Hd-pvr

[mvallevand]

I've been running with the same HDPVR config for two years now and just went to add 4 new channels and I see this when I open the Device R2 patches were recently applied. On continue there are no channels listed.

Code:

************** Exception Text **************
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at NShared.HDPVRSettingsForm.GetExtras(ChannelMapping channelMapping)
   at NShared.HDPVRSettingsForm.LoadChannelList()
   at NShared.HDPVRSettingsForm.HDPVRSettingsForm_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnCreateControl()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WmShowWindow(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

Ideas?

Martin

[sub]

I'm not really sure. If you can zip and attach the database, I should be able to tell pretty easily.

[mvallevand]

Ok thanks,

Martin

[sub]

Can you tell me what one of the new channels were?

[mvallevand]

I never added them I can't open up the hdpvr device without an error

Martin

[sub]

I can see why it's unhappy. A pile of your HDPVR channel have strange channel mappings, where there is no <input> specified.

ie, like this:

Code:

<tuning>
  <type>HDPVR</type>
  <locator>
    <channel>64</channel>
  </locator>
</tuning>

When they should look like this:

Code:

<tuning>
  <type>HDPVR</type>
  <locator>
    <channel>19</channel>
    <input>0</input>
    <blaster_executable>C:\Program Files\Timmmoore\MCE 2005 STB Controller\channel.exe</blaster_executable>
    <blaster_args>-f -a0 2 00{channel}</blaster_args>
  </locator>
</tuning>

I'm not really sure how they got like that though, and I don't really have any suggestions for fixing those channels other than deleting and recreating them.

It's possible there is a bug somewhere in the app that broken your tuning strings when you've been editing something, but it's not clear where exactly.

[mvallevand]

Originally before you added multi-tuner to the hdpvr that was the case, it was a global like gbpvr just like the spdif override in config.xml. I'll see what I can do, I expect others will see to too

Martin

[mvallevand]

I confirmed back to 2010 there weren't these 3 fields, they must default to the hdpvr_recorder table values

Martin

[mvallevand]

Ok, not bad, I was able to do it with sqlite

Code:

update channel_mapping
set tuning =
replace(tuning,'/channel>',
    '/channel>
    <input>0</input>
    <blaster_executable>C:\Program Files\Timmmoore\MCE 2005 STB Controller\channel.exe</blaster_executable>
    <blaster_args>-f -a0 2 00{channel}</blaster_args>')
where capture_source_oid = 1524
and tuning not like '%blaster%'

Martin

[mvallevand]

I just edited a channel number in the left column of the config for the device and it removed the blaster lines

Code:

<tuning>
  <type>HDPVR</type>
  <locator>
    <channel>500</channel>
    <input>0</input>
  </locator>
</tuning>

Martin