In an attempt to get my EPG working better I decided to stop using the EPGCollectors XML file for my guide and drop back to the standard OTA guide data. This now fills the guide well with some juggles on timing etc. The challenge I now notice is that I do not seem to be able to schedule series type programs. Even if I try and do something like Doctor Who on BBC1 it refuses to even highlight as a recording let alone record all episodes. I tried this because I thought if any guide data would be good it would be the beebs ;-)
The question is, should the guide data I am grabbing from DVB contain this information. i.e. should everything just work?
I'd use SchedulesDirect but unfortunately it appears that is not possible outside of the US and a few related countries. :-(
Any pointers to a flawless EPG would be gratefully received.
Has anyone discovered any PartnerID's or way of getting the uuid for TitanTV? I hear there's no way of getting it anymore, but didn't know if anyone had any other ideas.
I have Windows 10 set for automatic updates, and last night it restarted for an update while I was recording a show. Can NPVR prevent this or do I have to turn off automatic updates?
This afternoon while watching a recording, it started stuttering !
I looked at the Device status and there was 10+ recording of the same show. Way too many for the server.
I tried to cancel the recording with the client, but the status didn't show any change
I tried to cancel the recordings on the server, but NextPVR was unresponsive.
I stop the service, restarted the service and again I had 15 or so recording of the same show.
I kill all compskip processes and was able to cancel the recordings with the client. Some showed "...alternated airings...:
Maybe I should untick the "Look for alternate airings on unresolved conflict" ?
The only thing that changed on the server in the last days was the installation of Windows Update yesterday followed by a reboot.
KB2999226 Update for Universal C Runtime in Windows
KB3080079 Update to add RDS support for TLS 1.1 and TLS 1.2
I always thought that if I put on a new device and gave it a single channel that was not in any other device's channel list, viewing or recording that channel would necessarily cause that device to be chosen. Was I wrong, or is something interesting happening?
I added a fourth HDPVR2, added a fake channel (666, Zulu) and selected it from the guide. NextPVR chose one of the other devices.
I've been playing around with NPVR the past couple weeks. I understand that mc2xml microsoft legacy is not working any more. I have tried Schedules Direct for the 7 day trial, and it works perfectly. However, I am not willing to commit to it yet as I'm not sure I will be using NPVR exclusively or not (Currently on W7 with WMC - considering the upgrade to W10 and using NPVR).
In the meantime I have also been getting EPG data from zap2xml (Zap2it.com). When on zap2it.com the program descriptions are very detailed, however, when downloaded to xmltv file, the program descriptions are quite lacking. Is there a setting/command I'm missing to get more complete info? Or is that a limitation for that service?
Also, I've tried finding my UUID for TitanTV (per post 27 of this thread, to no avial). If anyone knows how to find the UUID would it be possible to still use mc2xml to pull TitanTV EPG?
Finally, is there a setting somewhere in NPVR to enable onscreen mouse controls to forward, reverse, play & pause video? My HTPC is connected to my tv and the wireless mouse works wonders in WMC and this would be awesome in NPVR as well.
For both of these I'm accessing the file system directly but this presents some challenges when operating a plugin from a client. Is there something in the API I should use instead?
Artwork doesn't seem to be "transferred" to the client Media directory until I view a recording in the default recording list. Is there a way to trigger this? Also, I don't seem to get fanart by default. Is ImageGrabLite necessary to retrieve fanart?
ScheduledRecording.Delete() doesn't seem to delete the file from disk so I have to use System.IO.File.Delete() which won't work from a client since the recordings path is local to the server.
We currently have a system that records documentaries recorded on a Sky HD set top box. The sky box is connected to a Windows PC using the following:
Sky HD box via HDMI to an HD Fury. The HD Fury feeds a Hauppage PVR (version 1). Recording from the Sky box are recording real time to the TV Capture PVR using is naive Arc Total software that came with the PVR. The recording from the PC are then manually transferred on a 12TB Raid 5 storage on a Windows Home Server 2011. This is a slow and time consuming process. And schedule the recordings from the Sky box using an IR Blaster to control the channels
We are looking to streamline this process.
The objectives are as follows:
1) reduce the number of manual steps
2) the data loss that sometimes results in sound / picture being out of sync or frames of several seconds missing.
3) software to schedule the recordings from the Sky box, record either onto the PC or directly onto the NAS
4) software to be able to search and view the recorded programmes.
Does Next PVR have any integrated software or add-ons which will allow the recordings to be stored on the NAS drive and then the library of recordings be watched through a media server like Plex?
