2013-02-12, 05:14 PM
Hello Everyone!
Reinstalled NextPVR after a while (last time was still GB-PVR), and I can say that is a fantastic piece of software.
There are two major flaws that still are keeping me away from everyday use.
1) Channels scanning: there are still the same problems that GB-PVR had.
My satellite is Hotbird 13E.
The ini file that comes with NextPVR doesn't find all the channels (many from Sky Italy bouquet).
After downloading and adapting the ini file from KingOfsat, many more channels are found, but ... program crashes.
I think the problem is that Hotbird has >1700 channels, and it semms to me that NextPVR puts all the channels found in a temporary buffer that is too small.
Everything goes without a hitch for dvb-t (that has ca. 300 channels in my city).
I tried to verify if there were some frequencies that caused the crash, but if I scan a single frequency (or a group of 5-6 frequencies) there's no problem.
Crashes occur when the scanning is almost finished (transponder n. 100 more or less).
2) The second (big) problem is channel handling.
My suggestion is to change completely the way channels are managed.
If I want a list of favourites channels, preferably divided into groups, with possibility to change group from the remote (Sky, Cyfra, Nova, FTA), is very difficult job to do in NextPVR.
I've tried to do it, but after many hours the job wasn't still complete.
Let me explain.
After scanning, NextPVR lets you choose which channels to add to the list of the card, but if I make a mistake or forget to add a channel, there's no way to come back without scanning again.
After channels are added, you can add them to groups or renumber them, but ... you have no information of them.
For example, Fox is channel present in several bouquets (Sky, Cyfra, etc.), and I must know which Fox channel is, before adding to a group or another:this way I don't know which channel I'm add to a group or another.
Another suggestion is related to the way NextPVR handles channel numbering, that is not very fast for the user.
My suggestion is to save all the channels data found during scannijng (in a file, database, etc.), and then let the user choose which number and which group assign to the channels, remaining always visible all the channel's parameters (frequency, sid, provider, etc.), preferably with the use also of mouse.
And, at last, didn't find the possibility to change channels groups with a shortcut (from the remote), but maybe didn't find it in the docs.
Don't get me wrong: NextPVR is an excellent piece of software, I only want it to become more user-friendly.
Thank you,
sdf
Reinstalled NextPVR after a while (last time was still GB-PVR), and I can say that is a fantastic piece of software.
There are two major flaws that still are keeping me away from everyday use.
1) Channels scanning: there are still the same problems that GB-PVR had.
My satellite is Hotbird 13E.
The ini file that comes with NextPVR doesn't find all the channels (many from Sky Italy bouquet).
After downloading and adapting the ini file from KingOfsat, many more channels are found, but ... program crashes.
I think the problem is that Hotbird has >1700 channels, and it semms to me that NextPVR puts all the channels found in a temporary buffer that is too small.
Everything goes without a hitch for dvb-t (that has ca. 300 channels in my city).
I tried to verify if there were some frequencies that caused the crash, but if I scan a single frequency (or a group of 5-6 frequencies) there's no problem.
Crashes occur when the scanning is almost finished (transponder n. 100 more or less).
2) The second (big) problem is channel handling.
My suggestion is to change completely the way channels are managed.
If I want a list of favourites channels, preferably divided into groups, with possibility to change group from the remote (Sky, Cyfra, Nova, FTA), is very difficult job to do in NextPVR.
I've tried to do it, but after many hours the job wasn't still complete.
Let me explain.
After scanning, NextPVR lets you choose which channels to add to the list of the card, but if I make a mistake or forget to add a channel, there's no way to come back without scanning again.
After channels are added, you can add them to groups or renumber them, but ... you have no information of them.
For example, Fox is channel present in several bouquets (Sky, Cyfra, etc.), and I must know which Fox channel is, before adding to a group or another:this way I don't know which channel I'm add to a group or another.
Another suggestion is related to the way NextPVR handles channel numbering, that is not very fast for the user.
My suggestion is to save all the channels data found during scannijng (in a file, database, etc.), and then let the user choose which number and which group assign to the channels, remaining always visible all the channel's parameters (frequency, sid, provider, etc.), preferably with the use also of mouse.
And, at last, didn't find the possibility to change channels groups with a shortcut (from the remote), but maybe didn't find it in the docs.
Don't get me wrong: NextPVR is an excellent piece of software, I only want it to become more user-friendly.
Thank you,
sdf
