Using R5000-HD with Network Recorder Plugin

[checkbin99]

I'm getting to step away for a bit for dinner. So close now to it working.... closer, ever closer. :-) Thank you again Martin.

[mvallevand]

No problem my dog wants his walk. Nothing on that log so maybe try a recording to see if anything gets output to it. There might be a clue.

Martin

[checkbin99]

Martin, here's the latest.  I set up 3 shows to record last night.  All 3 recorded fine and I can play them back no problem.  This morning I tried to tune to different channels several times but each time I get the same failed playback messages as before.  I see in the NestCom app the R5000 recorded for 5 seconds then failed.  But then I started another recording and while the recording is going if I select watch, the show is playing back fine.  I'm attaching latest logs in the hopes you can see what is going on.  Thank you.

[mvallevand]

I think the sleep in your script may not be working. Try adding some debug info around the sleep so we can match times to the logs

Code:

date -Is > /var/opt/nextpvr/live.txt
sleep 7
date -Is >> /var/opt/nextpvr/live.txt

I may have mentioned that I consider the browser transcoding test the worst possible way of testing because you are testing transcoding too, I am happy to hear recordings are working.

an alternative way of testing would be

ffplay -i http://localhost:8866/live?channel=132
or
ffmpeg -i http://localhost:8866/live?channel=132 -codec copy - f mpegts -y /dev/null

Note: you may be adding some junk to your recordings if you have -v panic removed.

Martin

[checkbin99]

Yeah I know what you mean about the transcoding,  but the issue seems to be the recordings keep stopping.  When they keep going, playback is good.  Although a few test recordings worked last night, right now it is hit or miss.  Most of the time it is still recording for 5 to 10 seconds and then stopping.  Same thing with either a recording or playback, I see in the NextCom app recording starts but stops after just a few seconds.  I even swiytched to my second R5000 (port 6970) just to eliminate a flaky R5000 device but no change.  Plus both units work flawless with SageTV

I did add the commands you recommended before and after the sleep.  Latest logs are attached.

BTW, I tried the command line tests:

ffplay -i http://localhost:8866/live?channel=132 -This works (when the recording stays going), but often I see the same few seconds or recording and then stops.

The ffmpeg one does not seem to be woking.

[mvallevand]

What does

cat /var/opt/nextpvr/live.txt

show?

Do you have this working with SageTV with Sage running on a linux server?

Martin

[checkbin99]

cat /var/opt/nextpvr/live.txt
2020-01-05T17:36:25-05:00
2020-01-05T17:36:33-05:00


Yes I have SageTV running on Linux on Kubuntu 16 and working with the R5000 on Windows

[mvallevand]

Ok if there is any logging in sage with live tv playback it would be good to see the logs assuming you are using the same share for passing the file.

Martin

[checkbin99]

Here is the main Sagetv log

[checkbin99]

Also here is a file with the Sage.properties settings as the pertain to the R5000.  Thought it may be helpful.