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Automatic Recording Cleanup

Mon, 25 May 2026 18:02:50 +0000

Is there a way to setup Next PVR to automatically:

-- Delete Videos that have already been viewed
-- Delete Videos that have aged like anything more than three weeks old.

Only one audio track on iptv stream?

Fri, 15 May 2026 19:40:38 +0000

Hello,
I have a channel set up via iptv m3u the stream has three different audio tracks, but in nextpvr I only have one (can't select any) this then also applies to my recordings.
It simply uses track 2 which is the track with audiodescription.

What can I do?

Thanks!

I attached my logs , this is the stream URL: https://daserste-live.ard-mcdn.de/dasers...aster.m3u8

logs-20260515-2138.zip (Size: 566.24 KB / Downloads: 2)

Keep EPG History for X days

Mon, 11 May 2026 16:49:08 +0000

I have resorted to getting epg updates ota but I only get about 11 hours, to work around this nextpvr runs an auto update 2 times a day. I am hoping to run it 3 times a day to cover the gaps but noticed every time it runs it wipes the previous 11 hours.

How can i keep a history of the epg so at least I can see a full day without gaps or if i decide to run the update more frequently.

Gemini tells me add these to my config, but i didn't see any references if this is still valid?

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Comskip not working on only one program

Tue, 05 May 2026 03:13:26 +0000

I have been using NextPVR for many years with comskip without issue until recently. For some reason when I record one particular program (Alarma TV), comskip does not find any commercials. If I record any other program on the same channel, (or any other channel for that matter) comskip works perfectly. It is just this one program. What makes it even more confusing is that the channel shows a 1 hour version of Alarma TV and a 1/2 hour version of Alarma TV daily, and comskip works properly on the 1/2 hour version but finds NO commercials on the 1 hour version of the same show.

I realize this is likely a comskip problem, however some of the messages in the log make me think it may have something to do with the recording from NextPVR.

I am attaching the log generated by comskip and NextPvr.

If someone could interpret them for me and give me some guidance how to correct this issue.

Thank you

Comskip version 0.82.012
NextPVR version 7.0.5.260307
Windows 11 Pro version 25H2 Build 26200.8328

logs-20260504-2257.zip (Size: 1.49 MB / Downloads: 1)

Alarma TV_20260504_21002200.zip (Size: 99.1 KB / Downloads: 2)

jellyfin tv guide key?

Fri, 27 Mar 2026 23:46:06 +0000

Hi,
I've just donated to NextPVR - great piece of software. I've installed it on my Terramaster NAS for the live Tv and guide, which work well in NextPVR.

I'd like to link the tv guide in jellyfin which is running in docker, on the TNAS.

How do I get the link please?

I have my email saying payment received and the paypal reference: (paypal transaction: 5HL12926UV481953E)

What else should I do please to be able to use the NextPVR TV guide xmltv in jellyfin?

Thanks

Tony

Sluggish UI performance

Sat, 14 Mar 2026 17:21:28 +0000

Basically, NextPVR works on two different machines, however there is a delay problem. The main menu of the UI comes up very quickly. However, when I try to access other menu items, like "TV guide", or "Recordings", or "What's New", there are lengthy (~ 20 second) delays before the program responds. As far as I can tell, all functionality is working OK, other than the delays. I have the Schedules Direct service, and my EPG is properly updated in the evenings. When I open the TV guide, although some programming items are subject to the same kind of delay previously mentioned, pop-ups come up eventually.

See the attached log below, at or around line 32. You will see it takes around 20 seconds to bring up the "TV Guide" menu. Other menu access is similarly delayed. I see delays when I bring up the UI, and try to load "Recordings", and after successfully bringing up the guide, some random programs produce a 20 second delay before bringing up a pop-up after a program is selected. The second time those menus are accessed, sometimes they are *not* delayed.

I have Windows 11 machines. I have a NAS drive; program recordings are saved to the NAS. I tried changing the recording locations to the local C: drive (thinking that the NAS access somehow was the issue), and that made no difference. Still lengthy delays. Also, when in the web interface settings app, the directory structure after entering the IP address of the NAS pops up instantly. (I put the NAS address in, and I get a dialog box with the various alternative directories on the NAS.)

It seems like there is something is timing out somewhere to a default or something. I am unable to figure this out. I am hoping for some help! Let me know if you have ideas on how to fix this issue (that occurs on both my machines on the same local network). In the log file, the delay seems to happen after the message "calculated resource directory:" (This directory is stored on drive C:, a solid state drive, not my NAS). See line 33.

I have only 85 channels in my EPG, and it's updated using Schedules Direct. I have Hauppauge tv receivers in both machines.

Any ideas what may be causing the delays??

Many thanks for any help!!

Hardware (for one of the machines, the other is similar):

Intel® Core™ i9-14900KF (3.20 GHz)
64.0 GB (63.8 GB usable)
Windows 11 pro
One solid state drive, two hard disks
Synology NAS 1522

NPVR.zip (Size: 3.54 KB / Downloads: 2)

playback hiccups

Thu, 12 Mar 2026 04:15:42 +0000

I am trying to figure out the cause of playback hiccups on my system.

They look like momentary signal loss, but it is happening on local channels, and I have watched a signal meter and it looks like the signal quality is excellent and steady.

Accordingly, I wonder if it may have something to do with writing to storage. My recordings are written to a USB3 external hard drive. Is there any kind of buffer that receives the data before writing to disk? Is it configurable?

TV Guide shows no listings

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 22:31:56 +0000

I've configured my HDHR Flex 4K and I can watch and record Live TV from nextpvr web client but the TV Guide shows all (no listings).

I've created an xmltv.xml file with OTA listings from Gracenote and copied it to the config directory in the Docker container.
From Settings > Guide > Add XMLTV Channel Lineup I've specified config/xmltv.xml.

From Settings > About > Update EPG I get the message:

EPG Update complete. [0 inserted, 0 updated, 0 skipped]

What am I missing here? TIA.

logs-20260209-2136.zip (Size: 67.83 KB / Downloads: 0)

Unable to record to NAS

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 21:02:33 +0000

Trying to record to a local NAS from a Windows 10 installation of NextPVR.
I mapped network drive, F:, to the IP of the NAS 192.168.50.4. In NextPVR, I am unable to see drive F under settings "General" and "Recording Directory." I read that I need to switch NextPVR Service from Local System account to a user account, which I did. While I am able to record locally with that changed, I still am unable to see the F drive when trying to change the recording directory.

I have tried manually entering the location, "\\192.168.50.4\Recordings or "D:\Recordings" all of which do not record to.

I saw that there was a thread from 2009 about a utility called ShareHelper but have been unable to find an actual download for that (I could not find it on the wiki).

Any advice on this would be appreciated.

logs-20260208-1451.zip (Size: 427.77 KB / Downloads: 1)

Schedule nightly channel update

Sat, 07 Feb 2026 17:03:31 +0000

Hi all,

My provider has some channels with no EPG, and the programming information for the day in the channel name. Accordingly this name changes every day. I'm wondering if there's a way to schedule a nightly refresh of the device channels (not the EPG) so this can always be kept current.

I've looked around, but haven't been able to find a specific guide that works for this.

Thanks!

Have plugins gone completely?

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 16:52:15 +0000

I've looked through the forums and wiki a fair bit but couldn't find an answer. Has the option to write a plugin gone now? My setup is a Linux backend plus an Android TV box downstairs connected to TV. My wife was using the Search facility through the Android TV box looking for "Mock the Week" and she said it was a bit laborious and asked if there was an alternative or if I could write one.

Cheers,
Brian

INFO BAR TIME OUT

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:06:35 +0000

Nice program but is there any way to reduce the time the info bar is displayed over a channel, every time you touch your mouse?
6 seconds is way too long and annoying, and surely if you are adjusting something you'll be moving the cursor anyway.

Possible Bug?

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 18:49:56 +0000

This may be user error, or maybe even expected behavior, not sure. I just re-did my OS installation and installation of NextPVR, on Linux. I had some issues with transcoding, which I got fixed.

But what I noticed while I was working on it, was if transcoding failed, the IPTV tuner wasn't released. I had to manually go into the tuner and release it. The HDHomeRun was released as expected. It only seemed to happen on my IPTV device.

tvg-chno - m3u channel numbers seem to be ignored when "Import using XC"

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 17:05:29 +0000

I just did a fresh install of NextPVR on Unraid/Docker

I added an IPTV device using "Import using XC"

My m3u has tvg-chno fields which should be all unique. Example:

Code:
#EXTINF:-1 tvg-id="112" tvg-name="30A Darcizzle Offshore (720p)" tvg-logo="http://192.168.67.3:9191/api/channels/logos/6304/cache/" tvg-chno="112" group-title="Dispatcharr",30A Darcizzle Offshore (720p)

Expected behavior: Channels appear in NextPVR with the tvg-cho channel numbers
Observed behavior: Channel numbers in NextPVR start at one and increment sequentially instead of using the tvg-cho numbers. They do appear to be sorted by tvg-cho (or maybe just the order they appear in the m3u?)

I have attached logs, though I'm not certain if this is a bug or working as designed. I had assumed the channel numbers would show up because IIRC HDHR channels numbers were mapped correctly when I did that in the past.

logs-20260113-1152.zip (Size: 35.78 KB / Downloads: 1)

logs-20260113-1218.zip (Size: 6.97 KB / Downloads: 0)

Full mux

Tue, 13 Jan 2026 15:33:21 +0000

Hey all, I just wanted to ask if it would at all be possible to expose the full mux for applications outside of NextPVR where currently we expose a url directly for a specific channel from the mux, having full access to the raw mux stream would be a dream. I'm still pretty new to the scene so apologies if my request is a load of bollocks, I experimented with TVHeadend which I believe exposes the full mux but it's Linux only I believe and it's pretty iffy. I'd be happy to support the development if this is something that's possible, thanks in advance.