Problem running SoftPVR.bat on Win8.1

[dshoup]

I'm trying to set up an analog device on the most recent release of nPVR using the SoftPVR.bat on a new Win 8.1 setup. When I run the batch file, I get the error below (copied from my command prompt):

Code:

C:\Users\Dan\Downloads\SoftPVR>softpvr.bat

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SoftPVR installer for Analog devices. (32 OR 64 bit OS)
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Success: Administrative permissions confirmed.

wintv7_cd_3.2.exe
This machine's system dir is            "C:\Windows\Syswow64"
And it's software registry section is   HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\NPVR

NPVR directory is                       "C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR"

Creating Temp folders

Extracting WinTV installer
\NPVRSoftPVR\temp1 was unexpected at this time.

C:\Users\Dan\Downloads\SoftPVR>

It appears to be missing a backslash in the path under "extracting WinTV installer", i.e., it should say \NPVR\SoftPVR\temp1. The batch file did in fact create a \NPVR\SoftPVR\temp1 and temp2 directory. How do I edit the bat file to fix this error (or am I barking up the wrong tree and there is some other issue that is the cause)?

[johnsonx42]

the batch file posted in the wiki doesn't work. no one (admittedly including me) ever bothers to fix it.

try the one attached.

[dshoup]

Thanks Johnsonx42. This definitely worked better (it ran for a minute or so rather than just a few seconds), but still had some errors. However, I just bit the bullet and installed the full WinTV7. I now have the tuner showing up in nPVR as a result of that.

If you care to pursue this further and want me to give you the command window data to debug, let me know, but I don't want you to waste time on it if nobody else needs it. I'm still having some issues getting my tuner working, but I don't think softPVR is the answer. I'll post my next problems in a new post once I finish trying some other things and reading some search results in the forum.

Thanks for your efforts!

[Jaggy]

the batch file posted in the wiki doesn't work. no one (admittedly including me) ever bothers to fix it.

If we can get one that works I will make a point of uploading it onto the wiki .... (the way it is currently is totally ridicules & very likely a real put off for new users.....especially the ones that don't post about the/their problem....)

[johnsonx42]

Installing WinTV7 accomplishes the same thing. The bat file I posted works due to the addition of some missing double-quotes in key spots (originally identified by whulrston), it also corrects what I felt was a poor choice of installation path (but that's me being overly picky some might say). If you have your analog support working, I'm not especially interested in figuring out why the batch file didn't work for you. Let's move on to whatever your next problem may be.

[johnsonx42]

If we can get one that works I will make a point of uploading it onto the wiki .... (the way it is currently is totally ridicules & very likely a real put off for new users.....especially the ones that don't post about the/their problem....)

ok, found the version I posted doesn't work with the current WinTV7 3.2 download, they changed the structure of it. the second extraction is no longer needed, the needed files are there after the first one. Here's an updated version for WinTV7 3.2 (I suppose someone who cared to could make a single script handle both the older and newer structure).

[Jaggy]

Well I didn't care so I uploaded it to the wiki as a beta version & I was surprised to find it has already been downloaded 8 times.... (I hope that doesn't mean it doesn't work & the same user downloaded it eight times)