2011-11-24, 05:42 PM
I use NextPVR with DVB-c provider Lijbrandt (Glashart Media) in the Netherlands. It works perfectly, with 2 DVB-c tuners recording up to 3 frequencies simultaneously (if need arises).
Now, suddenly there were problems. Nickelodeon would not record, and instead of channel RTL-8 the channel Veronica was recorded and vice versa.
So, I deleted Nickelodeon, RTL-8 and Veronica from the channel list under "Devices", and rescanned.
Still RTL-8 instead of Veronica and vice versa. And, when a scheduled recording for Nickelodeon came up, the whole thing crashed again.
Investigated:
* Nickelodeon got a new frequency, and by rescanning it got a new channel ID. Old recordings were scheduled for the channel with the old ID, which did not exist anymore. Hence the crash.
* When scanning the DVB-c, and finding channel names that are in the database, NextPVR does not see it if names are switched by the provider (for whatever reason???).
My solution:
* Using my trusty SQlite Database Browser I manually edited the NPVR.db3 database. Manually I switched (copy/pasted) the tuning information for the RTL-8 and Veronica channels. And I changed the ID of Nickelodeon back to the old ID.
So, here is how to do it if you have such a problem.
To sub: maybe in the future you can work out a solution to do this prettier... Must say I liked the structured approach of NextPVR, so I was able to solve this at all.
Now, suddenly there were problems. Nickelodeon would not record, and instead of channel RTL-8 the channel Veronica was recorded and vice versa.
So, I deleted Nickelodeon, RTL-8 and Veronica from the channel list under "Devices", and rescanned.
Still RTL-8 instead of Veronica and vice versa. And, when a scheduled recording for Nickelodeon came up, the whole thing crashed again.
Investigated:
* Nickelodeon got a new frequency, and by rescanning it got a new channel ID. Old recordings were scheduled for the channel with the old ID, which did not exist anymore. Hence the crash.
* When scanning the DVB-c, and finding channel names that are in the database, NextPVR does not see it if names are switched by the provider (for whatever reason???).
My solution:
* Using my trusty SQlite Database Browser I manually edited the NPVR.db3 database. Manually I switched (copy/pasted) the tuning information for the RTL-8 and Veronica channels. And I changed the ID of Nickelodeon back to the old ID.
So, here is how to do it if you have such a problem.
To sub: maybe in the future you can work out a solution to do this prettier... Must say I liked the structured approach of NextPVR, so I was able to solve this at all.