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| | '''F'''requently '''A'''sked '''Q'''uestions for Kodi and PVR related. |
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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|2= Which XBMC version?
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| | Question=Which version of XBMC includes PVR support?
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| * The first official XBMC release to support PVR will be XBMC v12 [[Frodo FAQ|Frodo]]
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| * If you cannot wait until the XBMC Frodo is released, you may use (unstable) [[Development builds#Nightly build|nightly]] or [[Development builds#Monthly build|monthly]] builds of XBMC
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| * Earlier development versions of XBMC with PVR support can be found on GitHub: [[Eden]]+PVR (11.0): https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc/tree/Eden-pvr and [[Dharma]]+PVR (10.0): https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc/tree/Dharma
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| {{FAQ|3= PVR Backend? | | {{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 TV streaming server which can support various input sources including DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T, ATSC, IPTV, and Analog video. | | * A PVR Backend is the actual software that interfaces with your tuner hardware and handles the recording. Kodi simply acts as a graphical interface to this software, allowing you to access it from within Kodi. |
| * A PVR backend is a second process/application that can either run on the same machine running XBMC, on a stand-alone device (able to feed several XBMC machines), or completely by itself with XBMC only running when neede
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| {{FAQ|4= Hardware? | | {{FAQ|1= Hardware |
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| | Question= What PVR Hardware/TV Cards does XBMC support? | | | Question= What PVR Hardware/TV Cards does Kodi 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 | | * Kodi itself does not support any specific PVR Hardware; it only outputs and interacts with TV streaming servers, i.e. PVR backends. |
| * 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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| {{FAQ|5= Addons? | | {{FAQ|1= Addons |
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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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| * XBMC relies on add-ons to interact with each individual PVR Backends. Hence you need to ensure that XBMC has the appropriate add-on for the PVR backend you are using installed. | | * Kodi relies on add-ons to interact with each individual PVR backend. Hence you need to ensure that Kodi has the appropriate add-on installed for the PVR backend that you are using. |
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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 Kodi? |
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| * As of 2 October 2012, only the OSX nightly builds/alphas of XBMC bundles certain PVR add-ons. All other add-ons need to be downloaded separately | | * Official Kodi.tv versions of Kodi for Android, iOS, Mac OS X and Windows all come with PVR add-ons already included with Kodi. Linux users will need to install PVR add-ons using the instructions for their specific PVR backend. See '''PVR recording software'''. |
| * Note that PVR add-ons are platform specific i.e. you need the correct version of the add-on for your operating system
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| * A forum user offers pre-compiled PVR add-ons for download at: http://www.dotnetdevelopers.net/XBMC/xbmcpvr.html
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| | Question= This does not seem straightforward: Backends, Hardware, Add-ons. What is the recommended setup to get PVR working? | | | Question= Do all Kodi skins support PVR? |
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| * Currently there is no recommended setup. Until more development and testing has been done on PVR in XBMC, it will be difficult to say what setups are better or worse. | | * Not all skins have PVR support. Confluence (default Kodi skin from v9.11 to v16) and Estuary (default skin in Kodi v17) both contain full PVR support. |
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| | Question= Do all XBMC skins support PVR?
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| * The default confluence skin of XBMC supports all PVR functions available
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| * [All skins in the official XBMC Frodo add-on repo will support all PVR functions]
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| | Question= Previous versions of XBMC already supported [[MythTV]], [[HDHomeRun]], [[Slingbox]] for live TV viewing, how is Frodo's PVR support different?
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| * EPG support, wider range of hardrware support by supporting multiple PVR backends via add-ons etc.
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| [[Category:PVR]]
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Frequently Asked Questions for Kodi and PVR related.
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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.
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What is a PVR Backend and why do I need it?
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- A PVR Backend is the actual software that interfaces with your tuner hardware and handles the recording. Kodi simply acts as a graphical interface to this software, allowing you to access it from within Kodi.
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What PVR Hardware/TV Cards does Kodi support?
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- Kodi itself does not support any specific PVR Hardware; it only outputs and interacts with TV streaming servers, i.e. PVR backends.
- 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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What are PVR add-ons and why do I need them?
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- Kodi relies on add-ons to interact with each individual PVR backend. Hence you need to ensure that Kodi has the appropriate add-on installed for the PVR backend that you are using.
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Do I need to separately download PVR add-ons or do they come bundled with Kodi?
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- Official Kodi.tv versions of Kodi for Android, iOS, Mac OS X and Windows all come with PVR add-ons already included with Kodi. Linux users will need to install PVR add-ons using the instructions for their specific PVR backend. See PVR recording software.
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Do all Kodi skins support PVR?
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- Not all skins have PVR support. Confluence (default Kodi skin from v9.11 to v16) and Estuary (default skin in Kodi v17) both contain full PVR support.
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