"failed because recording service not running" but records OK?

[sub]

Great.

[jksmurf]

I know that's what it looks like, but that's definitely not the case. I exit NextPVR, shutdown the recording service and NTray, and copy in the patched files. After that when I attempt to restart the recording service (using the "Start NPVR Service" icon you provide), that's when the error frequently occurs. Not every time, but often. I've double-checked in the task manager, and nothing NPVR related is running. It's like Windows is still holding the socket open for the prior instance of NRecord, even though NRecord has shut down. That shouldn't happen, but lots of things shouldn't happen that do.

It's no big deal, I just restart the whole system when it happens, but I thought I'd ask since it happened again tonight when I put in the new patch from this thread.

I get the exact same errors, same procedure applying patches.

[sub]

Just do what johnsonx42 does, and restart the the system.

[johnsonx42]

I've added a note to the patch post about rebooting after installing patches, or at least to check the log. So people are warned to check for the condition, and know to shutdown when in doubt. That's good enough in my book.