has the NextPVR but no change. I also tried WIndows Media Centre and it does not detect the tuners either... Red herring or another piece of the puzzle?
I have a win 8.1 machine on the same network and it detects the devices first time everytime.
I've come across a problem with the recording service where it will turn on and start recording random programs. This happens periodically and consistently since I've been using NextPVR around five months now. It fills up the temp recording folder on my c: drive with random recorded clips that I'm only aware of when I check how much space is on my c: drive and notice it's nearly full. During these times I can't access my content remotely (with Emby) as it gives the message all tuners are busy. However I've found that scheduled recordings will still record. Has anyone ever experienced this and is there anything I should do to stop this?
When I ask NPVR to schedule a new program, one of two things usually happens: 1) NPVR responds almost immediately and marks the guide title block in red or, 2) NPVR takes nearly 2-1/2 minutes to do the same thing. I inserted a small portion of the npvr.log with relevant lines in boldface:
2016-04-26 15:54:41.227 [INFO][1] UpdateRecurringRecording(136, 'Person of Interest'):
<Rules>
<EPGTitle>Person of Interest</EPGTitle>
<ChannelOID>7410</ChannelOID>
<ChannelName>WCBS-DT</ChannelName>
<StartTime>2016-05-04T02:00:00.0000000Z</StartTime>
<EndTime>2016-05-04T03:00:00.0000000Z</EndTime>
<PrePadding>1</PrePadding>
<PostPadding>2</PostPadding>
<Quality>0</Quality>
<Keep>0</Keep>
</Rules>
Can you help me understand why? I've run SQLite using a search query with the channel and title specified and get results almost immediately. Am I missing some operation that consumes so much time?
I'm trying to set up NextPVR as a client so I can watch recorded and live tv using NextPVR on my laptop rather than using Kodi exclusively. (there are A/V sync issues)
Can someone point me to a guide on how to do this? I'm pretty sure the db is not properly shared.
Hi! Is there a way to prevent a Windows system command to put the system to sleep when NextPVR is in the middle of recording a television show? I use it as the backend for Kodi (I recently upgraded it to 16.1), which I started using about 8 or 9 months ago after Microsoft just about abandoned Windows Media Center.
Quick background on why I'm asking: I have the hardware button on our HTPC's case set up to put the system to sleep. If someone accidentally presses the wrong button on our Harmony remote, it will trigger our HTPC to go to sleep while the remote turns on another device. OR, if our little toddler decides once again to press the big glowing power button on the front of the case, it again goes to sleep. Most of the time, that's not a big deal, but if NextPVR happened to be recording a show at the time, it stops doing so, and the system proceeds to go to sleep, leaving me with a partial recording.
Previously, when WMC was in the middle of a recording, my system would ignore the power/sleep command. Is there anyway to configure NextPVR or my HTPC in general to have that same behavior when NextPVR is recording? I originally asked this on the Kodi forums, not realizing that the answer might actually lie with NextPVR since I'm still pretty new to using both. One person recommended using the old utility MCE Standby Tool, and I didn't know if I would need to resort to that.
