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{{FAQ|1= PVR | {{FAQ|1= PVR | ||
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| Question= What is PVR? | | Question= What is PVR? | ||
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* PVR (Personal video recorder) allows you to watch live TV, listen to radio, view an EPG, schedule recordings and enables many other TV related features | * PVR (Personal video recorder) allows you to watch live TV, listen to radio, view an EPG, schedule recordings and enables many other TV related features. | ||
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{{FAQ| | {{FAQ|1= PVR Backend | ||
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| Question= What is a PVR Backend and why do I need it? | | Question= What is a PVR Backend and why do I need it? | ||
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* A PVR Backend is | * A PVR Backend is the actual software that interfaces with your tuner hardware and handles the recording. XBMC simply acts as a graphical interface to this software, allowing you to access it from within XBMC. | ||
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| Question= What PVR Hardware/TV Cards does XBMC support? | | Question= What PVR Hardware/TV Cards does XBMC support? | ||
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* XBMC itself does not support any specific PVR Hardware, it only outputs and interacts with TV streaming server i.e. PVR Backend | * XBMC itself does not support any specific PVR Hardware, it only outputs and interacts with TV streaming server i.e. PVR Backend. | ||
* Each PVR Backend has different hardware and operating system requirements. Please visit the webpages of the individual PVR Backends for more information | * Each PVR Backend has different hardware and operating system requirements. Please visit the webpages of the individual PVR Backends for more information. | ||
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| Question= What are PVR add-ons and why do I need them? | | Question= What are PVR add-ons and why do I need them? | ||
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| Question= Do I need to separately download PVR add-ons or do they come bundled with XBMC? | | Question= Do I need to separately download PVR add-ons or do they come bundled with XBMC? | ||
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* | * Official XBMC.org versions of XBMC for Android, iOS, Mac OS X, and Windows, come with PVR add-ons already included with XBMC. Linux users will need to install PVR add-ons using the instructions for their specific PVR backend. See '''[[PVR backend]]'''. | ||
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{{FAQ| | {{FAQ|1= Skins | ||
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| Question= Do all XBMC skins support PVR? | | Question= Do all XBMC skins support PVR? | ||
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* | * Not all skins have PVR support. The default XBMC skin, [[Confluence]], contains full PVR support. | ||
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[[Category:PVR]] | [[Category:PVR]] | ||
[[Category:FAQ]] | [[Category:FAQ]] | ||
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