Rec service crashing when trying iptv streams that work in vlc

[pBS]

here ya go.. watched successfully a channel from another totally different iptv provider, then 3 of the non-working channels..
all 3 said 'unable to communicate w recording service' and back to menu..
[i shut down rec service afterwards to flush logs]

[mvallevand]

I don't remember v4 logs well enough it is odd to see the error in npvr not nrecord

Do you have

<AllowInProcessRecording>true</AllowInProcessRecording>
<ForceRecordingServiceUse>true</ForceRecordingServiceUse>

in config.xml

[pBS]

hmm, didn't have AllowInProcessRecording>true but it is now and after restart rec service still same thing..
new logs posted
[ i tried to watch Syfy twice in a row]

oh, i bet i have to reboot after changing that one...
will post new logs in a sec.

after reboot, same stuff in logs...no changes at all i can see..

[pBS]

unfortunately i'm runnning 32bit win on the machine so i can't just easily upgrade to v5...

[mvallevand]

V5 runs on 32 bit just not Vista

Martin

[pBS]

hmmm, this is 32bit win7...?

of course i didn't see new version adds 32bit..yay!...lol

[pBS]

yikes, can't even install latest version of npvr4 cuz install button is greyed out! [sorry i didn't know there was newer v4 out]
what's up w that?
hmm, out of space on npvr drive...lol

[sub]

yikes, can't even install latest version of npvr4 cuz install button is greyed out! [sorry i didn't know there was newer v4 out]
what's up w that?
hmm, out of space on npvr drive...lol

and does freeing up disk space help with your crashing problem?

[pBS]

nope... it did help the installer for latest v4
plus, where are the data dirs for v5? only the npvr dir w executables included in zip.

and to be clear, rec service isn't crashing..i think i just tried to watch too many bad ch once..
i thought it was crashing because of the 'cannot communicate w rec service' msgs


yay! latest version fixed iptv issues..
but still need to find v5 datadirs download...i try running server and it crashes looking for config.xml

is it just the data dir inside zip? i'll try that but having problems getting it to come up so i can change port

[BrettB]

but still need to find v5 datadirs download...i try running server and it crashes looking for config.xml

is it just the data dir inside zip? i'll try that but having problems getting it to come up so i can change port

There isn't a separate data dir download. You just download the one zip file and put it in a place like C:\Program Files\NPVRv5\. Then open a command window, go to that folder and run NextPVRServer.exe. If the data dir doesn't already exist in C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\ then it will create that directory tree. You can then stop the server and go change the config.xml.