UK channel More4 - tunes but cannot view?

[prothed]

I have been running NPVR (currently 4.2.5 (191014)) with two DVB-S tuners on a Windows7 pc for years without problems 
Today I tried to add the 'More4' channel (so that I could record the test match highlights) and... it failed, but I can't see why 

I found that More4 was not in my list of scanned channels, so I checked the required tuning parameters and added this to my tuning .ini file -  

10936, V, 22000, 56, DVB-S, QPSK

I then ran a scan and the new channels (including More4) appeared in the channel list - but - when I ran the NPVR front end and selected any of the newly added channels from the epg nothing happened 

I checked the logs (attached) as far as I could and it appears that when I select More4 there are no errors but no sign of any decoding or display.

I have checked that More4 is transmitting ok by tuning to it directly on my TV (channel 156) and it displays no problem.

This is probably something simple that I'm missing but (rather like the England team today) I would be grateful for any insight.

Thank you.

[sub]

If you try recording, do you get a file? is the file playable in another player?

[prothed]

Thanks Sub.
Yes, I can record from the channel.
The .ts file plays ok via VLC and Kodi. 
When I try to watch the channel live via Kodi I get a 'Tuner not available' popup.

[mvallevand]

You are using the broken Timeshift V4 mode in Kodi which is not recommended, not supported and it will crash. Does it work if you use Real Time mode?

If you want working timeshift upgrade to NextPVR V5

Martin

[sub]

Thanks Sub.
Yes, I can record from the channel.
The .ts file plays ok via VLC and Kodi. 

Can you watch the recording in NextPVR? If not, supply a sample file (via onedrive/dropbox/etc), and I'll take a look at it here.

[prothed]

Yes, I can watch the recording in NextPVR - just tried it.

Martin - This problem occurs when I use the NextPVR front end on the host PC.
I just checked it with Kodi in case it magically worked remotely, but it doesn't... Thanks for the timeshift info.

[prothed]

Well I'll be...
Last night I updated EPG Collector to add program guide info to the newly tuned channels and this morning... I can suddenly watch the channels!
I made no changes other than to the EPG.

I hadn't realised that EPG data was necessary before the channel could be viewed. (?)

Also, I hadn't upgraded NextPVR to v5 as I thought that v4 was still the default stable version. Should I upgrade? (Now that everything is working again).

[Graham]

Also, I hadn't upgraded NextPVR to v5 as I thought that v4 was still the default stable version.  Should I upgrade?  (Now that everything is working again).

V5 is stable and is the version that is being updated and fixed.  There will be no updates or fixes for V4.  Check that the V5 client meets your need ... https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/player-settings

Kodi support is improved in V5 ... especially for Kodi Matrix.