QNAP QPKG for DVR Record Engine

[henningdalgaard]

thanks for clarifying that.
So it is not possible to get a QPKG from Silicondust, and that is what is provided here? Is it the free version or is possible to enable the full version?

What do you use in **** as a client? The TV Server in **** or the hdhomerun addon?

Sorry for the newbie questions

[gtb]

So it is not possible to get a QPKG from Silicondust

The current recorder can be installed manually using the provided installers to many NAS's, but it currently requires re-installation at every reboot of the NAS. SD has stated their intention (at or near GA) to offer installers/packages for "market leading" NAS manufactures, and some OS variants, which will support the automatic restart capabilities of those platforms, but has not done so yet (GA is still a bit away). The result is that the community has stepped up in the interim for a number of platforms.

The recorder engine (which can be installed on platforms other than a NAS) requires one to obtain a license for the project itself if you want to use the SD recording capability.

[demonrik]

So it is not possible to get a QPKG from Silicondust

The current recorder can be installed manually using the provided installers to many NAS's, but it currently requires re-installation at every reboot of the NAS. SD has stated their intention (at or near GA) to offer installers/packages for "market leading" NAS manufactures, and some OS variants, which will support the automatic restart capabilities of those platforms, but has not done so yet (GA is still a bit away). The result is that the community has stepped up in the interim for a number of platforms.

Exactly..
And I've worked with SD to contribute back my addition to them.. In effect I'm maintaining it right now, but it's owned by SD, and sits in their GIT repository.

Is it the free version or is possible to enable the full version?

I see the confusion from the bottom of https://www.silicondust.com/dvr-service/
The Free App is actually the viewer applications such as VIEW and/or the **** plugin.. You will get limited guide data, etc.. This is not covered by this QPKG.
The Full App is the combination of the view app which is free, and the DVR engine which at the moment is pre-release and is $60/yr for now, and will drop to $35/yr subscription.
This QPKG contains the DVR engine only.

What do you use in **** as a client? The TV Server in **** or the hdhomerun addon?

I don't use ****, but there is a plugin provided by Silicondust for their DVR engine, and there are other plugins too.
More info in the **** forum viewforum.php?f=88
And in particular check out viewtopic.php?f=88&t=63656 for info on installing the silicondust plugin.

Sorry for the newbie questions

No need apologize - takes a while to get up to speed on it all

[shoman94]

First I want to thank you VERY MUCH for what you have done here. You have made it a breeze to run HDHR DVR on my QNAP. Not sure why SD wouldn't do this on their own.

I have a question and I don't know if its for you or SD....

What happens often to me is that I'll be watching a show, then I decide to change channels and it freezes. I can go about the app but no matter what channel I select its frozen. If I exit the app and go n=back in I then get a black screen. IF I go into the Android Live TV app I get the spinning wheel and nothing happens. I have to FC the HDHR app and then it will go in and work again.

I'm hoping maybe some logs or something could lead me in who to contact and possibly get a solution on this.

Thank you!

[demonrik]

First I want to thank you VERY MUCH for what you have done here. You have made it a breeze to run HDHR DVR on my QNAP. Not sure why SD wouldn't do this on their own.

you're welcome!
am sure SD would eventually get around to it. I just wanted something quicker..

I have a question and I don't know if its for you or SD....

What happens often to me is that I'll be watching a show, then I decide to change channels and it freezes. I can go about the app but no matter what channel I select its frozen. If I exit the app and go n=back in I then get a black screen. IF I go into the Android Live TV app I get the spinning wheel and nothing happens. I have to FC the HDHR app and then it will go in and work again.

I'm hoping maybe some logs or something could lead me in who to contact and possibly get a solution on this.

Thank you!

quite a few posts recently, you're not alone.
definitely something for SD... turn in diagnostics, open a new thread and post your android box details and device IDs of your hdhomerun devices

[shoman94]

First I want to thank you VERY MUCH for what you have done here. You have made it a breeze to run HDHR DVR on my QNAP. Not sure why SD wouldn't do this on their own.

you're welcome!
am sure SD would eventually get around to it. I just wanted something quicker..

I have a question and I don't know if its for you or SD....

What happens often to me is that I'll be watching a show, then I decide to change channels and it freezes. I can go about the app but no matter what channel I select its frozen. If I exit the app and go n=back in I then get a black screen. IF I go into the Android Live TV app I get the spinning wheel and nothing happens. I have to FC the HDHR app and then it will go in and work again.

I'm hoping maybe some logs or something could lead me in who to contact and possibly get a solution on this.

Thank you!

quite a few posts recently, you're not alone.
definitely something for SD... turn in diagnostics, open a new thread and post your android box details and device IDs of your hdhomerun devices

Thanks for the reply.... It just happened again. HDHR logs didn't show anything but this is what I saw in the QNAP log:
System logs show no errors for me. It just happened to me again.

Here is the log from my QNAP though....

20170205-01:18:06 System: server time = Sun Feb 5 01:18:06 2017 (correction of 0s)
20170205-01:18:06 Recording: event download success
20170205-01:18:06 Recording: disk space available = 3200GB
20170205-01:18:06 Recording: current time = Sun Feb 5 01:18:06 2017 (correction of 0s)
20170205-01:18:06 Recording: no timer events planned
20170205-01:18:27 Status: Resource: dmk=100
20170205-01:18:27 Status: read: DiskMB=37 MB/s=427 worst=35
20170205-01:18:27 Status: write: DiskMB=37 MB/s=22 worst=67
20170205-01:18:27 Status: Streaming: Live channel 6.2 to 192.168.5.16 (288MB)
20170205-01:19:36 Playback: Streaming: Live channel 6.2 to 192.168.5.16 starting at 310MB
20170205-01:20:27 Status: Resource: dmk=100
20170205-01:20:27 Status: read: DiskMB=36 MB/s=247 worst=32
20170205-01:20:27 Status: write: DiskMB=36 MB/s=18 worst=73
20170205-01:20:27 Status: Streaming: Live channel 6.2 to 192.168.5.16 (14MB)
20170205-01:21:06 Recording: stop Live channel 6.2 a88be8ac (result = 0x0000)
20170205-01:21:06 Recording: early end of Live channel 6.2 a88be8ac
20170205-01:22:27 Status: Resource: dmk=98
20170205-01:22:27 Status: read: DiskMB=8 MB/s=361 worst=1
20170205-01:22:27 Status: write: DiskMB=11 MB/s=17 worst=60
20170205-01:24:27 Status: Resource: dmk=98

[shoman94]

Shouldn't there be an update? The Gray app for android updated.

[signcarver]

This has nothing to do with gray, only engine (not clients) which hasn't been updated

[shoman94]

This has nothing to do with gray, only engine (not clients) which hasn't been updated

Oh ok thanks... So nothing has changed in the Record engine? ver.20161107

[demonrik]

This has nothing to do with gray, only engine (not clients) which hasn't been updated

Oh ok thanks... So nothing has changed in the Record engine? ver.20161107

Correct..
No changes reported, so no new package

[shoman94]

This has nothing to do with gray, only engine (not clients) which hasn't been updated

Oh ok thanks... So nothing has changed in the Record engine? ver.20161107

Correct..
No changes reported, so no new package

Thanks again!

[shoek]

Hi,

I'm a bit confused about the RECORD engine version that this tool is reporting.

This tool reports the engine is version 20161107 (recent posts in this thread indicate there have been no changes since that version, so therefore no updates to this QPKG)

However, I had previously installed the RECORD engine to my QNAP via the SD Windows configuration tool / NAS Setup process
and when I go to the ENGINE's status page it says that version 20161216 is installed.

I checked the hash of the hdhomerun_record binary on the QNAP itself and it is equivalent to the hdhomerun_record_linux_20161206beta1 binary that I downloaded direct from SD.

Is this package out of date?

Is this package superceded by the https://github.com/demonrik/HDHR-DVRUI project?

Thanks,
-Steve

[demonrik]

Hi,

I'm a bit confused about the RECORD engine version that this tool is reporting.

This tool reports the engine is version 20161107 (recent posts in this thread indicate there have been no changes since that version, so therefore no updates to this QPKG)

However, I had previously installed the RECORD engine to my QNAP via the SD Windows configuration tool / NAS Setup process
and when I go to the ENGINE's status page it says that version 20161216 is installed.

I checked the hash of the hdhomerun_record binary on the QNAP itself and it is equivalent to the hdhomerun_record_linux_20161206beta1 binary that I downloaded direct from SD.

Is this package out of date?

Is this package superceded by the https://github.com/demonrik/HDHR-DVRUI project?

Thanks,
-Steve

SD continue to up the version number on each release - but nothing has actually changed.
They key is to check what is presented in my.hdhomerun.com for the record engine.
As long as there is a green tick beside the version - you are good.

[shoek]

got it... thanks for the clarification! (and good work on the HDHR DVR-UI project too )

[signcarver]

supposedly they improved diagnostics reporting of record path on 20161206 but that was only for windows (I believe they did bump all platforms to that version number though). After that I believe the only changes in version number were on android (i.e. using the shield for the recording engine) but the windows packaging may have also reflected the version number change.