Can't record anything.

[somidscr21]

Nope. Nothing even gets created.

[sub]

If the file is not created at all, it suggests to me the recording directory is in some way inaccessible. ie, like permissions or drive mappings etc.

[somidscr21]

So now it just started working again...

I didn't change anything, but restarted the service and we're all good for now..

[Zeb]

Yeah, it's often necessary to restart service after major Settings changes. I probably should've mentioned your NPVR.log shows that the DirectX end-user runtimes are not installed. Software rendering leads to increased CPU usage at the very least: http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...requisites

[mvallevand]

I've found in my VM testing (VirtualBox and VMWare) that was impossible to install DirectX the way NextPVR expects.

Martin

[somidscr21]

Ah I wonder if that's to blame. I was about to get on here and say I KNOW DirectX is installed as I followed that Pre-reqs page before starting. That and I am aware about restarting the service after making changes, but this last restart was just a shot in the dark after no changes. I wonder if somehow DirectX is only seen correctly sometimes.

Can you elaborate more on what you mean Martin? What does NextPVR expect and what do you see sometimes?

[whurlston]

DirectX should have nothing to do with the recordings. It's only used for smooth UI animations.

[somidscr21]

Sorry, I had just realized that after re reading Zeb's post. I'm a linux guy, this windows stuff is kinda nonsensical to me sometimes.

[MrReis]

The recording service runs under the Local System account. You may need to configure it to run under a user account.

How does one configure the recording service to run under a user account?

[Reddwarf]

How does one configure the recording service to run under a user account?

Run Services.msc, right click on the service and select Properties.