Poll: What are your upgrade plans

gEd · 2019-12-21, 11:19 PM

V4 works perfectly for me but I'll be happy to take the plunge with v5 if there is a direct upgrade path from v4. i.e an upgrade that carries over my recordings, schedule, tuner config and settings.

mvallevand · 2019-12-21, 11:49 PM

(2019-12-21, 11:19 PM)gEd Wrote: V4 works perfectly for me but I'll be happy to take the plunge with v5 if there is a direct upgrade path from v4. i.e an upgrade that carries over my recordings, schedule, tuner config and settings.

During the beta period have to you tried v5 with your v4 database to see if it converts thing properly. For many EPG source and tuner types where there were no enhancements it might be possible.

If you haven't pick a quiet time, stop your v4 server, install the new version and start it. Then stop it and overwrite the new config.xml and npvr.db3 in NPVR-Data with your v4 equivalents and start again. I used to do this often. Of course v5 is more than v4 and has it evolved over 2019 sub has had many enhancement so I am not sure that it is impossible, but certainly it is worth a try.

Martin

***sub*** · 2019-12-22, 01:42 AM

(2019-12-21, 11:49 PM)mvallevand Wrote: If you haven't pick a quiet time, stop your v4 server, install the new version and start it. Then stop it and overwrite the new config.xml and npvr.db3 in NPVR-Data with your v4 equivalents and start again. I used to do this often. Of course v5 is more than v4 and has it evolved over 2019 sub has had many enhancement so I am not sure that it is impossible, but certainly it is worth a try.

It should still work fine doing that for digital tuners (DVB-x/ATSC/QAM). It'd probably work for HDHR. It wouldn't work for IPTV.

jcole998 · 2019-12-22, 02:19 PM

Just a thought that you may want to poll users about getting their usage issues fixed before committing to upgrade. In my particular case, I'm having a bad time getting V5 to work with RPi4 Raspbian. But I'll keep at it.

mvallevand · (This post was last modified: 2019-12-22, 03:52 PM by mvallevand.)

(2019-12-22, 02:19 PM)jcole998 Wrote: Just a thought that you may want to poll users about getting their usage issues fixed before committing to upgrade. In my particular case, I'm having a bad time getting V5 to work with RPi4 Raspbian. But I'll keep at it.

That's an odd comment. I just did a quick forum search and could not find one post from you trying to run v5 server on your RPi. If you are talking playback issues Raspian isn't recommended over LE or OSMC anyway but again I saw no relevant posts. If you are simply referring to PIN access woes, sub has basically nailed it for me testing the next release with the ability to "remember me" as he discussed earlier.

Martin

jcole998 · 2019-12-22, 04:29 PM

Sorry, Martin. I was unclear. That should have read V5 PC Windows server. My apologies.

JC

mvallevand · 2019-12-22, 04:31 PM

Maybe best to bump the specific thread with the issue and post the current logs.

Martin

gEd · 2019-12-22, 09:13 PM

(2019-12-21, 11:49 PM)mvallevand Wrote:
(2019-12-21, 11:19 PM)gEd Wrote: V4 works perfectly for me but I'll be happy to take the plunge with v5 if there is a direct upgrade path from v4. i.e an upgrade that carries over my recordings, schedule, tuner config and settings.
During the beta period have to you tried v5 with your v4 database to see if it converts thing properly. For many EPG source and tuner types where there were no enhancements it might be possible.

If you haven't pick a quiet time, stop your v4 server, install the new version and start it. Then stop it and overwrite the new config.xml and npvr.db3 in NPVR-Data with your v4 equivalents and start again. I used to do this often. Of course v5 is more than v4 and has it evolved over 2019 sub has had many enhancement so I am not sure that it is impossible, but certainly it is worth a try.

Martin

I've not tried v5 at all. I couldn't see any guidance in the pre-release notes that indicated that you could just copy over the config.xml and npvr.db3 to v5. Not sure if that is just me not reading carefully or an omission?

I'll have a play with it when there's a gap in the recording schedule.

cheers.

gEd · 2019-12-22, 10:47 PM

(2019-12-22, 09:13 PM)gEd Wrote:
(2019-12-21, 11:49 PM)mvallevand Wrote:
(2019-12-21, 11:19 PM)gEd Wrote: V4 works perfectly for me but I'll be happy to take the plunge with v5 if there is a direct upgrade path from v4. i.e an upgrade that carries over my recordings, schedule, tuner config and settings.
During the beta period have to you tried v5 with your v4 database to see if it converts thing properly. For many EPG source and tuner types where there were no enhancements it might be possible.

If you haven't pick a quiet time, stop your v4 server, install the new version and start it. Then stop it and overwrite the new config.xml and npvr.db3 in NPVR-Data with your v4 equivalents and start again. I used to do this often. Of course v5 is more than v4 and has it evolved over 2019 sub has had many enhancement so I am not sure that it is impossible, but certainly it is worth a try.

Martin

I've not tried v5 at all. I couldn't see any guidance in the pre-release notes that indicated that you could just copy over the config.xml and npvr.db3 to v5. Not sure if that is just me not reading carefully or an omission?

I'll have a play with it when there's a gap in the recording schedule.

cheers.

Well that was bloody easy! - ok, v4 disabled and now running v5. I even copied over my tweaked skin and it seems to work perfectly. Will report back in the support forum with any problems.

HarryH3 · 2019-12-22, 11:03 PM

(2019-12-19, 04:48 PM)sub Wrote: I guess he's meaning:
http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...dReference

Hi sub, I don't see a link to the Wiki page in the header of the forum after the new forum software upgrade. Perhaps a link up there would help new users find it? Smile

Poll: What are your upgrade plans You do not have permission to vote in this poll.
I am using version 5	30.77%	12	30.77%
I plan on upgrading soon	10.26%	4	10.26%
I am waiting for a few months to see how others do	12.82%	5	12.82%
I am happy with version 4	15.38%	6	15.38%
I use v4 plugins and won't lose them	10.26%	4	10.26%
I use v4 NextPVR client	7.69%	3	7.69%
I still use the PCH/MVP and it is not support	2.56%	1	2.56%
I use custom v4 skins	7.69%	3	7.69%
I tried v5 and didn't like it	2.56%	1	2.56%
Other	0%	0	0%
Total		39 vote(s)	100%

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