One Frame of Video, HDHomeRun PRIME

[crackulator]

Trying to set up v5 server on Ubuntu with HDHomeRun Prime HDHR3-CC (probably oldish one with 3 tuners, CableCard). Source is cable, using CableCard. Setup is working fine with v4.

Whenever I try to watch a channel, I get only one frame of video, no sound, and it never progresses past that (well, not within 2 or 3 minutes that I'm willing to wait). Just sits there showing that one frame of video. Tried a few different channels, both SD and HD, same result.

Log file attached, attempt to tune is the last thing I did before taking the log, stopped it at 00:52.

[mvallevand]

There are database lock issues with your live TV. I would restart the service. Sub needs to remove some unnecessary art logging too those files are crazy to view on a tablet.

Martin

[Graham]

... those files are crazy to view on a tablet.

Aren't you supposed to be on your holidays? Are you addicted? Does there need to be an intervention? :confused:

[crackulator]

I stopped and started the service, no change. So rebooted the server. Not being sure if the service would start itself, checked status. The result:

fritz@balq:~$ service nextpvr-server status
● nextpvr-server.service - NextPVRServer
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nextpvr-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: core-dump) since Wed 2019-09-18 09:26:55 PDT; 6min ago
Process: 1272 ExecStart=/opt/nextpvr/shell/server.sh start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 1276 (code=dumped, signal=ABRT)

Sep 18 09:26:49 balq server.sh[1272]: Unhandled Exception: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: Network is unreachable
Sep 18 09:26:49 balq server.sh[1272]: at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.UpdateStatusAfterSocketErrorAndThrowException(SocketError error, String callerName)
Sep 18 09:26:49 balq server.sh[1272]: at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.SendTo(Byte[] buffer, Int32 offset, Int32 size, SocketFlags socketFlags, EndPoint remoteEP)
Sep 18 09:26:49 balq server.sh[1272]: at NShared.Utility.HDHomeRun.Discover(String specificDeviceID)
Sep 18 09:26:49 balq server.sh[1272]: at NShared.HDHomeRunRecorder.GetPresentDevices()
Sep 18 09:26:49 balq server.sh[1272]: at NShared.Visible.CaptureSource.UpdateDevices(ICaptureSourceUpdateStatus callback)
Sep 18 09:26:49 balq server.sh[1272]: at NShared.RecordingService..ctor()
Sep 18 09:26:49 balq server.sh[1272]: at NPVR5.Program.Main(String[] args)
Sep 18 09:26:55 balq systemd[1]: nextpvr-server.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT
Sep 18 09:26:55 balq systemd[1]: nextpvr-server.service: Failed with result 'core-dump'.

So then I proceeded to

fritz@balq:~$ sudo service nextpvr-server stop
fritz@balq:~$ sudo service nextpvr-server start
fritz@balq:~$ sudo service nextpvr-server status
● nextpvr-server.service - NextPVRServer
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/nextpvr-server.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Wed 2019-09-18 09:34:05 PDT; 3s ago
Process: 2506 ExecStart=/opt/nextpvr/shell/server.sh start (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
Main PID: 2508 (dotnet)
Tasks: 18 (limit: 4556)
CGroup: /system.slice/nextpvr-server.service
└─2508 /opt/dotnet/dotnet /opt/nextpvr/system/NextPVRServer.dll

Sep 18 09:34:03 balq systemd[1]: Starting NextPVRServer...
Sep 18 09:34:05 balq server.sh[2506]: Starting server..Done. PID=2508
Sep 18 09:34:05 balq systemd[1]: Started NextPVRServer.

Looked better, but repeated test, still only one frame of video.

[sub]

Aren't you supposed to be on your holidays? Are you addicted? Does there need to be an intervention? :confused:

lol

[sub]

So these are definitely not DRM channels right? You do sometimes get a few frames out of a DRM channel before the HDHR Prime stops delivering data.

If you schedule a recording, do you end up with a file. Is that playable in another player?

[crackulator]

I can't be sure if they were DRM channels, but I don't think so. They weren't anything special, I think Root Sports, ESPN, and some random SD local channel.

I haven't tried recording, but I'll try that tonight.

[BrettB]

I can't be sure if they were DRM channels, but I don't think so. They weren't anything special, I think Root Sports, ESPN, and some random SD local channel.

Connect to the webserver on the HDHR Prime and view your channel list. If it show a DRM icon next to the channel, then the cable company is protecting it so that NextPVR can't record from it (or view live tv).

[crackulator]

Connect to the webserver on the HDHR Prime and view your channel list.

Thank you. Confirmed, the ones I tried to watch are not DRM channels.

[crackulator]

I scheduled a recording and it recorded, plays fine with VLC. Tried to play it with NextPVR, it says it's still Pending even though it ended a half hour before (and file size is stable, so it appears to be done), won't let me play it.
Restarted service
Now when I surf to that recording it says "[Failed: Recording service not running at recording time]", still no option to play it. The service was certainly running at recording time.
File is still there and still plays fine with VLC.
Tried again to watch live, on a confirmed non-DRM channel, one frame of video.