[Obsolete] CoreElec and LibreElec as native host for NextPVR

[thecubasekid]

thanks, i got a bit further with this, dotnet --info now shows aspnetcore net installed and i pointed to the path in my start script. now it gets further but aborts due to some errors about timezone.

will have another go later this week...thanks for all the advice!

[radek]

I have installed .Net Core Runtime,
I have unpacked aspnet into the specified folder and added respective path into the $PATH.
After this the log stopped complaining about ASP.NET. Now it actually says nothing:

-- Logs begin at Thu 2015-01-01 00:00:24 UTC, end at Sun 2021-05-02 01:06:49 UTC. --
-- No entries --

But nevertheless the service shows as failed:

nextpvr-server.service loaded failed failed NextPVR

I am out of ideas how to fix or even troubleshoot. Would be happy to hear some advise.
BR, Radek

[mvallevand]

For my instructions you need to be using a new CE or LE Matrix master the older Leia builds won't work with their Netcore.  I suspect if you uninstall their Netcore and manually install the appropriate package from Microsoft and specify the location it will work.

Note sub and I are working with LE to get  NextPVR formally added as a supported package.

Martin

[mvallevand]

I just noticed this thread and realized that I use a completely new method that is trivial to install on LE and CE.  I will upload the package tomorrow.

Martin

[baj1]

I've got a spare SD card and might actually have some free time later next week! :-D

[mvallevand]

Attached is an install package created by CvH at the LibreElec forum that I modified with a few small changes.  This package is similar to the deb installer in that it installs the requirements* for running a NextPVR service natively on LibreElec 10 and CoreElec 19.  I have tested on x64, ODroid N2 and a RPi4.

You install this like any other addon on Kodi via the Addon menu.  To turn the server off and on would be through the Addon Services page

The only piece missing to the install is installing the dvb-scan-table for devices.  If you need help with that let me know.

Martin

[dmgaspari]

Hi Martin, I was able to get everything installed successfully, thanks for the addon! When I log into client, I can see my WinTV Dual USB tuner, great! When I try to scan channels, nothing happens. I think I need to install dvb-scan tables for the tuner, as you suggested. But, I have no idea how to do that. Any guidance would be appreciated. Thanks

[mvallevand]

Ok let's try and install the scanning table I've packaged the atsc a little different to make scans faster. Via ssh connect to your device and run these commands

Code:

cd /storage/.kodi/userdata/addon_data/service.nextpvr/
curl -L https://github.com/emveepee/dtv-scan-tables/archive/refs/tags/atsc.zip -O
unzip atsc.zip
mv dtv-scan-tables-atsc/ dtv-scan-tables
rm atsc.zip

This is my first crack it, let's see how it goes.

Martin

[mvallevand]

Actually there are a couple of issues with the original script

1.

nano /storage/.kodi/addons/service.nextpvr/nextpvr.start

change

cd ${ADDON_DIR}

to

cd ${ADDON_DIR}/nextpvr-bin

2.

mkdir /storage/recordings

The original post has been updated with a a corrected script.

Martin

[dmgaspari]

Hi Martin,
That got us one step closer. I can see

current-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB-repack
us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB
us-ATSC-center-frequencies-8VSB--062009

But when I scan channels, it finishes in a second or two, doesn't show any channels, but I see the "save" button.
Thank again for your guidance. FYI, I was playing around last night and with I can see w-scan I can see all the channels. I also used the same hardware on a windows laptop and NextPVR worked fine.