Some channels play, others do not

[shaneypoopers]

Is only when it's live tv from the same channel that it doesn't play? (sorry if this has already been covered, haven't gone back and read the last 5 pages)

Yes it is only Live TV on HD channels (RTÉ1 and RTÉ2) on either of the DVB-T tuners (one channel is tuned on one and the other on another identical 292e USB tuner), the SD channels on those tuners work fine for Live TV on Kodi, transcoding on the web browser and in VLC.

All other channels HD and SD that are tuned through the DVB-S tuners (461e USB) all work fine.

It is just these two DVB-T HD channels.

Have started from scratch on a new PC with more RAM and faster processor to rule out the PC being the issue.

[sub]

Is only when it's live tv from the same channel that it doesn't play? (sorry if this has already been covered, haven't gone back and read the last 5 pages)

Yes it is only Live TV on HD channels (RTÉ1 and RTÉ2) on either of the DVB-T tuners (one channel is tuned on one and the other on another identical 292e USB tuner), the SD channels on those tuners work fine for Live TV on Kodi, transcoding on the web browser and in VLC.

Can you stop NextPVR, start a command prompt and set NEXTPVR_VERBOSE=true environment variable, then (from same command prompt) run NextPVRServer.exe, then try watching one of these channels in VLC, then post the logs? (http://127.0.0.1:8866/live?channel=123)

[shaneypoopers]

Is only when it's live tv from the same channel that it doesn't play? (sorry if this has already been covered, haven't gone back and read the last 5 pages)

Yes it is only Live TV on HD channels (RTÉ1 and RTÉ2) on either of the DVB-T tuners (one channel is tuned on one and the other on another identical 292e USB tuner), the SD channels on those tuners work fine for Live TV on Kodi, transcoding on the web browser and in VLC.

Can you stop NextPVR, start a command prompt and set NEXTPVR_VERBOSE=true environment variable, then (from same command prompt) run NextPVRServer.exe, then try watching one of these channels in VLC, then post the logs? (http://127.0.0.1:8866/live?channel=123)

Sorry struggling to know what command to run to turn on verobse logging, I navigated to the NPVR install directory in the Program Files folder but when I run NEXTPVR_VERBOSE=true I get an unrecognised command error?

Do I change it in the config file? <LogLevel>DEBUG</LogLevel>

Have tried it with the config file like that and logs attached, although might not be correct. Tried playing one channel and then the other.

[sub]

When you start the command prompt, run this command:

Code:

set NEXTPVR_VERBOSE=true

then change to the directory, and run NextPVRServer.exe

Code:

cd \program files\NextPVR\
NextPVRServer.exe

[shaneypoopers]

When you start the command prompt, run this command:

Code:

set NEXTPVR_VERBOSE=true

then change to the directory, and run NextPVRServer.exe

Code:

cd \program files\NextPVR\
NextPVRServer.exe

Ah ok, that was easier!


Logs attached, first one channel and then the other.

[sub]

Can you update your nshared.dll with this one, and do the same test and repost the logs? This build adds some additional verbose logging messages in the area it's going wrong for you.

[shaneypoopers]

Can you update your nshared.dll with this one, and do the same test and repost the logs? This build adds some additional verbose logging messages in the area it's going wrong for you.

OK did that, logs attached.

[sub]

Hmm, are you sure you replaced NShared.dll (in the same directory as NextPVRServer.exe)? I can't see the logging changes I made.

Here is a slightly updated one. It just changes one of the existing messages, so I can be certain if you've got the patch installed.

[shaneypoopers]

Hmm, are you sure you replaced NShared.dll (in the same directory as NextPVRServer.exe)? I can't see the logging changes I made.

Here is a slightly updated one. It just changes one of the existing messages, so I can be certain if you've got the patch installed.

Ok tried again, it definitely over wrote the file in there.
Logs attached again.

[sub]

The expected log messages are there now.

It looks like your problem is related to this:

2020-02-12 22:14:22.972 [DEBUG][4] RollingFile.Open(C:\Temp\live-RTÉ One-1224-1.ts) ..
2020-02-12 22:14:22.985 [VERBOSE][4] mutex does not exist [Global\NPVR-mutex-5b3e8b35484b41dd891d8ee462631939]

I'm just looking at the next thing we need to determine to find the cause.