Download NextPVR 2.4.3

Version 2.4.3 of NextPVR was released this weekend. This program, which is the successor of GB-PVR, is a media center application that makes it possible to record television programs, play photo, movie and music files and watch DVDs. The program is offered for free and works on a computer with at least Windows 2000 and .NET Framework 2.0. NextPVR is made by the developers of Welltonway, who are behind the commercial MultiMedia Centersitting solution. More information about the possibilities of NextPVR can be found in this wiki to be found. The changelog of this release shows the following changes:

Changes in version 2.4.3:

• Improved skipping in .ts files, using new NPVRTSReader2.ax. Main fixes were several users had long pauses after skipping, inaccurate skipping in live tv and playback on in-progress recordings, improved skipping from client PCs.
• Fixed an issue with ‘whats new’ list position not selecting correct recording after playback if new recording had occurred.
• Fixed an issue that could lead to high CPU usage on NMT after playing video.
• Fixed a couple of bugs with the new channel groups functionality in the TV Guide.
• Added ability to manually force the use certain teletext pages for subtitles. This was useful in a case where the broadcaster wasn’t providing subtitle page numbers in the DVB teletext descriptor.
• Comskip info now available on client PCs.
• Fixed a bug with failed recordings that a re-attempted on another tuner, that could result in a long ever-running recording.
• Fixed a problem with resuming playback on NMT
• Updated version of NEWA.
• Added a “nextpvr.exe -reload” command line parameter that can be used to tell the recording service to reload it’s list from the database.
• Removed a few log messages that were in some setups causing logs to fill up and roll over quickly.
• Fixed a problem where video library wasn’t accepting nextpvr’s native xml metadata format when stored in a separate file rather the embedded ADS
• In libraries, pressing AZ will now jump to first item that starts with that let. 0-9 continues to jump to a percentage in the list, the same as previous releases.
• Added setting allow user to choose FF/RW key behavior. You can use the previous skip skip, or new fast play function.
• Fixed an minor issue with vertical main menu when several of the menu options had been disabled, leaving ‘less than or equal’ to the number of displayed menu items.
• Fixed an error that could occur when running installer on client machine
• nDigitalHost.exe now also honoring the setting
• Fixed a bug with where edits to a digital channel’s settings were not saved when you hit ok.
• Minor change to the loading order or cover art.
• Fixed a problem that was causing buffer files to behind on disk after watching live tv
• Updated version of tag-sharp
• A couple of minor skin fixes.