2017-11-11, 04:17 AM
I just wanted to report that the newer versions of NextPVR seem to have a problem with HDHomeRun Extend (transcoding unit).
For me, on certain channels there is about a 90% chance that the channel won't load and the only thing that that displays is a black screen (the other 10% it might load fine). This also impacts recording, if I play back a saved file that was recorded, it is also a black screen when played back through NPVR. The file seems corrupted, if I play the saved file in Kodi it just crashes instead of black screen. Note: I don't think the black screen is at all related to missing decoders, I sorted that out long ago.
I downgraded to NPVR version 3.6.6 and everything works fine on this version. Anything above version 3.6.6 has issues though. I've experimented with this multiple times so am fairly confident in my findings.
One thing I haven't tried yet is to turn off transcoding and see if that helps any at all (just as an experiment). If I get some time I'll try that out.
Thanks.
For me, on certain channels there is about a 90% chance that the channel won't load and the only thing that that displays is a black screen (the other 10% it might load fine). This also impacts recording, if I play back a saved file that was recorded, it is also a black screen when played back through NPVR. The file seems corrupted, if I play the saved file in Kodi it just crashes instead of black screen. Note: I don't think the black screen is at all related to missing decoders, I sorted that out long ago.
I downgraded to NPVR version 3.6.6 and everything works fine on this version. Anything above version 3.6.6 has issues though. I've experimented with this multiple times so am fairly confident in my findings.
One thing I haven't tried yet is to turn off transcoding and see if that helps any at all (just as an experiment). If I get some time I'll try that out.
Thanks.