How to share tuners over LAN

[tiro_uspsss]

Hello all!

I have a HTPC with 3 tuners total, specs are:

Intel Xeon X3440
12GB ECC RAM
Intel S3420GPV mobo
AMD HD6450
Creative X-Fi Titanium HD
Leadtek WinFast DTV2000 DS Plus (dual tuner)
Leadtek PxDVR3200H
Windows 8.1 Pro x64 w/Media Centre

I would like to watch TV on other PCs in the house.
I have read this thread: http://forums.nextpvr.com/showthread.php...fferent-PC
As well as having read this: http://www.nextpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?...on.Devices
NextPVR on the actual HTPC runs fine, I've set up the channels for each tuner, tested, all good!
However when I run the app on my main PC, with 'Act as client PC' checked, a blue bar pops up across the selection field stating "Initiating device scan" but it never progresses any further!
I have also set the Server Name to 'HTPC' (the actual network name of the HTPC).

Could someone please help? :confused:

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However when I run the app on my main PC, with 'Act as client PC' checked, a blue bar pops up across the selection field stating "Initiating device scan" but it never progresses any further!

That should go away after 30 seconds or so. It shouldn't matter if it doesn't go away though - just tick the 'act as client pc', and enter your server name, and the share that can be used to access your npvr.db3 file.

[tiro_uspsss]

That should go away after 30 seconds or so. It shouldn't matter if it doesn't go away though - just tick the 'act as client pc', and enter your server name, and the share that can be used to access your npvr.db3 file.

I have done all of that (check box checked, server name added, share path added), the blue bar definitely doesn't go away after ~30secs, it stays there, although the app does not itself freeze
when I go to the main menu & select Live TV, it prompts me that I need to set up device first

I probably just missing something easy & basic!

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You should be able to ignore the blue bar. It's scanning for a DLNA tuners like Ceton tuners. This usually completes relatively quickly, but for some users it can run for quite a while.

Can you see the npvr.db3 file in the share path you'd entered? Make sure you used a UNC path like \\HTPC\share, not a mapped drive, and open that same path in Windows Explorer an check you can see the npvr.db3 in that directory.

[tiro_uspsss]

You should be able to ignore the blue bar. It's scanning for a DLNA tuners like Ceton tuners. This usually completes relatively quickly, but for some users it can run for quite a while.

Can you see the npvr.db3 file in the share path you'd entered? Make sure you used a UNC path like \\HTPC\share, not a mapped drive, and open that same path in Windows Explorer an check you can see the npvr.db3 in that directory.

I can see the file, yes
definitely using UNC path, not mapped drive.
I've restarted the HTPC + restarted the app on my main PC, still same result
Do I have to specify which tuner is to be shared on the HTPC?
I forgot to mention that I would like all 3 tuners accessible over the LAN - how does NPVR dish out which to whom? :/

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I can see the file, yes
definitely using UNC path, not mapped drive.
I've restarted the HTPC + restarted the app on my main PC, still same result

Ok, try starting it up, then zip and attach the logs and I'll take a look.

Do I have to specify which tuner is to be shared on the HTPC?

No. All the channels you've configured on the server are available to the client.

I forgot to mention that I would like all 3 tuners accessible over the LAN - how does NPVR dish out which to whom? :/

It follows the same rules as a single machine setup. ie, when you ask for a channel it'll work it's way up from the bottom of the capture source list, looking for the first available device that has the channel available.

[tiro_uspsss]

Ok, try starting it up, then zip and attach the logs and I'll take a look.

No. All the channels you've configured on the server are available to the client.

It follows the same rules as a single machine setup. ie, when you ask for a channel it'll work it's way up from the bottom of the capture source list, looking for the first available device that has the channel available.

oo nice! I like how it's all auto!

Thank you so much for your help, I hope this link works to download the zip file:

https://mega.nz/#!g1lQGQwD!FAozua5EK5p4R...g_6Y_mWsiU

(I presume you mean the log from client-side, which is what I linked! )

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I can't tell exactly what you've done wrong, but it looks like it's something to do with your share part. It doesn't look like its able to find your database at the specified location, or maybe security is stopping from getting the required write access to the database over the share.

2016-10-13 13:50:42.567 [ERROR][3] System.Data.SQLite.SQLiteException (0x80004005): SQL logic error or missing database
no such table: CAPTURE_SOURCE

[tiro_uspsss]

I can't tell exactly what you've done wrong, but it looks like it's something to do with your share part. It doesn't look like its able to find your database at the specified location, or maybe security is stopping from getting the required write access to the database over the share.

is that a problem with SQL itself or...?
I've double checked my share & firewall settings, everything is wiiide open... could me router be messing things up?

[tiro_uspsss]

if it's of any interest:

the HTPC app was advising that DirectX wasn't installed, so I installed that & restarted the PC..
also, the client app on my main rig, under 'status', sees all the tuners on the HTPC! /

so so close...