No stream on client, newa or vlc - Unexpected error in RTSPKeepAlive

[andydld]

Hi,

i used NextPVR for long time on a Windows XP-Machine with a Hauppauge SAT-Card, Newa and VLC media playr, which works great together.
Now i try to setup my new homeserver with Windows Server 2012 R2 (German), current NextPVR 3.9.2 (161119), current LAV Filters 0.70. I want to use a Telestar Digibit Twin (SAT>IP). The Telestar Device is recognized automatically, device setup and scan was done succesfully. On the server the streaming is working, but it doesn't work on client-side. It doesn't matter if it is a NextPVR Client, the classic webinterface with vlc or the next webinterface with html5. I tried with IE and Firefox.

At the "ndigitalhost-21.log" i see an "2017-06-22 22:27:24.366 [ERROR][8] Unexpected error in RTSPKeepAlive (terminating thread): System.Threading.ThreadAbortException: Der Thread wurde abgebrochen.
bei NShared.DigitalRecorder.RTSPKeepAlive()"

Current logs are attached.

It doesn't matter if the firewalls on both sides (client & server) are on or off, it doesn't matter if i use LAN or WLAN.

Any ideas whats going wrong?

Best regards from germany

Andy

[sub]

At the "ndigitalhost-21.log" i see an "2017-06-22 22:27:24.366 [ERROR][8] Unexpected error in RTSPKeepAlive (terminating thread): System.Threading.ThreadAbortException: Der Thread wurde abgebrochen.
bei NShared.DigitalRecorder.RTSPKeepAlive()"

I think this can be safely ignored - it's a error that can happen when the stream is being stopped. In itself, this isn't the cause of any problem before then.

If you try to record, do you end up with a file with data in it?

[mvallevand]

Sub, does Sat->IP require BDA

2017-06-22 22:26:59.038 [DEBUG][5] FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter
2017-06-22 22:26:59.038 [DEBUG][5] FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: MPEG-2 Sections and Tables


If so the OP needs to have the Win Server BDA hack installed.

Martin

[sub]

Sub, does Sat->IP require BDA

2017-06-22 22:26:59.038 [DEBUG][5] FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: BDA MPEG2 Transport Information Filter
2017-06-22 22:26:59.038 [DEBUG][5] FindFilterByName failed to locate filter: MPEG-2 Sections and Tables


If so the OP needs to have the Win Server BDA hack installed.

Martin

To be honest, I'm not 100% when it comes to SAT>IP. BDA does, even though NextPVR isn't explicitly using either of those two components. It's not clear if this is needed for SAT>IP or not. Given they successfully scanned - I suspect not.

[andydld]

Atm, i don't know why, nothing works.
I deleted the channels, rescan (which was pretty fast), update the epg (which was pretty fast, too), but no live stream and no recording.
On recording it creates the file, but it seems to be (relative) empty, because the file size is very small, just a view KB and no playback with vlc is possible.

I attached the logs of that try.

By the way:

- On the serve-side the desktop experience-feature is installed.
- In newa i got an "Streaming Failed (transcoder exited)", if i try to view live. At this time i see with process explorer that npvr executes ffpmeg, but after a short time it quits.
- The Telestar Digibit Twin seems to be ok, because i tested succesfully with the demo version of DVBViewer.

[andydld]

Don't know, if this is relevant, but i recognized, that the device setup "lost" the satellite-setting:

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My steps:

- Go to "Settings - Devices"
- Select the device
- Click "Device Setup"
- Do the settings, scan, delete, ...
- Hit "OK" two times (close the setup, close the settings)
- Reopen "Settings - Device - Device Setup (on selected device)
- Now i see, the "Satellite" is set to "-None-"

[sub]

Scanning uses the exact same code (in nshared.dll) for accessing the tuner as live tv and recording, but called from a different executable (nextpvr.exe for scanning vs ndigitalhost.exe for recording/live)...so, my thinking is it's somehow related to firewall not allowing the data to get to NDigitalHost.exe etc.

You could also try stopping the recording service, and manually running it from a command prompted with "nrecord.exe RUN", and try again, to see if you get any popups etc.

[sub]

Don't know, if this is relevant, but i recognized, that the device setup "lost" the satellite-setting

This doesn't matter. The satellite selection is only used at scanning time to know what frequencies to scan - once the channels are in there, the satellite setting isn't used again.

[andydld]

I disabled the firewall, stopped the service, tried with "nrecord.exe RUN", no popups or errors (only the "known" "2017-06-23 11:08:17.648 [ERROR][8] Unexpected error in RTSPKeepAlive (terminating thread): System.Threading.ThreadAbortException: Der Thread wurde abgebrochen.
bei NShared.DigitalRecorder.RTSPKeepAlive()" within the nrecord-log).

Here's the ouput of the command:

Code:

C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR>nrecord.exe RUN
[3] MVPManager thread started
[3] MVP Server: C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\NextPVR.exe
[3] Starting MVP server 0
[1] OnStart()
[1] Checking if upgrade required
[1] master file is C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Config-master-dont-edit.xml
[1] Using local in-process recording service
[3] Starting MVP server 1
[1] CaptureSource.LoadAll()
[1] RecordingServiceProxy@exit
[1] RecordingService.Startup()
[1] Starting remoting service (on port 8968)
[8] Requesting wake up for 'EPGWAKEUP-backup' at 24.06.2017 02:52
[8] Requesting wake up for 'EPGWAKEUP' at 24.06.2017 02:52
[8] Next EPG update time: 24.06.2017 02:52
[7] RecordingService starting...
[7] Doing database vacuum
[11] ServiceLocatorThread() starting
[11] ServiceLocatorThread() Hostname:  csh-hv02
[1] Starting web server on: 80
[1] Setting working directory to: C:\Program Files (x86)\NPVR\
[1] Web root: C:\Users\Public\NPVR\web
[7] vacuuming done
[14] Deleting web temp files
[7] No C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\PostStartup.bat
[7] PurgeOldDeletes()
[7] Loading recording schedule
[7] CancelAllWakeupRequests
HostName = csh-hv02
Description = Hyper-V-Adapter - virtuelles Ethernet #2
IPAddress = 192.168.0.123
IPAddress = fe80::a92e:1458:e344:25b7
IPSubnet = 255.255.255.0
IPSubnet = 64
DefaultIPGateway = 192.168.0.1
[11] IP Address: 192.168.0.123
[11] Waiting for broadcast
[1] OnStart() complete...
[9] Client Listener starting on port 7969
[7] Reloading recording schedule
[7] CancelAllWakeupRequests
[7] Requesting wake up for 'RecordingOID862-backup' at 23.06.2017 10:58
[7] Requesting wake up for 'RecordingOID862' at 23.06.2017 10:57
[7] DefaultDirectoryChoice: first
[7] allocating recording target filename: C:\Temp\Tagesschau-Nachrichten\Tagessc
hau-Nachrichten_20170623_11001900.ts
[7] About to start recording (862 on 21): C:\Temp\Tagesschau-Nachrichten\Tagessc
hau-Nachrichten_20170623_11001900.ts...
[7] Free space 135771811840  (C:\)
[7] Starting digital host
[7] Allocating IPC channel
[7] Registering channel
[7] About to get: ipc://DigitalHost-21/RecorderRemote
[7] Got: ipc://DigitalHost-21/RecorderRemote
[7] Asking NDigitalHost to start: C:\Temp\Tagesschau-Nachrichten\Tagesschau-Nach
richten_20170623_11001900.ts
[7] Temp at 23.06.2017 11:07:02
[7] Started recording (862:1:C:\Temp\Tagesschau-Nachrichten\Tagesschau-Nachricht
en_20170623_11001900.ts)
[7] No C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\ParallelProcessing.bat
[14] catalog says:
<Catalog><Version>1</Version></Catalog>
[17] Downloaded TheMovieDB configuration
[14] Downloading metadata and artwork took + 1228,0689ms
[20] CancelRecording(862)
[20] queueing (862) for cancellation
[7] recording service dequeued request to cancel (862)
[7] StopStream(1)
[7] StoreMetaData@1
[7] StoreMetaData@2
[7] StoreMetaData@3
[7] StoreMetaData@4
[7] StoreMetaData@5
[7] StoreMetaData@6
[7] StoreMetaData@7
[7] StoreMetaData@8
[7] StoreMetaData@exit
[7] No C:\Users\Public\NPVR\Scripts\PostCancel.bat

[andydld]

By the way:

With SmartSniff i can see communication between NPVR and the SAT>IT device.

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