I'm unable to schedule recordings from the guide or from the search function using NextPVR 3.6.6 backend and MrMC, a fork of Kodi, running on the AppleTV 4th gen. The front end on the AppleTV is fine otherwise, being able to pull in guide data, watch live tv, as well as recordings. The add-on version is 1.11.4.

Any ideas?

I realize that MrMC isn't the same as Kodi/XMBC but wasn't sure where else to post it.

EDIT: Another instance of Kodi 15 is able to hook into the same backend and schedule recordings without problems. That instance of the add-on is 1.10.8. However that instance of Kodi is running on the same machine as the backend. So maybe a firewall thing communicating from the AppleTV? No idea.

Here's the scenario:

1) Have a recording in progress
2) Start watching any other channel
3) Press up arrow on keyboard to get "Now Playing" list

The list only shows the "highest" of the ATSC sub-channels (or whatever the appropriate terminology is). The list starts with channel 4.3, then 6.3, 10.2, 18.1, 19.2, 28.2, 34.3, 51.5, and 53.3. It should show 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 10.1, 10.2, 18.1, 19.1, 19.2, 28.1, 28.2, 34.1, 34.2, 34.3, 51.1, 51.2, 51.3, 51.4, 51.5, 53.1, 53.2, and 53.3.

The list shows correctly if a recording is not in progress.

The Nextpvr web server is refusing to stream to clients.
I can log on to the server via a web browser and see the EPG, but cannot stream a channel.
Also, I tried a newly setup Kodi box and its NextPVR client gets directory/schedule listings ok but will
not stream either.

Some local tests on the the Nextpvr server machine with VLC yield this:

http://44.72.17.7:8866/live?channel=6 fails with error in VLC:

http error: error: HTTP/1.1 403 ForbiddenServer: NextPVR
http error: error: HTTP/1.1 403 ForbiddenServer: NextPVR
access_mms error: error: HTTP/1.1 403 ForbiddenServer: NextPVR
core error: open of `http://44.72.17.7:8866/live?channel=6' failed

However, http://localhost:8866/live?channel=6 works.

Looks like a firewall rule issue, but my rules look ok for the Nextpvr entries, and I also tried it with the firewall disabled to no luck.
Server is running on Windows 7.

Scratching my head.
Any ideas?

I'm unable to watch the video portion of live tv (using NPVR App UI) on any of the channels that use MPEG4. I can hear the audio (AC3) and I can record the channel and play it back perfectly, but I only see a black screen while watching live TV.

Note that I'm able to watch the live stream in VLC without a problem.

Log file attached.

Any suggestions?

Software:
Windows 10
NextPVR 3.6.6
Unlocked SAF Decoder (this happens with Cyberlink as well as LAV)
Video Renderer: EVR (this also happens with the other options)

Tuner Hardware:
HDHomeRun Prime (I've tried BDA Compatibility Mode of "Default" as well as "Media Portal")

Provider:
Comcast Chicago Digital Cable

Example (using info from Codec screen in VLC):
CNN HD (NOT Working)
Codec: H264 - MPEG-4 AVC (part 10) (h264)
Codec: A52 Audio (aka AC3) (a52 )

Discovery HD (Working)
Codec: MPEG-1/2 Video (mpgv)
Codec: A52 Audio (aka AC3) (a52 )

I have Extended and Prime tuners on my network. I have 2 pc's with Tv's running Kodi/NextPVR. If one pc is watching a channel on one tuner all is well. When the other pc goes to watch a channel on either tuner, the other pc gets kicked off with a NextPVR tuner connection is lost message. Any ideas how many fix this problem? Many thanks.
John

I have Extended and Prime tuners on my network. I have 2 pc's with Tv's running Kodi/NextPVR. If one pc is watching a channel on one tuner all is well. When the other pc goes to watch a channel on either tuner, the other pc gets kicked off with a NextPVR tuner connection is lost message. Any ideas how many fix this problem? Many thanks.
John

Hello,

I'm moving off WMC (WMC deactivated from the pc) I have a Win7 Headless PC (4Gb RAM & i5), running over gbe cabled LAN, Win7 is running Plex and also trying to install NXTPVR, pushing content to Samsung smart TV's. Plex works ace (I upgraded / pay for Plex Pass to support their work). I intend to do the same with NextPVR when I have working well.

But, even though TBS tuners say enabled (Quad TBS 6284 DVB-T2) unfortunately when I scan for channels in the PC NEXTPVR interface, nothing happens. I've updated location for devices/tuners with UK / London Crystal Palace (from drop down menu), but none of the 4 tuners picks up any channel, I've tried a few scans, but they complete and no data (WMC worked fine with the TBS tuner card). I'm a newbie to NEXT-PVR, so would appreciate any guidance please? (I've attached logs with this thread)

Cheers, Julian

Martin

Because of problems with Windows 8 on my NextPVR server I setup a temporary server while I did a clean install on the original server. This new server worked with X-NEWA clients almost immediately but for some unknown reason the X-NEWA clients wont work with either the new Vista or Windows 8.1 install disks in the original server. The original boot disk which was working ok last week now has the same problem.

If the server is sleeping WOL wakes it then the "Could not open NextPVR..." message is displayed. If the server is already up when the client starts the message appears immediately X-NEWA starts.

Using it with or without password protected sharing makes no difference. I assume that its npvr.db3 which is being accesses but the KODI file manager seems to have full Read and Write access to the NPVR directory on the new installs. On the working server "Everyone" has Read/Execute permissions on the database but on the other server installs "Everyone" has Full access.

Clutching at straws now but the only common factor with the three NextPVR install disks with this problem is that they have all been in my HP server which had a BIOS upgrade yesterday to cure a network interface problem which prevented upgrade from Windows 8 to 8.1 and no network connection in Windows 8.1 and 10!!!

Any suggestions Martin what else I can try?

Chris

The setup:

In the living room I have a Hauppage HVR-1250 installed on my HTPC. My coaxial input goes from the wall to the DirectTV cable box and RCAs have been ran from the cable box to the HVR-1250. I have my TV connected to the HTPC via an HDMI cable. On the HTPV I have NextPVR 3.66 as the back end and Kodi 15.2 Isenguard as the front end. Things work great! I can Watch live TV as well as record. I can watch the recorded TV shows as well no problem. Again, it all works perfectly.

The problem:

Since this was going great I setup an unused laptop up in the bedroom and installed Kodi 15.2. It connected to NextPVR just fine and I can watch and record live TV. The problem arises when the living room TV has live TV playing and I go upstairs on the other client to change the channel. I get the error "Tuner not available". I am guessing it is because only one client can have control of the tuner at a time. If I change the channel upstairs to match the downstairs it works but still won't let me change it to a different channel. If I press stop on the live TV downstairs the upstairs client can then start changing the channel. This also happens if the situation is reversed.

The Question:

Is there a way for one client to "relinquish control" of the tuner once another attempts to "gain control" or would this require a second tuner? I tried turning off the time shifting feature on both clients but that did not help. I tried googling quite a bit but could not find the answer. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.

I must be overthinking or overlooking!

When setting up a client on a Windows 10 network; I am at settings>Devices, I have entered the IP for the server; what form do I use for the database share?

I've tried c:\Users\Public\NPVR and several other forms.

I seem to be too dumb to figure this out and the wiki seems to think everybody knows.