I'll give up...

[jki]

And stay with Gp-pvr. It works like a old train's closet.
With Npvr there is always something wrong, wrong aspect ratio, sound is out of sync,
recordings list is messed and so on.
Sometimes I'd like only watch tv, not readjust decoders and ohthers all the time.

[pcostanza]

I hate to see you do that as there are many of us with few to no problems. Yes, it's still in beta but for me, it's so much better in very many ways to GBPVR. However, I can understand the frustration when things don't work for you like they should. Maybe as it matures, you can try again.

[Reddwarf]

That is 'kind of sad to hear, I'v been running npvr since one of the earliest prereleases, and even if there are quirks it has been performing well on my system. In fact far better than I ever got gbpvr to work. But it is still a beta, so hope you'll come back later when npvr hopefully is even better

[morser]

Hello,

Long time GBPVR user, First week as NPVR user (lol)

I'm suffering through some recording issues, but even still I'm going to stay with NPVR. I need the few shows that I get ATSC daily but I'll work out the kinks then I'll enjoy the new NPVR features.

New things we like:
- watching a video: if you stop the video, in GBPVR you had to start it again and get to where you left off. NPVR remembers (all video formats? not sure yet).
- Channel surf while watching normal show. There was some variation of this in GBPVR but after going with a Logitech Harmony we lost it. NPVR has a quick channel check while watching current show.
- config is just a right click away
- tuner scanning is much better
- channel guide configuration is also better

[hasso]

...but I'll work out the kinks then I'll enjoy the new NPVR features.

I agree that NPVR is definitely better, but until I "work out the kinks" I'm constantly having to switch between the two. GBPVR is in "production", while for me NPVR is still under "test".

[jki]

Yes, Npvr would be better, than Gp-pvr, but not now, not here.
Actually I like tuning and fixing, I can spend hours to get something to work right. But this is very frustrating, if you just get all in order and working, after next reboot
there is all same problems present, or pack of new ones.
All tests, which I have done, only one 1 hour show has worked without tweaking something. Last night, just before starting this, I tried watch Life on mars recording.
After watching minute or so, audio was already seconds late, and getting worse if keep watching. Stop or skip resets sync for a while, but only while. I tested again all
present audio and video decoders and combinations of them, no effect. Have to watch it with Gp-pvr, which played it perfectly. Also VLC worked with same file.
Just before that try to watch, Npvr started in window mode, as should, but window was twice my screen size. After resizing window, it palyed video much narrower,
than 4:3 and any choice of ar, didn't fill window. After setting default tv ar to 16:10 and back to 16:9, it was correct again.

[trummel]

Dumb to ask I know, but are you definately on the latest version with all of the patches correctly applied and registered? I only ask, because some of the things you describe used to happen to me with earlier releases, but both of my servers and all of my clients have been absolutely rock solid for a couple of weeks now. The current version (1.5.36) with these http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php?47686 applied shows no sign of sync problems and skips backwards and forwards even in HD recordings completely flawlessly. I completely ditched GB-PVR last week, with no regrets at all.

[jki]

Dumb to ask I know, but are you definately on the latest version with all of the patches correctly applied and registered?

Yes, of course.
There is randomly other problems too, like zero byte recordings, ff/rev skipping goes anywhere it wants after waiting a minute and most of present decoders won't with
last version at all. I can never know, if it works or not. Last working decoder may not work after next start. Or work, if try twice or more times again.
I'm bit cooler now, let's take a time out.

[trummel]

Given the amount of issues that you seem to have, especially as many other users (including me) find this a pretty stable platform, I wouldn't be suprised to find you have some underlying problem in either hardware or decoders etc. I noticed elsewhere you seem to have a couple of PC's. Are the issues the same on both?
It may be worth:-
a. Itemising your installation, hardware and software. I know you may have done it elsewhere, but a fresh start might help. At least other people can then comment on which bits of your setup work (or dont) for them.
b. Consider a stripped down hardware with a clean minimal install if you can. From some of your other posts, I would guess at there being a hardware fault or incompatability.

[jki]

Given the amount of issues that you seem to have, especially as many other users (including me) find this a pretty stable platform, I wouldn't be suprised to find you have some underlying problem in either hardware or decoders etc. I noticed elsewhere you seem to have a couple of PC's. Are the issues the same on both?

"Other PC" is mainly regording use only (so far). I watch recordings via lan or Serviio dlna-server. So only noticed problem is some 0-byte recordings. This was the PC,
which have problem with AF9015 tuner. Now there is Winfast stick.

a. Itemising your installation, hardware and software. I know you may have done it elsewhere, but a fresh start might help. At least other people can then comment on which bits of your setup work (or dont) for them.
b. Consider a stripped down hardware with a clean minimal install if you can. From some of your other posts, I would guess at there being a hardware fault or incompatability.

If Npvr is only one software, which needs something tune all the time, I don't see any reason, why I should do anything to hardware. E.g. recordings made by Npvr is
watchable any other player at same time, when they don't play right in Npvr.