HD PVR 2 and Oct release of NPVR (3.3.8)

[koornneef]

Has anyone had problems with HD PVR 2 audio using digital audio input with audio stopping?

I'm not sure if the problem got worse with the latest build, or it's a rebuild problem moving to a new hard-drive -- I had to restore from a ghosted image due to hard-disk failure.

In my older build, you could watch LiveTV twice before audio would drop out, and a restart of NPVR would solve the problem. Not restart the service.. The just GUI. By drop out I mean a session would either start with audio and was fine, or start silent and remain so.

In this build I updated to the latest WinTV7 from the Hauppauge site and updated to 3.3.8.

Audio seems to work on LiveTV as before (2-3 times before failing to start) but recorded TV seems to fail audio almost every time. Occasionally it does record audio, maybe 1 in 7 shows? Video is perfect.

The failed/working audio may be from the same channel, so it's not an incorrect audio source on the channel. Dropping the audio may occur when pressing the remote 'record' button while watching LiveTV.

I have the SAF codec pack installed. I've tried different codecs.

I also have a HDHomerun and it records/live flawlessly. WinTV seems to work fine, FWIW. So that leads me to the HDPVR device or my configuration of NPVR.

There is no audio when recorded TV played via VLC, so it's not in the playback.

I'll grab some log files tonight when I get home, but before I try switching to RCA to see if that solves the problem, I wanted to see if others have/had this problem and any solutions.

Thanks

[sub]

Audio seems to work on LiveTV as before (2-3 times before failing to start)

That sounds very strange. If you're initially getting sound correctly, then it sounds like it's configured correctly.

Does the sound work reliably in the WinTV software?

[mvallevand]

There was a patch for HDPVR/Colossus users that you may need depending on when you installed.

Martin

[koornneef]

I gave in last night and changed the channels from digital to RCA input (Son 'needed' Hockey games recorded ). It seems to be working.
I didn't get the logs -- the wife kept restarting the service and clearing the log so there wasn't much history to go on.

If it continues to work this weekend, I'll report back. If not, I'll get those logs.

Sub: Yes, WinTV seems to work OK.
Martin: I installed the latest WinTV over the CD version. Is there another patch? The site says Sept 10, 2014.

Is there a bulk way to remap channel inputs? I removed them all and added back in.

Finally, a feature request. A way to mark a show as 'failed'. Sometimes the cable company 'reboots' the digital box overnight or a show is preempted. That way, the system will know to record that episode again later.

Thanks for the replies.

[BrettB]

Finally, a feature request. A way to mark a show as 'failed'. Sometimes the cable company 'reboots' the digital box overnight or a show is preempted. That way, the system will know to record that episode again later.

+1

[sub]

Is there a bulk way to remap channel inputs? I removed them all and added back in.

Yes. Set the input option at the top of the HDPVR setup screen, highlight all the channels, then right click to get the context menu, then select to update the channels.

[mvallevand]

The patch was here http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...post480491 if your NPVRWriter.ax file is newer than other files in the program files folder you are okay.

Martin