2020-04-11, 12:46 AM
I'm new to NextPVR and this forum, hoping I can find some help.... I recently tried using NextPVR when support for Win 7 WMC was discontinued. I am in the US, and am now running on Windows 10 Pro version 1909 on a desktop with AMD Phenom II X4 965 processor running at 3.40 GHz, with 8GB RAM on a 64-bit operating system. I am using an original HD Homerun Dual ATSC tuner, model HDHR-US, and had upgraded my HD Homerun software when I upgraded to Windows 10. I can watch TV through the HD Homerun with no issues. I originally installed NextPVR version 4, but upgraded to v 5 couple of weeks or so ago to see if that would help to resolve my issues, but did not see any change.
My problem is that NextPVR does not record about half of my programs, while recording the other half. There doesn't seem to be any consistent pattern to the recording failures. I seem to record more recent movies more successfully than other shows and older movies, but I can't be confident that any show will record.
There are no failure messages in the Recent Recordings file. The PC seems to wake just fine when it is due to record. However, no recording takes place. The HD Homerun tuner light usually does not come on and NextPVR only creates a small file. Occasionally, it will capture a few seconds of video from the beginning of the scheduled recording time. If I look in NextPVR while this is happening, NextPVR appears to think that a recording is taking place. It does not allow me to schedule a recording of the show, only to cancel it. The XML file appears to be created normally at the end of the scheduled recording time.
To collect some data for review, during the past 36 hours, I restarted my computer and scheduled 10 recordings. 4 recordings were successful, while 6 failed to record, as follows (m/d/yy format):
Date Start Result
4/9/20 7:57 AM Failed
4/9/20 11:27AM Failed
4/9/20 1:57 PM Success (a movie)
4/9/20 2:57 PM Success (same show as 11:27 AM)
4/9/20 3:57 PM Success (a movie)
4/9/20 8:57 PM Success
4/10/20 3:57 AM Failure
4/10/20 5:27 AM Failure
4/10/20 11:27AM Failure
4/10/20 2:57 PM Failure
I have included all of the failed .ts files in my zip file.
I saw some posts discussing whether blocked ports might be contributing to problems. I used the netstat command to capture some port information and have included reports from the beginning and end of the 36 hour period with the .ts files.
Hope someone can help ... I really want this to work!
My problem is that NextPVR does not record about half of my programs, while recording the other half. There doesn't seem to be any consistent pattern to the recording failures. I seem to record more recent movies more successfully than other shows and older movies, but I can't be confident that any show will record.
There are no failure messages in the Recent Recordings file. The PC seems to wake just fine when it is due to record. However, no recording takes place. The HD Homerun tuner light usually does not come on and NextPVR only creates a small file. Occasionally, it will capture a few seconds of video from the beginning of the scheduled recording time. If I look in NextPVR while this is happening, NextPVR appears to think that a recording is taking place. It does not allow me to schedule a recording of the show, only to cancel it. The XML file appears to be created normally at the end of the scheduled recording time.
To collect some data for review, during the past 36 hours, I restarted my computer and scheduled 10 recordings. 4 recordings were successful, while 6 failed to record, as follows (m/d/yy format):
Date Start Result
4/9/20 7:57 AM Failed
4/9/20 11:27AM Failed
4/9/20 1:57 PM Success (a movie)
4/9/20 2:57 PM Success (same show as 11:27 AM)
4/9/20 3:57 PM Success (a movie)
4/9/20 8:57 PM Success
4/10/20 3:57 AM Failure
4/10/20 5:27 AM Failure
4/10/20 11:27AM Failure
4/10/20 2:57 PM Failure
I have included all of the failed .ts files in my zip file.
I saw some posts discussing whether blocked ports might be contributing to problems. I used the netstat command to capture some port information and have included reports from the beginning and end of the 36 hour period with the .ts files.
Hope someone can help ... I really want this to work!