XNewa on Kodi 18.8 on Android TV Jumps out Playing Show Currently Recording

[jksmurf]

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<addon id="script.kodi.knewc" name="NextPVR New Client" version="3.0.0~a1" provider-name="emveepee">
    <requires>
        <import addon="xbmc.python" version="3.0.0"/>
        <import addon="script.module.future" version="0.16.0.4"/>
        <import addon="script.module.dateutil" version="2.7.3"/>
        <import addon="script.module.kodi-six" />
    </requires>
    <extension point="xbmc.python.script" library="default.py">
    </extension>
    <!--extension point="xbmc.service" library="default.py"  start="startup"></extension-->
    <extension point="xbmc.addon.metadata">
        <platform>all</platform>
        <minversion>28764</minversion>
        <summary lang="en">Python script to access NextPVR v4 or v5 using NEWA or v5 API</summary>
        <description lang="en">Supplement NextPVR PVR Addon with additional functionality Compatible with python 2.7 or python 3</description>
    </extension>
</addon>

There was no 2.8.1.1 ? The above is what it already looks like.
/storage/.kodi/addons/script.kodi.knewc

[mvallevand]

Ok I guess that is because it doesn't  install.  Try this

[jksmurf]

Ok I guess that is because it doesn't  install.  Try this

Well that installed, thank you.
Unfortunately... no joy with either pausing or skipping Live TV nor playing a recording (still jumps out)?

[mvallevand]

Are you sure you saved PVR mode and did you wait for the pvr addon to load the database? You might have to remove advancedsetttings.xml so it doesn't use the share.

Unfortunately that is a really old version of the pvr addon too.

I have to take a pause and try again in the morning.

Martin

[jksmurf]

Are you sure you saved PVR mode and did you wait for the pvr addon to load the database?  You might have to remove advancedsetttings.xml so it doesn't use the share.

Unfortunately that is a really old version of the pvr addon too.

I have to take a pause and try again in the morning.

Martin

Are you sure you saved PVR mode = Yes
did you wait for the pvr addon to load the database? = I believe so.
remove advancedsetttings.xml = OK.
a really old version of the pvr addon = OK - Will ask sub.
try again in the morning = No problem at all martin take as long as you like - I have the 18.8 on the other card, the Android TV still works and I am safe from the wooden spoon.

and thank you a heap for all the help - you're super patient :-)

k.

[mvallevand]

Ok I looked at the logs again and live TV was working the way i expected you just don't have timeshifting enable but it was using the PVR. You just didn't have debug logging on when the pvr addon started so I missed some info.

Could I see the new Kodi log after you remove advancedsetttings.xml and restart LE and see the play of in progress recording so I can see why that isn't working?

I do most of the client work know on the addon which is why I know it is old. I guess really old is relative it is only July so I expect it is just all part of the LE issues I expected when you choose the RPi4 as your test bed.

Martin

[jksmurf]

Ok I looked at the logs again and live TV was working the way i expected you just don't have timeshifting enable but it was using the PVR.  You just didn't have debug logging on when the pvr addon started so I missed some info.

Could I see the new Kodi log after you remove advancedsetttings.xml and restart LE and see the play of in progress recording so I can see why that isn't working?

I do most of the client work know on the addon which is why I know it is old.  I guess really old is relative it is only July so I expect it is just all part of the LE issues I expected when you choose the RPi4 as your test bed.

Martin

See logs attached after I removed advancedsettings.xml and restarted LE, with debug started already. 
I shutdown and restarted before I took the log, so it might be the .old one.
"you just don't have timeshifting enable"; is there something i need to change here?

Essentially (you're right it take about a minute) for the record then watch the show it seems to work ok without jumping out after the NextPVR PVR eventually started (which is when I could actually start playing it); before that it said player error.

As regards LiveTV, it worked but stuttered a bit; maybe the advancedsettings.xml buffer setup being removed?
Do you know why the advancedsettings.xml made a difference? i.e. could I add it back without some setting so I can still have it (later)?

HTH

k.

[mvallevand]

Ok that is what I expected. I wouldn't recommend play a close to live it would be more efficient to watch it and less change of stuttering. The reason for removing it is the code is designed to prefer file share playback over http but I forgot to take that out in PVR mode. I will fix that for the next alpha and if that is successful I will try it in Leia too.

If you turn on timeshifting for the PVR addon you will get that in knewc. That might help live tv performance too however it looks like the issue could be file related too

2020-09-13 11:19:59.071 T:1050 WARNING <general>: ActiveAE - large audio sync error: -8112.441135

perhaps just an issue with the level of playback support for the RPi right now.

Martin

[jksmurf]

Thank you very much Martin, really appreciate the updates, works a treat.
I changed the PVR mode to Timeshift and that is all good now.
Let me know when I can drop the advancedsettings.xml back in :-).

Cheers

k.