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==PVR History== | |||
XBMC has long had support for viewing recordings from backend recording services such as MythTV and TVHeadend through the use of specialized [[List_of_media_source_types#Videos_Specific_Sources|video sources]] that communicate with the backend software. This did not allow XBMC to be used a true PVR frontend since user still had to view EPG data and schedule recordings via the backend interface. These file sources were also part of the XBMC core codebase, so updates to the backend API often broke the integration until XBMC pushed out an update. | |||
Serious efforts to create a PVR frontend for XBMC started with a project during [[GSoC_-_Unified_PVR_Frontend|Google Summer of Code 2008]]. Project student [[User:Alcoheca|Alcoheca]] began the fork of what would eventually become the XBMC PVR branch. As this project became more mature it opened the door for skinners to start taking advantage of skinning interfaces for PVR and add them to various XBMC skins. | |||
With the release of XBMC 10.0 (Dharma) came the addition of the [[Add-ons|addon]] framework to XBMC. Although binary addons were not available, the PVR branch of XBMC started to use these as a structure for having various backends plug-in to a common API structure. | |||
During the development cycle for XBMC 12.0 (Frodo) the merge of the PVR and mainline XBMC branches was approved during the [[XBMC_DevCon|XBMC Devcon]]. This made the PVR API available to all mainstream XBMC users, although the addons are still to be maintained in a separate repository and not distributed with XBMC releases. | |||
Revision as of 15:38, 8 October 2012
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PVR History
XBMC has long had support for viewing recordings from backend recording services such as MythTV and TVHeadend through the use of specialized video sources that communicate with the backend software. This did not allow XBMC to be used a true PVR frontend since user still had to view EPG data and schedule recordings via the backend interface. These file sources were also part of the XBMC core codebase, so updates to the backend API often broke the integration until XBMC pushed out an update.
Serious efforts to create a PVR frontend for XBMC started with a project during Google Summer of Code 2008. Project student Alcoheca began the fork of what would eventually become the XBMC PVR branch. As this project became more mature it opened the door for skinners to start taking advantage of skinning interfaces for PVR and add them to various XBMC skins.
With the release of XBMC 10.0 (Dharma) came the addition of the addon framework to XBMC. Although binary addons were not available, the PVR branch of XBMC started to use these as a structure for having various backends plug-in to a common API structure.
During the development cycle for XBMC 12.0 (Frodo) the merge of the PVR and mainline XBMC branches was approved during the XBMC Devcon. This made the PVR API available to all mainstream XBMC users, although the addons are still to be maintained in a separate repository and not distributed with XBMC releases.