Unable to communicate with recording device :(

[dagsix]

Hello,

Hoping for some help here. I was using NextPVR and the world was a beautiful place... then I had to reinstall Windows. Now nothing seems to work.
I have no antivirus running atm on my Windows 10 machine.
I'm using the HVR-1250.

From the TV Guide I get the error "Unable to communicate with recording device".

If I try and start the NPVR Service I get "Unable to start service: Sytem.inValidOperationException Error.

The error from the NPVR log:
2015-10-04 20:42:28.697 [ERROR][1] Unexpected socket exception calling StartStream(): System.Net.Sockets.SocketException (0x80004005): No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it 127.0.0.1:8968

Server stack trace:
at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.Connect(IPAddress[] addresses, Int32 port)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.CreateNewSocket(AddressFamily family)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.CreateNewSocket()
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.RemoteConnection.GetSocket()
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.SocketCache.GetSocket(String machinePortAndSid, Boolean openNew)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.SendRequestWithRetry(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.Tcp.TcpClientTransportSink.ProcessMessage(IMessage msg, ITransportHeaders requestHeaders, Stream requestStream, ITransportHeaders& responseHeaders, Stream& responseStream)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Channels.BinaryClientFormatterSink.SyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg)

Exception rethrown at [0]:
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.HandleReturnMessage(IMessage reqMsg, IMessage retMsg)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.PrivateInvoke(MessageData& msgData, Int32 type)
at NShared.IRecordingService.StartStream(Int32 channelOID, String target, Int32 previousHandle, ChannelMapping& channelMapping, String& reason)
at NShared.RecordingServiceProxy.StartStream(Int32 channelOID, String target, Int32 previousHandle, ChannelMapping& channelMapping, String& reason)
2015-10-04 20:46:10.013 [DEBUG][1] storing Position (1):2221,108
2015-10-04 20:46:10.013 [DEBUG][1] storing Size (1):1581,919
2015-10-04 20:46:10.016 [INFO][1] Exiting...
2015-10-04 20:46:10.016 [INFO][1] Done.

from another log:

015-10-04 20:26:54.283 [DEBUG][1] CaptureSource.LoadAll()@3: IPTV Device
2015-10-04 20:26:54.283 [DEBUG][1] CaptureSource.LoadAll()@4 plugin
2015-10-04 20:26:54.296 [DEBUG][1] ssdp got data (265) from: 192.168.0.11:1900
2015-10-04 20:26:54.301 [DEBUG][1] Ignoring: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Server: Linux, UPnP/1.0, DAP-1522 Ver 1.41
Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2000 19:00:09 GMT
Content-Type: text/html
Content-Length: 110
<title>404 Not Found</title>
<h1>404 Not Found</h1>
The resource requested could not be found on this server.
2015-10-04 20:26:54.304 [DEBUG][8] UPNP scan started


I don't understand. NextPVR was working perfectly pre-install.

I've also allowed every instance of NextPVR through the firewall.

Any direction would be helpful as I lost here.

Thanks!

-dag

[sub]

Are you able to start the recording service?

[dagsix]

No if restart the recording service it gives me:
System.InvalidOperationException...
System.Component.Model.Win32Exception... the system cannot find the file specified... <--Hmm!

[sub]

I wonder what file.

Can you try running "nrecord.exe RUN" from the command prompt, to see if it gives you more info?

[dagsix]

Interesting.

Before the 'status' was empty. Now it shows all my Device details like it did before when it was working properly.

Now when I try and 'watch' a show from the TVGuide I get a different error:
Unable to find available capture device.

The command RUN command itself doesn't seem to throw an error...

[sub]

With 'nrecord.exe RUN' running in a command prompt, try watching live tv, then zip and attach your logs.

[dagsix]

Thanks.

Attached updated logs.

-dag

[mvallevand]

Is it possible you didn't install the service properly when you moved the program install from C:\Program Files to G:\NextPVR A lot of users don't do this move correctly.

Martin

[dagsix]

Hmm. Should I just do a reinstall and accept all the defaults and see what happens?

Update: Ugh. The Installer wants to install back to G:\NextPVR

[sub]

If you uninstall, and delete c:\users\public\npvr, and the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node\NPVR registry key, then reinstall, it'll go back to the default locations.