Hello,
I have been watching the announcement's in anticipation for the latest NextPVR update.  The last update was October of last year.  Has there been an update and I just have been looking in the wrong area?  When can we expect a new update?
Thank you,
Bruce

Hi All, having a minor issue with recorded files not playing correctly in plex or VLC, it seems pretty hit or miss.  I've talked a a few others with similar recording setup they found that utilizing postprocessing to remux to .mp4 solved almost every issue with file lengths showing something like 1d 4h and the quick ffmpeg corrects the timestamp issues.

I've setup postprocessing.sh abut I cannot figure out how to make it run.  I'm not great with docker or linux but a generic suggestion I found was to make sure it was executable with chmod -x, which I did.  I tried using chatgpt to help me figure out how to manually run the script on a file, but I can't get that to work either.  I tried adding an echo to the script to generate a log file which is was leads me to believe it's not running as it's not created.

TL;DR: I've spent like 90 minutes trying to get this to run, it's probably a stupid error and I can't for the life of me figure it out.

Docker settings showing config mapping.


Location of postprocessing.sh

I just got a new Provider whose VOD entries show up in the TV channels instead the VOD section.

As I have the possibility to change the M3U output I should be able to fix this but in order to do that
I need help on how NextPVR separates these entries.

This entry works fine and shows up in the VOD section:
#EXTINF:0 CUID="18760" tvg-name="DE - 96 Hours: Taken (2008)" tvg-logo="https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/y5Va1WXDX6nZElVirPrGxf6w99B.jpg" group-title="VOD - GERMANY [DE]",DE - 96 Hours: Taken (2008)
http://xxxx.xxx/1163632.mkv

This entry SHOULD show up in VOD but is recognized as TV Channel:
#EXTINF:0 CUID="55579" tvg-name="Smile 2 - 2024 de" tvg-logo="https://xxxx.xxx/t/p/w600_and_h900_bestv2/aE85MnPIsSoSs3978Noo16BRsKN.jpg" group-title="VOD - |DE| NEUE FILME 2024",Smile 2 - 2024 de
http://xxxx.xxx/1211323.ts

My player groups them properly and filters by 'VOD' in the group-title.

How does NextPVR approach this ?

Android app version 1.9.240218, phone SM-A145R/DSN, Android version 14, One UI version 6.1
I go into the guide and scroll across to the next day, select a programme and select to record once.
What I want to do then is carry on scrolling into the future from the point where I was, but the guide reverts back to the current time, so I then have to scroll back to where I was then continue looking for new things I want to record.
Looking for new programmes is the main thing I want to do on the app.
Smiffy

I'm on NextPVR 6.1.5.231022. I don't normally use subtitles, but when my half-deaf Dad was here I turned them on (DVB Subtitles [eng]). On one channel, U&Drama (UK), the 2nd or 3rd coloured subtitles are not a single colour, but a pattern that is sometimes hard to read. If I watch the same programme on the TV the subtitles are normal, but the same transmission via NPVR has this strange effect. I have looked for, but can't find, any configuration for subtitle colours. See attached example. It seems to be a problem on any content from that channel, other channels seem okay.
I tried on anther TV via the android app, and it offered "English [DVB Subtitle 6614}" but when selected said "No matching subtitle found".
If I watch the same thing on my laptop via the webpage, the subtitle in the same place is normal (pale blue). Log attached ends with the picture on pause displaying the strange patterned text.
Smiffy

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Should NextPVR  be able to handle 2 client streams (same OTA channel) under docker on older hardware?

I am just trying to have two TVs playback the same OTA TV channel and while I can get playback to start on both, slowly they start to studder, and eventually the video hangs. Changed the server and client software but pretty much have the same results. Thoughts? Swap out any of the software? Config changes? Do I need to install NPVR native?

Here's my setup:

Ubuntu Server 24.04.1 LTS - kernel 6.8.0-35240528-generic

4 core i5-3450 CPU @ 3.10GHz

24 GiB RAM

Hauppauge WinTV-HVR-950 hooked up to a powered antenna

Tried docker containers of nextPVR. All other containers shutdown

playback on ONN 4k and CGTV (tried VLC, Kodi, and others)

All devices wired GigE

I've been unable to install any later version on my new Win11pro machine past version 5.0.
I ran the latest version of NPVRSetup.exe, and the installation completed.
I've uninstalled, and re-installed. I have plenty of spare RAM and disk space.

Settings says "Version: 5.0.6.200614  (6.1.5.231022 is available for download) "

v5.0 is working, but I can't link it to Kodi v21.1, where the NextPVR addon insists I have at least v5.2 of the NPVR backen running.

Any suggestions? Thanks!
Pete

Hello all!

Love the plugin still, but I'm getting loads of failed recordings on multiple channels:
TVNZ 1, TVNZ 2, RUSH, Sky Open, Sky Open+1

Good news is the recordings which are working seem to have audio (previous problem) but loads are failing.
Isn't a disk space issue:
vdruser@ubuntu2020:/srv/vdr/video$ df -h | grep md
/dev/md1                1.8T  1.3T  505G  72% /srv/vdr/video

It's not a permissions issue:
su - nextpvr
touch /srv/vdr/video/NextPVR/Judge\ Judy/Season 25/TEST


Any ideas?



My Kitchen Rules S14E04 - My Kitchen Rules
[TVNZ 2] 10/27/2024 6:59:01 pm - 8:47:00 pm 
failed S14E04 - My Kitchen Rules: The competition travels to Townsville, as brother and sister Danny and Sonia, hope to impress judges Manu and Colin with some North Queensland flair.
[Failed: No errors, but no data delivered. This is usually because the device failed to lock a signal.]

The Chase The Chase
[TVNZ 1] 10/27/2024 4:59:00 pm - 4:59:13 pm 
failed The Chase: It's game on as teams of complete strangers work together to win money and try and defeat the Chaser, a ruthless quiz genius, who wants to leave them with nothing! Hosted by Bradley Walsh.
[Failed: Recording interrupted]

Wheeler Dealers S14E18 - Season 14 Ep 18
[RUSH] 10/27/2024 4:49:00 pm - 5:47:00 pm 
failed S14E18 - Season 14 Ep 18: Mike and Ant answer questions from fans across the globe. In the process, they reveal the inner workings of the series and look back at the last eight cars. S14b Ep18
[Failed: No errors, but no data delivered. This is usually because the device failed to lock a signal.]

Coronation Street S181E11392 - Coronation Street
[TVNZ 1] 10/27/2024 1:29:14 pm - 1:29:27 pm 
failed S181E11392 - Coronation Street: Long-running drama with the residents of England's most famous cobbled street.
[Failed: Recording interrupted] 

Judge Judy S25E147 - Judge Judy 147
[Sky Open] 10/25/2024 2:14:01 pm - 2:14:14 pm 
failed S25E147 - Judge Judy 147: With her outspoken style and hard-hitting decisiveness, Judge Judy single-handedly sorts out family disputes and misdemeanours, one case at a time.
[Failed: Recording interrupted] 

Judge Judy S25E144 - Judge Judy 144
[Sky Open+1] 10/22/2024 3:29:00 pm - 4:07:00 pm 
failed S25E144 - Judge Judy 144: With her outspoken style and hard-hitting decisiveness, Judge Judy single-handedly sorts out family disputes and misdemeanours, one case at a time.
[Failed: No errors, but no data delivered. This is usually because the device failed to lock a signal.]

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Hello
I found an interesting issue. I fixed it but I post it here so maybe it helps someone who faces it too
I installed NextPVR on a new Ubuntu Server. All well. http://192.168.x.y:8866

EPG with 150 channels imported access works from PC, Mac even VPN.
I shutdown the server, moved it to another place and booted it up again
For some reason I then used http://hostname:8866
Guide was empty, no devices shown, really strange. Again reboot, still the same. Nothing in NextPVR logs.
I then checked the F12 tools of Chrome.
http://hostname:8866/languages/null.json' from origin 'http://hostname:8866' has been blocked by CORS policy: The request client is not a secure context and the resource is in more-private address space `private`.
Hmm, I knew that CORS stuff from work.
So I changed the URL again to the IP and it works.
So if you face such an error too – use the IP.

Windows 10. 
Current NextPVR release.
Haupauge USB tuner.

Hello.  I've been trying to figure out the problems with Sleep and failed recordings for months.  Fresh installs on three entirely different computers, etc.

But maybe it's not actually a sleep problem.  NextPVR usually (always?) records one program fine after a computer reboot.  And then the PC either goes to sleep and doesn't wake up, or doesn't go to sleep, but, either way, I think it's the next recording that is what fails. 

The NextPVR Backend Status window always shows what's going on.  The TV tuner always shows up in the window.

When it did the record a first TV show but not record a second one recently, I physically unplugged the one USB TV tuner.  And then plugged it back in.  NextPVR then showed it was recording, but the status window said it was recording a TV show I had scheduled an hour or two earlier. 

It seems perhaps that after properly recording one scheduled TV show after a reboot that the TV tuner gets stuck and won't release and then the PC 1) perhaps won't go into sleep mode, 2) won't record a second TV show.  Though for 2) it doesn't say TV tuner in use or unavailable.  It fails in some other way.

Today, I set it to record two episodes of different shows, one right after the other.  It worked fine.  

Usually when I test, I schedule it to record one 30-minute show, then 30 minutes of nothing, then schedule another 30-minute TV show.  To see if it goes into sleep mode during that middle 30 minutes. 

A powercfg request showed a Legacy Kernel Caller error.  I typed in the override command today to try that.  Haven't noticed any change.

The Hauppauge tuner driver is the latest one, from 2015.  
NextPVR and it used to work great.  Started having these problems months ago out of nowhere.  Nothing should have changed on the PC other than Windows 10 auto-updates.  Also have a second (Microtune brand) USB tuner I've tried that acts similarly.

The NextPVR PC has a simple life of pretty much only ever being used for NextPVR TV recording and playing, and only one tuner, and Windows 10 installed fresh a few times in recent months while trying to figure these problems out.  I'm assuming a Windows 10 update messed things up since it does this even after a fresh Windows 10 install on an entirely different computer.


Various failed error messages in case someone searches the forums in the future:
Failed: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
Failed: recording service not running at recording time.
Failed: The operation timed out.

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