Pre-release testing of next DVR build (v2017.04.13.0150)

Beta Community DVR Beta
#1

New DVR build is ready with some major changes. Would appreciate if some people could test it out for a day or two before I push it out to everyone.

  • IMPROVED: Major rewrite of tuner sharing engine to reduce memory and CPU overhead.
  • IMPROVED: Changed “Add to DVR” link to “Pick Guide Provider” button.
  • IMPROVED: Guide picker is focused automatically after enabling DVR.
  • IMPROVED: Directory picker for DVR storage will hide system folders on major NAS models.
  • IMPROVED: Optimized disk I/O required for watching recordings that are still in progress.
  • IMPROVED: Recordings have a “View Details” option in dropdown to view audio/video encoding details.
  • FIXED: Backup restore UI was not working on windows.
  • FIXED: Stopping DVR during guide download would not abort downloader.
  • FIXED: Guide picker hides non-HD/legacy cable provider options.
  • FIXED: Web playback of recordings using hardware transcoder on Linux could end early.
  • FIXED: Tuner sharing was not working with EXTENDs with transcoding disabled.
  • FIXED: Log was empty when DVR crashed on windows.
  • FIXED: DVR could rarely crash when trying to start web playback.
  • FIXED: Guide and On Now tabs could stop working if previously selected HDHR was not available.

Linux/FreeBSD/Mac/NAS (replace 127.0.0.1 with IP of DVR)

curl -XPUT http://127.0.0.1:8089/updater/check/2017.04.13.0150

Windows (run in PowerShell)

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Method Put http://127.0.0.1:8089/updater/check/2017.04.13.0150

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#2

ok will see whats what

#3

Tuner sharing is working on my extends between the Dave and the apple TVs.

I als did a fresh install to experience the change to the guide picker. I like it. It’s more subtle than I would have done, but the focus change worked great. Would like to see something done for the dvr folder selection on initial install. I don’t know if I missed something, or not but I didn’t have any hints for it because my DVR is on a remote subnet from the HDHRs, so I first had to manually enter the IPs. ( I know it’s not a supported config because my bonjor doesn’t work, but I forgot.) if I missed some experience for the DVR folder, let me know and I will put it on the right vlan.

I did test sharing with the web interface. If I set my primary ATV to mobile, when I tuned it to the same channel as the running web interface, it jumped to the 2nd extend, skipping my 2nd empty tuner on the primary device.

#4

Updated to 2017.04.13.0150 (confirmed in server status). Tuner sharing not working. Updated 3 ATV clients to latest beta, tuned each to same channel, 3 tuners in use… 3 Extends all with Transcode set to Heavy.

Version
2017.04.13.0150
Up to date!
Uptime10 minutes
Started Today at 9:23 AM

OS
Linux MyCloudPR4100
(kernel: 4.1.13)
CPU
4 cores / Intel® Pentium® CPU N3710 @ 1.60GHz
load averages: 0.11 0.14 0.16
RAM3.99 GB
82.9% free
Disk
26.0% used
8679.14 GB available

Stats
48 Passes
76 Shows
250 Recordings
Activity
Watching ch8.1 from 192.168.110.10.
Watching ch8.1 from 192.168.110.13.
Watching ch8.1 from 192.168.110.16.

#5

You probably had the second extend selected in the web guide. The DVR does not combine multiple HDHRs yet.

#6

Would only work if all ATVs had EXTENDs in the same priority, as HDHR combining is not yet implemented.

#7

To clarify, the HDHR’s need to be the in same sequence for each client?

#8

Yes.

#9

Each client has them in the same priority.

First - 192.168.110.243
Second - 192.168.110.242
Third - 192.168.110.241

Should the server have the same priority? I had the clients using the inverse priority from the server.

Server Priority:

First - 192.168.110.241
Second - 192.168.110.242
Third - 192.168.110.243

#10

I wanted to test my old NUC (D54250WYK) and see how well it would do hardware transcoding because I didn’t like the QNAP TS-251A. At first it was working fine and I was getting great transcoding speeds (around 7-8x compared to a little over 1 with the QNAP), but then I updated to the pre-release and got these errors when trying to transcode to my iPad and iPhone:

2017/04/14 17:58:59 [HLS] Starting transcoder for channel 802 (encoder=h264_qsv, resolution=1080, deinterlacer=blend, bitrate=10000) [mpegts @ 0000000000ceb5c0] Could not find codec parameters for stream 2 (Audio: ac3 (AC-3 / 0x332D4341), 0 channels, fltp): unspecified sample rate Consider increasing the value for the 'analyzeduration' and 'probesize' options pipe:: could not seek to position 70815.661 [h264_qsv @ 0000000000e1ba80] Error during encoding: device failed (-17) Video encoding failed [aac @ 0000000000e1d6c0] 2 frames left in the queue on closing 2017/04/14 17:59:32 [HLS] Stopping transcoder session 131F8A20-ch802 @ 0s

#11

What’s the CPU field say on the dvr settings? New build is working fine on my QNAP, so must be something with older CPUs perhaps…

#12

4 cores / Intel® Core™ i5-4250U CPU @ 1.30GHz

#13

I just tried to stream away from home and the DVR crashed. It restarted though.

#14

Can you email the Log to [email protected]

#15

You’ll have it in about 30 minutes.

#16

Glad to report this build fixed my guide issues

#17

What kind of guide issues were you having before?

#18

It was not matching most channels.
Before the update i had MyCity-Cable and MyCity-Digital
After the update, only digital was available, but it generated the entire list.

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#20

Speeds that high are not possible, and usually mean the recording was already H.264 and was only getting remuxed.

#21

New build available v2017.04.17.1856:

  • IMPROVED: Use recorder transcode setting for web playback with an EXTEND.
  • IMPROVED: More logging on tuner sharing events.
  • IMPROVED: Reduced HDHR communication timeouts from 5s to 3s.
  • IMPROVED: Ignore p2p and tunnel network interfaces in bonjour.
  • FIXED: Remove broken 240p option when using mac hardware transcoder.
  • FIXED: Make DVR checkbox clickable during initial setup.
  • FIXED: Settings page would not load if bonjour could not find any IPs.

Linux/FreeBSD/Mac/NAS (replace 127.0.0.1 with IP of DVR)

curl -XPUT http://127.0.0.1:8089/updater/check/2017.04.17.1856

Windows (run in PowerShell)

Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Method Put http://127.0.0.1:8089/updater/check/2017.04.17.1856