NextPVR

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About NextPVR

NextPVR is a free Personal Video Recorder (PVR) application for Microsoft Windows.

Supported Devices

NextPVR supports a wide range of digital tuners including DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, DVB-C, DMB-T, ATSC and QAM.

NextPVR also supports specialist component/HDMI capture devices (like the Hauppauge HDPVR, HDPVR2 and Colossus), and Copy-Freely devices (like the Hauppauge DCR-2650 and HDHomeRun Prime).

Supported Codec's

NextPVR supports all broadcast codec's including:

MPEG-2 and H.264 video, and MPEG1 Layer II, AC3, E-AC3, AAC, HE-AAC audio.

XBMC Usage

NextPVR v2.5.9 or a later version is required for XBMC compatibility.

On top of installing NextPVR v2.5.9, it is recommended you install:

this patch - http://forums.gbpvr.com/showthread.php?52811-Deleting-recordings&p=443751#post443751, which corrects a couple of issues that were found after the initial 2.5.9 release.

Installing NextPVR

For new users it is recommended you view the NextPVR wiki quickstart guide before installing NextPVR

here: http://www.gbpvr.com/nwiki/pmwiki.php?n=QuickStart.QuickStart

The latest release of NextPVR can be downloaded and installed from http://www.nextpvr.com/download

  • Rest of page will be about setting up this backend's PVR add-on


IP Address
The IP address of the server running NextPVR. 127.0.0.1 can be used if it is running on the same machine.
Port
The port number of the NextPVR web server. The default port for the web server is 8866.
Pin
The pin number required to connect to NextPVR. Leave this as the default 0000 at this stage.



Support

Please post support questions at http://forums.gbpvr.com/forumdisplay.php?54-XBMC

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