Lost my ATSC Channels on HDHomerun

[markosjal]

I recently made the switch from running NextPVR on my Raspberry Pi to running Next PVR on MacOS 10.15 .

Along with finding out that I can no longer use the "friendlytv for channels" script because Next PVR on MacOS will apparently not load those channels. 

Now most recently I went and tested another PVR, (TV Mosaic) that picked up my older HD Homerun Dual and I told it to scan. Since doing that I can no longer access the HD Homerun from NextPVR . Broadcast Channels from HDHomerun simply do not play on NextPVR

I can still use the HDHR app on Windows to view it , and TV Mosaic was working with it (now uninstalled) . I just can not get it back working with NextPVR

Sure would be nice to find a PVR that "just works" I am about to throw in the towel.

[mvallevand]

No idea what script you are talking about but how could that be NextPVR issue?

The MacOS setup is the least developed NextPVR environment so for sure we would need your zipped logs. I suspect you are missing libhdhromerun https://macappstore.org/libhdhomerun/

Martin

[sub]

You'll need to post the logs, but the HDHR should work on the Mac.

I have no idea what the "friendlytv for channels" script is.

[mvallevand]

I decide to try a legacy HDHR and it works fine.

1 NextPVR doesn't scan for channels. It uses the channels you have scanned and saved via the HDHR configuration utilities.

2. Here is the error you get if the library I mentioned is not installed.

Code:

[37] 103B4218 is at 172.16.3.45
[37] legacy tuning requesting auto:539000000
[37] Unexpected error doing legacy HDHR tuning: System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (2): No such file or directory
   at System.Diagnostics.Process.ForkAndExecProcess(String filename, String[] argv, String[] envp, String cwd, Boolean redirectStdin, Boolean redirectStdout, Boolean redirectStderr, Boolean setCredentials, UInt32 userId, UInt32 groupId, UInt32[] groups, Int32& stdinFd, Int32& stdoutFd, Int32& stderrFd, Boolean usesTerminal, Boolean throwOnNoExec)
   at System.Diagnostics.Process.StartCore(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
   at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start()
   at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(ProcessStartInfo startInfo)
   at System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(String fileName, String arguments)
   at NShared.HDHomeRunRecorder.DoLegacyTuning(ChannelMapping channelMapping, Boolean epgUpdateMode)
[37] Requesting: rtp://192.168.1.25:8022

[markosjal]

Logs attached

FYI the "Friendly TV for Channels" that was working on the Pi and Not on OSX is here https://www.matthuisman.nz/2021/11/frndl...nnels.html. When I first installed it I was very happy.

I moved away from the Pi to OSX because suddenly streams started freezing then dropping  but sometimes resuming .  I was using all Kodi clients, and  for the most part a single stream at a time. Also recordings started sometimes come out in  pieces, so a recording of a single TV show showed up as 2 different recordings like first piece a few minutes second piece 30 minutes . Odd part is they were overlapping pieces. That was all on the Pi which originally worked (for a while) . I even replaced the SD card and set the temp files to a USB SSD card. No joy at ever getting it to work right again. The Mac honestly has some better uses than NextPVR  and the Pi seemed to have the muscle for NextPVR till it went problematic. 

After months of going down the PVR road it seems none are very stable.

I honestly feel the need to just give up till something changes in the PVR world. Funny I did the same thing over 10 years ago too.

[mvallevand]

You didn't install the library I told you was required.

It's not a PVR applications fault that you can't load IPTV Docker helpers. The mjh URL's should work if you have proper access and you can use the direct Australian or NZ URLs in NextPVR. Using bootleg ustvgo URLs, you are on your own.

To be honest using an SD card PI is just a bad idea as your server. NextPVR is very stable for me, I am talking linux uptimes of months and I have a much trickier system then most.

Martin

[markosjal]

Martin,

Ok It looks like you and I were posting at about the same time when you talked about the actual error you got without the HDHR package installed. I guess maybe our posts crossed because I did not see it before. That was when you posted part of your log and I attached my log.

Thats a Windows Log "...Win32Exception ..." completely irrelevant to the Mac

I Installed that package that you "suspect" on my mac and no change. I first rebooted it, and the Kodi client. Then I tried with no joy. I even later re-scanned channels. I even cleared all Data on Kodi PVR client. Pi running NextPVR is perfectly happy with it and it was working before on the mac, but not now after using HDHomerun with TVMosaic. So not sure why you would think i need that library as I had uninstalled all that homebrew garbageware months ago, before ever putting NextPVR on the mac and it worked straight - away. BTW I have never once seen a 100% working hombrew app that actually works and integrates to the OS on Mac. Not even something as simple as gedit. I have ZERO confidence in hombrew apps on Mac. In fact it can even make a mess of a Mac causing other issues. I see no point in homebrew it does nothing but make a mess of a mac.

Since you really do not know the whole story about the Pi , you seem awfully quick to judge for some reason. And FYI the Pi was originally tested running from Micro SD card. Later it was all reinstalled to a real USB SSD. After some time of running that way is when it started freezing and dropping streams.

Whether I test with stream A or stream B is really irrelevant in fact it might be best if you avoid future replies to my posts if they will contain such judgement and negativity. Whatever I do or do not have installed now means nothing about what I want to do, it is simply what I am testing. You make this sound like a Kodi forum (OMG THERE IS A PIRATE STREM IN A LOG BAN THIS GUY!)

You should also understand that you said you "suspect". You did not say at any point it was required. There is also nothing that describes you as any more than a "Posting freak" , which does not mean you have an authoritative answer. Thats not even something like "honored poster" . Just because you post a lot does not mean you know anything at all. In fact from my experience it is often the most frequent posters making assumptions and giving bad information, much like you did on ASSUMING my Pi ran of an SD card. People like you are what makes forums like this difficult. You making assumptions that are incorrect then passing judgement on me or someone else only serves to male YOU look bad. BTW, you are in Canada what can you say about me, or where I am or what is legal or bootleg under the laws I live in? Thank God I am not in Canada; hail the queen of England. You must work for the RCMP enforcing US laws as the Canadian slave of the US Government? If not then what does it matter to you what I test with? Besides you are in Canada there is more piracy of US copyrights in Canada than in the USA.

And yes installing and using homebrew again made a mess of my Mac.

[markosjal]

Careful with the\is Homebrew GARBAGEWEAR! 

If you come to this thread thinking this is your solution, it did not work for me. Note: the log posted by the person claiming he "suspects" this is what was missing is apparently running on Windows (by the Win32Exception in his log) . Like I said homebrew makes a mess of systems it now leaves me with this error every time I launch a terminal window

/Users/username/.xprofile:1: no such file or directory: /opt/homebrew/bin/brew

This is why you should not always listen to what someone "suspects", just because he is a "frequent poster", who "suspects" many solutions including reproducing a Mac Problem on Windows.  There was no dependency listed anywhere in fact the docs say it supports HDHomerun and in fact DID at one time work. The simple fact that he posts a lot must make him an "expert". He is a Windows user in a Mac forum.

So good luck if you go out on a limb listening to a Windows user for advice on a Mac.

[mvallevand]

To be fair I gave you some help earlier on getting ustvgo going, my point was not to blame a PVR app when github sourced URL's don't work. Listening to music "bootleg" albums and cassettes doesn't seem to cause music lovers the angst you showed.

You will see Windows errors like that it in dotnet apps, it is they way it works.

It trues I did only suspect that error which is why I went the through the extra effort of installing it to confirm it works. Since you already has issues with homebrew you need to seek help from them. Sub can confirm (or not) if that library is required or not for legacy HDHR devices. I wrote the deb installer you may have used to setup your RPi and it is included in the Linux requirement.

I do note that you use Kodi too so be aware that I have written all the changes for Leia, Matrix and Nexus and the original patches to get pvr.nextpvr so I do more than post.

Yes I assumed you were using an SD card after you said you replaced one.

Martin

[BrettB]

This is why you should not always listen to what someone "suspects", just because he is a "frequent poster", who "suspects" many solutions including reproducing a Mac Problem on Windows.  There was no dependency listed anywhere in fact the docs say it supports HDHomerun and in fact DID at one time work. The simple fact that he posts a lot must make him an "expert". He is a Windows user in a Mac forum.

So good luck if you go out on a limb listening to a Windows user for advice on a Mac.

You might want to do a little more research before you go posting statements like this.

Martin is not (only) "a Windows user" since he is the one who created the deb installer for debian installations, regularly uses/tests on multiple versions of Windows, and regularly uses/tests on the Mac platform. Additionally, he is much more than "just .. a 'frequent poster'!" He is the person who has done all of the kodi NextPVR pvr coding for a while now, created several NextPVR clients (including the knewc kodi client, uidroid, and the Roku client), created several Extras which many of us use, as well as created several other tools many of us use (NextEnd, NextTool, etc.)

If you choose not to listen to him, that's your right. However, you do so at your own peril. NextPVR is an extremely stable program which many of us use very successfully. If you aren't interested in/willing to work through your unique situation to get it going, then it might be best for you to listen to your feelings and "just give up till something changes in the PVR world."