2016-02-11, 12:32 AM
I recently upgraded my home theater PC from windows XP to windows 7. I was running 3.6.6 before and still am. I have only noticed this problem since moving to Windows 7. This is going to be easiest to explain by example.
Let's say I set a 1 hour program to record (ATSC). In this example, lets say the program starts at 7:00 and runs to 8:00. At 7:13, I launch NPVR, go to recordings and see my program at the top of the list with status "Recording". I select that program and start to watch it. The progress bar at the bottom of the screen shows 0:00 to the left and 0:13 to the right since 13 minutes of the program has been recorded. I press skip forward on my remote (or keyboard) and it jumps ahead 1 minute. The progress bar now shows 0:01 ---- 0:13. Maybe I watch for a few minutes, the left hand progress updates, but the right hand is stuck at 0:13. If I keep skipping forward, I get to the point that I am at the 13 minute mark. So, now the progress bar shows 0:13 ----- 0:13. But, maybe 5 minutes have transpired, so now 18 minutes have been recorded. If I don't touch anything, and I can watch the program, so lets up 2 more minutes, so now I am up to 15 minutes in, but the progress bar still shows 0:13. If I press skip forward, it takes me back to 0:13 and starts me over there again. No matter what I do, I can't skip forward to any time past 0:13. It is like when I enter the program, the total duration stops updating, and so NPVR is preventing me from skipping past the end (which it should), but the problem is the end is wrong.
So, I press stop and that takes me back to the recordings menu. Let's say it's 7:20 now. I press play again (resume is not an option) and it takes me back in at 0:00. Again, I can either watch or skip forward (and backwards) all I want (including past the magical 0:13 mark) up to the new mark of 0:20.
It seems that when I enter a live recording, it is taking the current duration as the end and never updating it, but the recording itself is flawless.
Here is what changed:
I went from a dual core PC to a quad core PC. (so different motherboard)
upgraded from XP to Win 7.
I was using an On-Air GT as a 3rd tuner and remove. Still using it. Had a little trouble getting it to run under Win 7 and the company is now out of business, but I got it to work.
I had 2 PCI single tuners from Philips. However, the new Mother Board only had PCI-E slots, so I bought a Hauppauge 1229 WinTV-HVR-2255 dual tuner.
I was running 3.6.6 in both cases. This new machine is a fresh install of NPVR and then I imported my old recordings.
So, not sure if this a XP/7 thing or a tuner thing, or something else.
Let's say I set a 1 hour program to record (ATSC). In this example, lets say the program starts at 7:00 and runs to 8:00. At 7:13, I launch NPVR, go to recordings and see my program at the top of the list with status "Recording". I select that program and start to watch it. The progress bar at the bottom of the screen shows 0:00 to the left and 0:13 to the right since 13 minutes of the program has been recorded. I press skip forward on my remote (or keyboard) and it jumps ahead 1 minute. The progress bar now shows 0:01 ---- 0:13. Maybe I watch for a few minutes, the left hand progress updates, but the right hand is stuck at 0:13. If I keep skipping forward, I get to the point that I am at the 13 minute mark. So, now the progress bar shows 0:13 ----- 0:13. But, maybe 5 minutes have transpired, so now 18 minutes have been recorded. If I don't touch anything, and I can watch the program, so lets up 2 more minutes, so now I am up to 15 minutes in, but the progress bar still shows 0:13. If I press skip forward, it takes me back to 0:13 and starts me over there again. No matter what I do, I can't skip forward to any time past 0:13. It is like when I enter the program, the total duration stops updating, and so NPVR is preventing me from skipping past the end (which it should), but the problem is the end is wrong.
So, I press stop and that takes me back to the recordings menu. Let's say it's 7:20 now. I press play again (resume is not an option) and it takes me back in at 0:00. Again, I can either watch or skip forward (and backwards) all I want (including past the magical 0:13 mark) up to the new mark of 0:20.
It seems that when I enter a live recording, it is taking the current duration as the end and never updating it, but the recording itself is flawless.
Here is what changed:
I went from a dual core PC to a quad core PC. (so different motherboard)
upgraded from XP to Win 7.
I was using an On-Air GT as a 3rd tuner and remove. Still using it. Had a little trouble getting it to run under Win 7 and the company is now out of business, but I got it to work.
I had 2 PCI single tuners from Philips. However, the new Mother Board only had PCI-E slots, so I bought a Hauppauge 1229 WinTV-HVR-2255 dual tuner.
I was running 3.6.6 in both cases. This new machine is a fresh install of NPVR and then I imported my old recordings.
So, not sure if this a XP/7 thing or a tuner thing, or something else.