NextTVPI and Titan Record Not Working

[N88yanks]

I have installed NextTVPI on my computer to record from the Titan TV website and NextPVR does not seem to process the record request.  I think I have the callsign and station matching, but I have yet to have any success.  The process works when I use WinTV, but I'd really prefer not to use that software.  Below is my tvpi file downloaded from Titan, attached are the logs (I don't see any information in the logs....perhaps I'm looking in the wrong place) and snapshots of the Titan configuration, etc.  I appreciate any help! Thank you! 

Code:

<tv-program-info version="1.0">
<program>
<station>WMHT-DT4</station>
<tv-mode>digital</tv-mode>
<program-title>Molly of Denali</program-title>
<episode-title>The Off-Trail Tale; Star Eyes</episode-title>
<program-description>Molly and Tooey gather firewood but wind up lost in the wilderness; Molly navigates her way to a cabin by using a constellation as a reference point.</program-description>
<start-date>20250201</start-date>
<start-time>20:30</start-time>
<end-date>20250201</end-date>
<end-time>21:00</end-time>
<duration>00:30</duration>
<rf-channel>25</rf-channel>
<psip-major>17</psip-major>
<psip-minor>4</psip-minor>
<stream-number>4</stream-number>
</program>
</tv-program-info>

[mvallevand]

Did you try running from the command line (assuming you don't have the browser configured to download). If you run it properly there should be a NextTVPI.log You do need to specify fully the path and the filename.

I don't use this so I can't confirm it works or not but checked and it seems to be ok.

Martin

[N88yanks]

Thank you.  I was working with ChatGPT to write a batch file, but that was not successful.  I did just run it from the command line and got a much better error message:  

D:\Applications\NextTVPI-2.0.8> NextTVPI.exe d:\downloads\record-program.tvpi

A fatal error was encountered. The library 'hostpolicy.dll' required to execute the application was not found in 'C:\Program Files\dotnet\'.
Failed to run as a self-contained app.
  - The application was run as a self-contained app because 'D:\Applications\NextTVPI-2.0.8\NextTVPI.runtimeconfig.json' was not found.
  - If this should be a framework-dependent app, add the 'D:\Applications\NextTVPI-2.0.8\NextTVPI.runtimeconfig.json' file and specify the appropriate framework.

I looked for the hostpolicy.dll and it is in this folder on my machine: "C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.NETCore.App\8.0.10\hostpolicy.dll"

I looked in the nrecord.log file and did not see any reference to the recording request.

Thanks for the help.

[mvallevand]

Perhaps you didn't read the wiki https://github.com/sub3/NextPVR/wiki/NextTVPI where is says to install to C:\Program Files\NextPVR

You shouldn't need a batch file.

Martin.

[N88yanks]

Thanks - I did read that - I was just following what ChatGPT suggested because I couldn't get the other to work.  Is there any harm to me just copying the hostpolicy.dll to the folder it is looking for?

[mvallevand]

It needs to be in the NextPVR folder if you want it to work. Why is that a concern?

Martin

[N88yanks]

Thank you - There was already a copy of the dll in the nextpvr folder, although it was an older version.  The program did run when I placed a copy of the DLL in C:\Program Files\dotnet\ folder, but I received another error message: "Could not resolve CoreCLR path. For more details, enable tracing by setting COREHOST_TRACE environment variable to 1."  

My apologies - I know next to nothing when it comes to .net - hence the confusion on copying it to another folder.  

Is there anyway that I can programmatically build and execute a url to process the file with NextPVR?  I've read some info on an NextPVR API, but I can't find much info on it.  

Thanks again for your help!

[mvallevand]

My utilities aren't normal netcore apps so I understand the confusion. The are meant solely to be used with NextPVR.

Is it possible you are running Win32?

As explained on the wiki, you should be associating .tvpi files with NextTVPI in your browser and then as soon as you download it it is loaded.

Martin

[N88yanks]

I'm running Win64 - I have associated the downloaded file in the app/folder options - are you saying that in my browser settings there is a way to associate the file and have it processed as automatically as soon as it is downloaded?  Am I missing something very basic here?  TY!

[mvallevand]

Yes your are missing the basics since the author of the wiki page even went as far as providing the links for browser configuration.

Before doing that do you have it things properly installed in "C:\Program Files\NextPVR" and removed from dotnet and does it process that file that you downloaded?

Martin