Revision as of 18:33, 17 October 2012 by >Fiveisalive
Tvheadend is a TV streaming server for Linux supporting DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T, ATSC, IPTV, and Analog video (V4L) as input sources and can be used as a PVR backend of XBMC.
Important notes about Tvheadened
Tvheadend does not currently support Timeshifting or live rewind, however all other PVR functions work with no known issues.
Setting up Tvheadened
- Link(s) to (or have a copy of on a subpage) backend setup guide
Connect XBMC to Tvheadened
- Rest of page will be about setting up this backend's PVR add-on
- Tvheadend hostname or IP address
- The hostname or IP address of the server where Tvheadend is installed. If on the same machine then 'localhost' can be used.
- HTTP port
- The default for Tvheadend is 9981 but this will need updating if you have changed it in the Tvheadend settings.
- HTSP port
- The default for Tvheadend is 9982 but this will need updating if you have changed it in the Tvheadend settings.
- Username
- If you have configured Tvheadend to require a username then enter it here. This can be blank.
- Password
- If you have configured Tvheadend to require a password then enter it here. This can be blank.
- Connect timeout in seconds
- The default is 10 seconds however this can be lowered if you want Kodi to timeout connections to the Tvheadend backend quicker.
- Response timeout in seconds
- The default is 5 seconds however this can be lowered if you want Kodi to timeout requests to the Tvheadend backend quicker.
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