Sporatic 401 Errors While Recording

[uwneaves]

I am new to using nextpvr and IPTV in general. I seem to be getting sporatic 401 errors during recordings. There is a example snippet from a log for a recording set to go from 18:58 till 20:05 at the end of this post. The nextpvr web interface will say recording is still occuring, but by looking at the .ts file, it clearly stopped after this event in the log. This does not happen all the time, but seems to occur to 50% of my recordings. Sometimes it is 5mins in, sometimes 45 mins into a show.

I have read other posts in this forum that says this is an authentication error from the provider. I have contacted my provider and they basically said too bad/we dont care, but at least they confirmed it is not due to incorrect credentials.

I suppose the purpose of this post is just to confirm that my provider is the issue (and a bad provider at that). Or hope there is some workaround to get recordings to continue after these types of errors.

2021-04-07 18:58:00.114 [DEBUG][9] Preferred filename is 'Big.Brother.Canada.S09E16'
2021-04-07 18:58:00.115 [DEBUG][9] allocating recording target filename: F:\TV Shows\Big Brother Canada\Season 09\Big.Brother.Canada.S09E16.ts
2021-04-07 18:58:00.115 [DEBUG][9] About to start recording (1242 on 21): F:\TV Shows\Big Brother Canada\Season 09\Big.Brother.Canada.S09E16.ts...
2021-04-07 18:58:00.115 [DEBUG][9] (Recording is due to be stopped at 4/7/2021 8:00 PM)
2021-04-07 18:58:00.115 [DEBUG][9] Free space 423150673920  (F:\)
2021-04-07 18:58:00.115 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream
2021-04-07 18:58:00.115 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@2
2021-04-07 18:58:00.116 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@3
2021-04-07 18:58:00.116 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@3.1
2021-04-07 18:58:00.116 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@3.2
2021-04-07 18:58:00.116 [DEBUG][9] ConnectToURL: http://blackicemaxpro.bz:826/.../36811?....  [CRHf+TalP1ojzsHDoLaPtLaDxC0miWQee9wSxqzWjrnEL08ShGUBKZV3W6/ZtofeAOyxLmXtVrj+ldA1dvpxcd33raDKrgPk0wZ3KKBSdITLf6rdC6QuB9gwJifJ/HiiCYSulh74IzYc7hBynREpO/Xyh3DxkIcKYhBUdsI5olofkhVjSq8MDjI9qk0saqUfqgPdD9PDmRcEP1EPQS4sh6bQWkspkL0OLREXEeCO/KELcWEXlpJjRIUSA9G/6FmzDmA82A3Pd7XSd9PWpqbO/mVPKpQG759g0BH+MIOzllx2KXYXu0HuKCYeUNb8IHl/3sMd3q31FXPyuCGsdNX7oqQl5TJxLnAmZnUO1LOvju3NLg/Q2uHm3pN9dO+JTJyL0g0TR8unwL0JnZEkIGhlymt5U88Bf9YoZjhz9ThqlvRqcciut06tEKSdhKWj9kdi]
2021-04-07 18:58:00.422 [DEBUG][9] ConnectToURL: http://89.187.183.106:25461/.../36811?....  [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]
2021-04-07 18:58:00.578 [DEBUG][9] connected to: http://89.187.183.106:25461/.../36811?....  [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]
2021-04-07 18:58:00.579 [DEBUG][9] content-type: video/mp2t
2021-04-07 18:58:00.579 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@3.3
2021-04-07 18:58:00.579 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@3.4
2021-04-07 18:58:00.579 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@3.5
2021-04-07 18:58:00.580 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@6
2021-04-07 18:58:00.580 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@7
2021-04-07 18:58:00.580 [DEBUG][9] direct stream
2021-04-07 18:58:00.580 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@8
2021-04-07 18:58:00.581 [DEBUG][9] Creating writer: F:\TV Shows\Big Brother Canada\Season 09\Big.Brother.Canada.S09E16.ts
2021-04-07 18:58:00.581 [DEBUG][93] HTTP input source starting
2021-04-07 18:58:00.601 [DEBUG][9] Created Mutex: Global\NPVR-mutex-94a4e7ca6f0588186148b0fdb986dbbf
2021-04-07 18:58:00.601 [DEBUG][9] Created map: F:\TV Shows\Big Brother Canada\Season 09\Big.Brother.Canada.S09E16.ts.map
2021-04-07 18:58:00.602 [DEBUG][9] StartStream [F:\TV Shows\Big Brother Canada\Season 09\Big.Brother.Canada.S09E16.ts] allocated handle: 104
2021-04-07 18:58:00.602 [DEBUG][9] IPTV StartStream@9
2021-04-07 18:58:00.602 [DEBUG][9] Started recording (1242:104:F:\TV Shows\Big Brother Canada\Season 09\Big.Brother.Canada.S09E16.ts)
2021-04-07 18:58:00.610 [DEBUG][9] No C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\scripts\ParallelProcessing.bat
2021-04-07 18:58:01.001 [DEBUG][44] found match
2021-04-07 18:58:01.251 [DEBUG][76] Done fanart.tv lookup
2021-04-07 18:58:01.297 [DEBUG][256] got season info
2021-04-07 18:58:01.744 [DEBUG][44] <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<rsp stat="ok">
<Status>
  <Device oid="21" identifier="IPTV (http://panel.magmatvs.com/...)">
    <Recording handle="150068">F:\TV Shows\Big Brother Canada\Season 09\Big.Brother.Canada.S09E16.ts</Recording>
  </Device>
</Status>
</rsp>

2021-04-07 19:06:05.258 [DEBUG][93] HTTP input source starting
2021-04-07 19:06:05.316 [DEBUG][93] Unexpected error in HTTP input source: System.Net.WebException: The remote server returned an error: (401) Unauthorized.
  at System.Net.HttpWebRequest.GetResponse()
  at NShared.Shim.InputSourceHTTP.WorkerThread()
2021-04-07 19:06:05.316 [ERROR][93] 401 - will not retry


......................(other shows being recorded/other seemingly irrelevant to this issue in log)

2021-04-07 20:05:00.281 [DEBUG][9] Stopping recording (1242 on 21). Past end time of recording. 104
2021-04-07 20:05:00.291 [DEBUG][9] StopStream@1
2021-04-07 20:05:00.291 [DEBUG][9] StopStream@2
2021-04-07 20:05:00.291 [DEBUG][9] StopStream@3
2021-04-07 20:05:00.291 [DEBUG][9] StopStream handle: 104
2021-04-07 20:05:00.291 [DEBUG][9] Closing TSWriter....: F:\TV Shows\Big Brother Canada\Season 09\Big.Brother.Canada.S09E16.ts
2021-04-07 20:05:00.295 [ERROR][9] writer.Close() did not complete in a timely fashion
2021-04-07 20:05:00.295 [DEBUG][9] Close@2
2021-04-07 20:05:00.296 [DEBUG][9] Closing mapAccessor
2021-04-07 20:05:00.297 [DEBUG][9] Closing mapMMF
2021-04-07 20:05:00.297 [DEBUG][9] Closing mapFileStream
2021-04-07 20:05:00.297 [DEBUG][9] deleting F:\TV Shows\Big Brother Canada\Season 09\Big.Brother.Canada.S09E16.ts.map
2021-04-07 20:05:00.297 [DEBUG][9] Close@exit
2021-04-07 20:05:00.297 [DEBUG][9] StopStream@exit
2021-04-07 20:05:00.298 [DEBUG][9] StopStream@exit
2021-04-07 20:05:00.298 [DEBUG][9] StoreMetaData@1
2021-04-07 20:05:00.308 [DEBUG][9] StoreMetaData@2
2021-04-07 20:05:00.308 [DEBUG][9] StoreMetaData@3
2021-04-07 20:05:00.308 [DEBUG][9] StoreMetaData@4
2021-04-07 20:05:00.309 [DEBUG][9] StoreMetaData@5
2021-04-07 20:05:00.309 [DEBUG][9] StoreMetaData@6
2021-04-07 20:05:00.313 [DEBUG][9] StoreMetaData@exit

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I have read other posts in this forum that says this is an authentication error from the provider. I have contacted my provider and they basically said too bad/we dont care, but at least they confirmed it is not due to incorrect credentials.

Basically this. NextPVR has tried to connect to the channel url, and their server has returned a 401 incorrect credientials error. Ultimately it's some problem your IPTV provider is having. It's not uncommon for the services from these types of IPTV providers to be flakey at their end.