[donbrew]

I solved all of the issues of streaming live TV from my Windows7 machine that serves as a server. It works fine to Raspbmc on my RPI as well as to other Windows7 machines.

Problem is: when I try to set a recording from one of the client machines (either a timer or instant) I get "PVR backend error". I can set a recording on the server machine in WMC. Permissions seem to be right, I can view the recording made from WMC. I'm sure it's something dumb.

Here is a relevant part of the log file. This from an attempt to record from the guide. The tuner is idle.


2014/01/29 21:58:43.377 Received client request: Compaq|GetShowInfo|-1|771921|1391043600|1391050800|0|American Idol|50|2|10|0|586442
2014/01/29 21:58:43.377 GetShowInfo> -----------------start------------------------
2014/01/29 21:58:43.407 GetSingleEntrybyChannelAndId> 1 EPG Hits for Range 1/30/2014 1:00 AM to 1/30/2014 3:00 AM on Channel 5.1 : WTTGDT - BC751 = { (5.1 : WTTGDT - 7E0B) + [ 5.1 : WTTG HD - BC1CA] }
2014/01/29 21:58:43.407 GetSingleEntrybyChannelAndId> > [0] --ID MATCH-- 1/30/2014 1:00:00 AM - 1/30/2014 3:00:00 AM on WTTGDT -> American Idol - Auditions No. 5 Id:0xE00000007F111 (3940649674469649)
2014/01/29 21:58:43.407 GetShowInfo> -----------------done------------------------
2014/01/29 21:58:43.407 Finished request GetShowInfo in 0.03s
2014/01/29 21:58:43.417 Received client request: Compaq|SetTimer|-1|771921|1391043600|1391050800|0|American Idol|50|2|10|0|586442|0
2014/01/29 21:58:43.417 AddTimer> -----------------start------------------------
2014/01/29 21:58:43.417 AddTimer> Recording Prefs: Pre: 00:00:00, Post: 00:00:00, Channel: null, AnyChannel: True, Anytime: False, IsRecurring: False, KeepLength: NotSet
2014/01/29 21:58:43.417 AddTimer> Padding source: wmc
2014/01/29 21:58:43.417 GetSingleEntrybyChannelAndId> 1 EPG Hits for Range 1/30/2014 1:00 AM to 1/30/2014 3:00 AM on Channel 5.1 : WTTGDT - BC751 = { (5.1 : WTTGDT - 7E0B) + [ 5.1 : WTTG HD - BC1CA] }
2014/01/29 21:58:43.417 GetSingleEntrybyChannelAndId> > [0] --ID MATCH-- 1/30/2014 1:00:00 AM - 1/30/2014 3:00:00 AM on WTTGDT -> American Idol - Auditions No. 5 Id:0xE00000007F111 (3940649674469649)
2014/01/29 21:58:43.497 AddTimer> Schedule request result: OneTime American Idol - Complete: False
2014/01/29 21:58:43.497 GetRequestedProgram> SchedEntry: 1/30/2014 1:00:00 AM - 1/30/2014 3:00:00 AM on WTTGDT -> American Idol - Auditions No. 5 Id:0xE00000007F111 (3940649674469649)
2014/01/29 21:58:43.497 AddTimer> Request data: Channel: null, AnyChannel: True, Recurring, Padding pre: 00:02:00, post: 00:03:00, preREQ: 00:00:00, postREQ: 00:00:00
2014/01/29 21:58:43.497 AddTimer> Recording 'RequestedProgram' is null
2014/01/29 21:58:43.497 Finished request SetTimer in 0.08s
2014/01/29 21:58:43.507 Received client request: Compaq|GetTimers
2014/01/29 21:58:43.527 Finished request GetTimers in 0.02s
2014/01/29 21:58:43.527 Received client request: Compaq|GetRecordings
2014/01/29 21:58:43.557 Finished request GetRecordings in 0.03s

[krustyreturns]

I can see what the error is, but I don't know why it is happening. Any chance the current time or date is different between your clients and the server?

[donbrew]

BTW, thank you for the app, even with the challenges of getting the folders right this is the only one I could make work at all on my network.

Date & time are correct on both, and set to internet time on both.

I will check if the GMT offset is correct, -5 I think. Just did, weird the date & time were correct on the server BUT it was set for Pacific time not Eastern time. How can that happen.

The EPG had the correct show listed as current, but the time and date were wrong in the EPG.

Changed the time zone now recording works, but fewer channels in EPG and it does not agree with WMC on the server. I'll work on that myself, unless you have a quick easy fix.

Thank you for helping me find the obvious, you'd think 2 hands would make it easy to find "it".

[krustyreturns]

Interesting about the time zone difference.

All the channels visible in wmc should be visible xbmc. You can check the server log for 'GetLineUpsAndChannels> ' to see how many channels it found and how many it xfer'd over.