Is NPVR alive and well?

[johnnysocko]

Just wondering - I see the last update from 8/2011. Welcome back to me...

Thinking finally with some google tv enabled devices and what not I might actually want to finally take the time to resurrect my GBPVR/NPVR setup to centralize a video on demand local streaming facility. Where GTV seems to be a nice missing link (path of least resistance) from what I wanted to build and didn't have the time or energy to do a year or so back (i.e. dedicated streaming clients on each TV)

[sub]

Yes, still alive and well. I typically do 3 or 4 releases a year. Next release has been in testing a while now, and pretty much ready for release in the next couple of days.

[mvallevand]

@johnnysocko, make sure you do some research before purchasing the GoogleTV devices. Some like the Logitech device won't even play the mpeg-2 video that NextPVR captures. The "TV" part of the name doesn't really apply to the files it can play.

Martin

[Grampz]

Hello everyone, hope all has had a good holiday season!

I have kept my mouth shut and have been patiently waiting for the next release. I do hope that many of the problems that I have with the program may be resolved, or at the very least be addressable as updates. Under recommendations, I am running R2 with the R1 unmanaged.dll file. It worked well at first in dealing with the pause/ff problems that I was facing, but that quickly diminished.

My scenario now is that:
- I am able to record scheduled shows flawlessly. Have abandoned comskip as more problems.
- Am using NEWA and VLC to review and watch recordings.
- Reverting to the tv tuner to watch live tv.
- Have abandoned hope of viewing recordings via the Roku box in master bedroom. Conversion process not happy!
- Am unable to use npvr to view recordings or live tv dealing with latency issues.
- Have music box and most plug ins working well.

I am curious as to whether I may be dealing with a hardware/os issue. I have a fresh install of Vista32 and npvr on the htpc. 2gb ram, new audio and video cards, amd 3500+ cpu, but a measly older 170gb hard drive. I am sure a faster sata hd would help, and have always hated Vista. Could upgrade the drive, and go Win7-64, but takes a few bucks and much time to start over! I have not attempted to save recordings on my NAS drive tied to the router.

Any opinions are welcome. Currently I am needing some stability, and wish to have npvr govern my entire htpc interface. The wife is fairly patient so I am lucky in that regard.

Greg

[mvallevand]

For comparison, I use Vista32, 2GB RAM and 250GB drive for live tv and have no issues with liveTV and recording using my lowend C2D CPU is probably the only difference but I only have an IGP so your video card probably evens it up.

I do prefer watching with my NMT though, it provide a STB feel to the playback, although if you use VLC for playback that probably isn't a real concern for you.

Martin

[soccerdad]

I ran npvr rock solid with vista 32, 2 gb ddr2 and a dual core basic AMD chip with a $65 HDMI out Asus motherboard,pata drive. Comskip, live tv, NMT streaming, etc all worked. W7 is easier with no codec issues, but a cheap vista setup will work just fine. Sounds like your components just don't play nice together. Sorry you are having such a hard time.

[JonnyCam]

Am unable to use npvr to view recordings or live tv dealing with latency issues

I'm probably asking about stuff you have already covered on the forums alread, but what issues?
My NPVR is nearly rock solid.
It did Blue Screen when watching a recording last night (and does bluescreen occasionally, but never figured out what driver caused it)

I watch my recordings on a P4 3 GHz using Win7 32 Bit, it's got an AGP4x ATI HD2600 video card - so hardly a stellar performer, but 1080i h264 is not an issue.

What exactly happens when you try to watch live tv & recordings through NextPVR front end?

edit: maybe this should be (another) new thread.

[Grampz]

Issues are choppy video, audio, long latency periods whether live tv or recordings....

The htpc and receiver/amp is in an enclosed cabinet with venting through the back... Heat could be an issue which would definitely add to instability. I will toss in a monitoring app to monitor my cpu core temp and how it may fluctuate.. btw, that would be a great addition to the system plug in!

[Grampz]

Oh also, cpu box is clean and has an auxiliary fan besides power supply fan.....

[stustunz]

I only run r1 updates
Xp on one machine windows 7 on all others all machines run fine
Remove all of r2 pack and run r1
To fix ff issues edit the Config.XML file works great ( trial and error to how big you want the skip)
Turn Off all extra crap in video card settings
Can you add more ram to your machine ?