No TV

[Graham]

Will the AC3Filter decode H.264?

H.264 is the video part of the recording and AC3Filter doesn't care about video. I defer to those who 3,000 miles closer with regard to the best audio and video decoders ... but, I stand by my advice to go with SAF (so ignore Chrome and its warnings on this occasion).

[mikeh49]

SAF is a good one-stop solution if you need multiple decoders. If you are just interested in US TV, you don't need so much: a H.264/MP4 video decoder and a AC3 (I think) audio decoder. I like AC3Filter because is works very well for me, but others are happy with, for example, the LAV audio decoder. However, the LAV video decoder does not work well with NPVR. I don't recall from your earlier posts whether you have a working video decoder.

The HDHomerun Extend adds a wrinkle because it transcodes the MPEG2 broadcast stream to MPEG4 (I think) in a H.264 "wrapper". I think it leaves the audio alone so it is still AC3. The Silicon Dust site doesn't seem to say much about the audio. Greater minds can help here. I'll butt out now.

[JavaWiz]

I'm in the US and have been using GPVR/NextPVR for several years. My setup consists of Haupauge 2250, PVR-150, SiliconDust HDHR. I've tried a number of Decoder packages (K-Lite, SAF, ...) but for the last couple years have settled on Cyberlink for the video and AC3Filter for the audio. These two seem to provide the best experience and least impact to the system.

The CyberLink "CyberLink Video/SP Decoder(PDVD8)" is from some old CD/DVD software I got a number of years ago (not sure what package anymore), I simply copied off the DLL (CLVSD.ax) and move it from system to system as I've upgraded...

AC3 is easily found at http://www.ac3filter.net/wiki/Download_AC3Filter, I use the lite distribution to minimize the extras that come along with it.

[jp2code]

I believe that the various .bat files that run at or about the time of making a recording also run in the "system" account used by the recording service.

You might try a test with a .bat file that creates a test file on the NAS. For example a parallelprocessing.bat that contains ...

Don't rely on my batch command syntax being correct!

http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...BatchFiles

So, I got home and realized I have no idea how to do this.

How do I go about running a batch file as NextPVR?

[jp2code]

And, here is a clip of the decoders I have at the moment.

By default, everything was set to Disabled, but most options have some sort of Microsoft decoder, so I selected them.

Confusing!

[video=youtube;uK6mZagfHlY]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK6mZagfHlY[/video]

[sub]

You'll probably need to change that AC3 decoder to get audio. Install AC3Filter and select that.

[JavaWiz]

So, I got home and realized I have no idea how to do this.

How do I go about running a batch file as NextPVR?

If you just want to see if the recording service can create a file on your NAS, add this to your ParallelProcessing.bat file (c:\users\public\NPVR\scripts\ParallelProcessing.bat)

Code:

set NAS_Share=\\server\sharename\path
echo this is a test >> %NAS_Share%\test.txt

Replace \\server\sharename\path with your NAS server (or IP) and an open share and path where you would be placing the recording.... For example, on my system it would be \\Netstore1\PVR\Recordings\Movies

Schedule a recording and see if that file (test.txt) gets created on the NAS. If it does, then the recording service should be able to create a video recording on that share as long as your network bandwidth can handle the traffic.

[jp2code]

@Sub:

Microsoft's is the only decoder I have.

I downloaded SAF631 and SAF_KEY.

From what I understand on the website directions, I put both in the same directory and ran the SAF_KEY, which is supposed to run the SAF file.

Is that all I do (run the SAF_KEY)? After running the key, it said something crypic like it is already unlocked and ready, but I still don't see the AC3Filter option in NextPVR.

@JavaWiz:

I don't have any scripts in that folder; just a placeholder.txt file.

Is that what's wrong?

[jp2code]

@Sub: Apparently, I needed to run SAF. It is now installing a LOT of stuff, and looks like it will take about 30-minutes.

[dixxfixx]

I don't have any scripts in that folder; just a placeholder.txt file.

Is that what's wrong?

Not at all. "Placeholder" is just something the installer sticks in there when it creates the folder. Any batch files will have to be created by you. See the wiki for all the different kinds of batch files you can use. JavaWiz gave you a little two-line batch file to put in there as "ParallelProcessing.bat" for diagnostic purposes. That particular batch file will be run as you start a recording. There's also one that runs after you finish a recording, and there's one that runs before you do an EPG update, one that runs after the EPG update is finished, etc. Lots of 'em. Really, look at the wiki for a whole list.

And howdy from Austin.