Recordings end when closing program

[acabose]

When i close the program all recordings stop then when i open NPVR again they resume. Is this behavior intended?
The tray icon is always present and that option about Background Recording Services seems to do nothing.

[Reddwarf]

Hav you ticked "Use background recording service" in Settings->Recording?

[acabose]

yeah, makes no difference here

[johnsonx42]

It sounds like you don't have the recording service running, so when NextPVR.exe loads it loads an in-process version of the recording service; naturally when you exit NextPVR that recording service exits with it. Your NPVR.log will show this behavior. If you actually do have the recording service (NRECORD.exe) running, you may have a firewall blocking communication between the programs.

I think the "Use background recording service" option doesn't do anything now, and sub intends to remove it; it was really only for testing.

[acabose]

Well, you're right, there is no NRECORD.EXE running in my system, or at least it's not showing in the task manager. I took a look at the log as you suggested, but im unable to make sense out of it.

[acabose]

Ok, i looked into NPVR Recording Service Properties and the path to executable NRecord.exe was wrong. Maybe because at first i installed NPVR at the default folder but later, before using the program, i uninstalled it and reinstalled it at a different location.
Well, i fixed this and now recordings keep going after the program is closed. So thanks for the help guys.

[johnsonx42]

the bit you were looking for was this (in your NPVR.log.1):

Code:

[...startup]
2010-07-24 10:02:20.257    [DEBUG][1]    Version: 1.5.24
2010-07-24 10:02:20.257    [DEBUG][1]    SingleInstance()
2010-07-24 10:02:20.454    [INFO][1]    Using local in-process recording service
2010-07-24 10:02:21.563    [INFO][1]    RecordingService.Startup()

Now that you have NRecord.exe running, you'll see it connecting to a remote recording service instead of starting the local in-process service. The startup lines in the NRECORD.log will now show similar lines for starting the recording service.

Glad you've got it sorted. Enjoy.