NextEnd v5 trial release

[VCR58]

Downloaded the latest NexEnd for my Windows server but could not get it to start.

Code:

Starting: C:\Users\Public\NPVR-Data\scripts\PostStartup.bat
2022-04-12 21:46:24.212    [DEBUG][15]    >
2022-04-12 21:46:24.212    [DEBUG][15]    > C:\Users\Public\NPVR-Data\scripts>start /b "" "C:\Program Files\NextPVR\NextEnd.exe" --monitor --cancel
2022-04-12 21:46:24.244    [DEBUG][4]    SD got new token: d79292549698fcbf3c406df92816b924
2022-04-12 21:46:24.244    [DEBUG][4]    Using URL: https://json.schedulesdirect.org/20141201
2022-04-12 21:46:24.342    [DEBUG][16]    > Unhandled exception. System.MissingMethodException: Method not found: 'Void NShared.PlaybackPositionHelper.StorePlaybackPosition(System.String, Int32, Int32)'.
2022-04-12 21:46:24.342    [DEBUG][16]    >    at NextEnd.Program.Main(String[] args)
2022-04-12 21:46:24.597    [DEBUG][4]

I removed the NextEnd json files before trying. NextEnd works fine on Linux.

[mvallevand]

What are the dates of exe and dll? You want the current version link but I might have messed it up

Martin

[VCR58]

The date created is 4/7/2022 for the .dll and 4/12/2022 for the .exe

edit: Actually, when I downloaded and extracted the files it was 1/13/2020 for the dated created.

[mvallevand]

Odd the date modified for both of them should be April 7. Maybe check the there checksum, this is what should be in the zip

certutil -hashfile NextEnd.dll sha256
SHA256 hash of NextEnd.dll:
61a6311d7aa5609dd96e5a85b0d14c2600ca5c488e436b9341a853f18d5843e9

certutil -hashfile NextEnd.exe sha256
SHA256 hash of NextEnd.exe:
b01bfeaa27cada983c1e68bd99a58b9b4202764dd5ac2188f4642e283472aa17

Martin

[VCR58]

I selected the v5rc link instead of the current version.

Windows NextEnd works now.

Thanks Martin.

[VCR58]

Basically the old instructions  I wrote for BrettB should still workd

1. Download jetty http://www.eclipse.org/jetty/download.html i used 9.2.18
2. create a jetty folder and unzip the contents into it

default is port 8080

run it as java -jar start.jar and test with a browser not much to see
http://localhost:8080

ctrl-c to exit server

java -jar start.jar

If you get that far I can send you the war file or you can build the file without the Kraken from github https://github.com/livepvrdata-oss/livepvrdata-svc

You would need to change the NextPVR scripts to point to

-uri  http://localhost:8080

Martin

Martin

Thought it would be fun to try this for myself and see if I could get livepvrdata working locally.

I was able to get a jetty server running and then downloaded the livepvrdata.war file from guithub. I haven't got livepvrdata deployed yet but there seems to be plenty of instructions on how to do that.

So, the part I'm puzzled about is how to get NextEnd to point to the local livepvrdata server. Not sure what NextPVR scripts I need to change.

Rex

[VCR58]

Would it be something like this?

Code:

/opt/dotnet/dotnet /var/opt/nextpvr/Plugins/NextEnd/NextEnd.dll -uri http://localhost:8080

[mvallevand]

Would it be something like this?

Code:

/opt/dotnet/dotnet /var/opt/nextpvr/Plugins/NextEnd/NextEnd.dll -uri http://localhost:8080

Yes it something like that but it is --uri with two dashes.

Martin

[VCR58]

Got it. Thanks Martin.

[antenna]

I'm jealous, I really want to try this eventually!

But first: I'm moving my NextPVR install from Windows to docker, and will finally attempt to set up NextEnd soon. I'm admin-level on Windows but could charitably be called "user-level" on Linux. Anyone have any tips, beyond what's listed in this thread?