Can't Seem to Figure out NPVR

[forfood]

I have been trying to get the Live TV to work for a couple days now. Strangely I do see .ts files being created in my buffer directory. But I never see live tv, a couple times I could hear a word as the channel started but no picture ever shows up. Recording seems to work, at least it is creating a file in the correct directory. Unless the DigitalPVR log is in another directory, I am not creating one. Attached are the log files for NPVR, NRecord & web. Please let me know if you need any more information. My eventual goal is to stream to the XBMC HTPC's around the house, but one step at a time.

[stustunz]

Have you installed some decoders and selected them

[mvallevand]

Win7 or 8? Try the Microsoft DTV-DVD decoder for mpeg2 in Win7

if you want to use ffmpeg make sure you enable it for mpeg2 video in its codec setup

For Network Recorder you have a channel or two that don't return data likely they aren't copy freely.

Martin

[forfood]

Windows 7 x64.

I got a few frames using the Microsoft DTV-DVD decoder. But then it freezes.

I reinstalled the LAV decoders. Is there a folder to put the ffmpeg decoders in or just the root of the NVPR folder?

[sub]

Is there a folder to put the ffmpeg decoders in or just the root of the NVPR folder?

Don't put them in the NextPVR folder. Put them somewhere else on your disk.

[mvallevand]

Windows 7 x64.

I got a few frames using the Microsoft DTV-DVD decoder. But then it freezes.

I reinstalled the LAV decoders. Is there a folder to put the ffmpeg decoders in or just the root of the NVPR folder?

Try increasing the Network Recorder timeout to 4000 in the xml file and restart.

Martin

[forfood]

Okay I put the ffmpeg exe's into the Windows folder. I switched the video decoder to use it still no dice, tried the LAV decoder as shown in his FAQ, I got a single frame and then it freezes.

I can't find Network Recorder in the config.xml file, is in another file?

[mvallevand]

It is in Plugins\NetworkRecorder

Martin

[forfood]

I tried a few channels in WMC and I can get a few that I have tried in NPVR. I did have the MWC service stopped as I had read they don't play nice together.

[forfood]

I have modified the delay so now my XML looks like below. It tries really hard to display the top first line of the picture but still just freezes after a few seconds.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Settings>
<PluginSettings>
<NetworkRecorder id="20" instance="1">
<FriendlyName>Tuner 1</FriendlyName>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>6972</port>
<delay>4000</delay>
</NetworkRecorder>
<NetworkRecorder id="21" instance="2">
<FriendlyName>Tuner 2</FriendlyName>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>6981</port>
<delay>4000</delay>
</NetworkRecorder>
<NetworkRecorder id="22" instance="3">
<FriendlyName>Tuner 3</FriendlyName>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>6979</port>
<delay>4000</delay>
</NetworkRecorder>
<NetworkRecorder id="23" instance="4">
<FriendlyName>Tuner 4</FriendlyName>
<host>127.0.0.1</host>
<port>6975</port>
<delay>4000</delay>
</NetworkRecorder>
</PluginSettings>
</Settings>