I routinely suffer loss of recordings after some glitch interrupts the initial one. This current example was when recording Varney&Co which was working fine for 45 minutes. Something then caused a restart of the recording. When it attempted to restart, it failed, resulting in only the first 45 minutes being saved. Note that NPVR states that the recording is still currently active, but I can't see how.
This happens with some frequency, with the following messages:
2016-02-12 09:49:15.192 [DEBUG][14] Asking NCableCardHost to start: E:\Recorded TV\Varney & Company\Varney & Company_20160212_09001200-0.ts
2016-02-12 09:49:15.318 [DEBUG][14] Failed to start recording on backup device too: ''
2016-02-12 09:49:15.324 [DEBUG][14] Temp at 2/12/2016 9:49:25 AM
2016-02-12 09:49:15.324 [DEBUG][14] Failed to start recording... (30097:E:\Recorded TV\Varney & Company\Varney & Company_20160212_09001200-0.ts): ''
2016-02-12 09:49:15.328 [ERROR][14] Unexpected error saving scheduled recording: System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException (0x80004005): constraint failed
SCHEDULED_RECORDING.failure_reason may not be NULL
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Reset(SQLiteStatement stmt)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLite3.Step(SQLiteStatement stmt)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader.NextResult()
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteDataReader..ctor(SQLiteCommand cmd, CommandBehavior behave)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior)
at System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteCommand.ExecuteNonQuery()
at NUtility.ScheduledRecording.Save()
With version 3.6.6 and using Zap2It as EPG source, I cannot get the EPG to update automatically. It will update manually with NPVR 3.6.6 UI under Channels and it has automatically updated with an older version of NPVR.
Looking for some help here, I haven't found anyone with the same issue as I have.
I am using MC2XML to retrieve the EPG data. I live in Canada, so I am able to use the legacy version and still receive data.
When I run Update EPG, the guide XML file is created without problems, and the logs show that it is able to find entries for each channel, but when I go back in to look at the guide, nothing appears.
As a test, I opened a trial Schedules Direct account, and used that to populate a couple channels, those are the only channels currently showing EPG data.
I don't know what else I can do, can someone please point me in the right direction?
Attached are the NPVR log file, and sample of the Guide XML data (12 hrs to make the file smaller).
Here is my UpdateEPG.bat file:
D:
cd "D:\mc2xml"
mc2xml.exe -f -d 12 -s '-6' -o TVGUIDE.xml
Hi there, i use next pvr with my Hdhomerun Prime, comcast windows 10 on 8 machines. ive been using FFshow codecs, with no problem. my channel change has become slow, and some channels only now have audio. i can get some HD channels, and others i cant. can anybody advise me on this please ?
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Win TV Dual HD ATSC Tuner
Just started happening all recordings are distorted broken as in image # 2.
Previously was having no issues with multiple recordings and watching using Kodi
As soon as recording is engaged, the picture becomes distorted as does the recording of the program.
I have Comcast as my cable provider and setting up NextPVR to replace Windows Media Center.
OS: Windows 7 Ultimate
CPU: AMD A10-7850k
RAM: 16 GB
HD: Intel 160 SSD, WD 2 TB drive
Tuner: Ceton InfiniTV 6 PCIe resides in the same PC where NextPVR is being run.
When I use Kodi as a frontend all channels work properly (no copy protected channels), using NextPVR as the frontend, I get sound but no video on channels using H.264 (same channel in Kodi work just fine).
When I fast forward shows recorded from ABC playback freezes. This is a consistent problem and only happens for shows recorded from ABC. Occasionally playback will freeze without fast forward. Has anyone else seen this issue and have any ideas?
I'm yet another one trying to transition away from WMC to NextPVR.
I have a HD HomeRun Extend and HD Homerun Prime. I'm able to tune into the OTA channels using the Extend without any problems. However I get a black screen for the cable channels.
Just to be clear i cut the cord and i only get internet access through Comcast. However my Prime still works for the local channels when using WMC. When i try to tune the same channels using NextPVR i get a black screen.
I recently upgraded my home theater PC from windows XP to windows 7. I was running 3.6.6 before and still am. I have only noticed this problem since moving to Windows 7. This is going to be easiest to explain by example.
Let's say I set a 1 hour program to record (ATSC). In this example, lets say the program starts at 7:00 and runs to 8:00. At 7:13, I launch NPVR, go to recordings and see my program at the top of the list with status "Recording". I select that program and start to watch it. The progress bar at the bottom of the screen shows 0:00 to the left and 0:13 to the right since 13 minutes of the program has been recorded. I press skip forward on my remote (or keyboard) and it jumps ahead 1 minute. The progress bar now shows 0:01 ---- 0:13. Maybe I watch for a few minutes, the left hand progress updates, but the right hand is stuck at 0:13. If I keep skipping forward, I get to the point that I am at the 13 minute mark. So, now the progress bar shows 0:13 ----- 0:13. But, maybe 5 minutes have transpired, so now 18 minutes have been recorded. If I don't touch anything, and I can watch the program, so lets up 2 more minutes, so now I am up to 15 minutes in, but the progress bar still shows 0:13. If I press skip forward, it takes me back to 0:13 and starts me over there again. No matter what I do, I can't skip forward to any time past 0:13. It is like when I enter the program, the total duration stops updating, and so NPVR is preventing me from skipping past the end (which it should), but the problem is the end is wrong.
So, I press stop and that takes me back to the recordings menu. Let's say it's 7:20 now. I press play again (resume is not an option) and it takes me back in at 0:00. Again, I can either watch or skip forward (and backwards) all I want (including past the magical 0:13 mark) up to the new mark of 0:20.
It seems that when I enter a live recording, it is taking the current duration as the end and never updating it, but the recording itself is flawless.
Here is what changed:
I went from a dual core PC to a quad core PC. (so different motherboard)
upgraded from XP to Win 7.
I was using an On-Air GT as a 3rd tuner and remove. Still using it. Had a little trouble getting it to run under Win 7 and the company is now out of business, but I got it to work.
I had 2 PCI single tuners from Philips. However, the new Mother Board only had PCI-E slots, so I bought a Hauppauge 1229 WinTV-HVR-2255 dual tuner.
I was running 3.6.6 in both cases. This new machine is a fresh install of NPVR and then I imported my old recordings.
So, not sure if this a XP/7 thing or a tuner thing, or something else.
I have been using Windows Media Center for 8 years now. But since Microsoft removed it from Win10, I'm currently looking for an alternative. NextPVR looks fine, so far. However, there's one issue that I haven't been able to resolve:
After installing NextPVR, the PC keeps waking up each night at around half past two. According to powercfg, it's due to NPVR Recording Service. NRecord.log contains EPG update entries (see attached logfile).
So far I haven't found a way to prevent NextPVR from waking up my PC only for updating the EPG. How can I configure NextPVR to only update the EPG while the PC is already running?
