Settings/Live TV

General

Enabled Enable the Personal Video Recorder (PVR) features in XBMC. This requires that at least one PVR add-on is installed. Synchronize channel groups with backends ? Always use the channel order from the backend(s) ? Use backend channels numbers (only works with 1 enabled PVR add-on) ? Channel manager Switches to Channel manager which allows modifying of channel order, channel name, icon etc. Search for channels ? Reset the PVR database ? Do not show 'connection lost' warnings ?

Menu/OSD

Show channel information when switching channels ? Automatically hide channel information ? Close channel OSD after switching channels ? Channel information duration ?. Defaults to 5 seconds. Hide video information box ? Default folder for PVR thumbnails ? Scan for missing icons ?

EPG

Default EPG window ?. Defaults to Now. Days to display in the EPG ?. Defaults to 2 days. EPG update interval ?. Defaults to 120 minutes. Prevent EPG updates while playing a TV stream ? Do not store the EPG in the database ? Do not show 'no information available' labels ? Reset the EPG database ?

Playback

Start playback minimized ? Continue last channel on startup ?. Defaults to 'No'. Switch channel without pressing OK ? Show signal quality ? Timeout when starting playback ?. Defaults to 15 seconds. Deplay channel switch ?. Defaults to 0 milliseconds.

Recording

Instant recording duration ?. Defaults to 180 minutes. Default recording priority ?. Defaults to 50. Default recording lifetime ?. Defaults to 99 days. Margin at starting of a recording ?. Defaults to 2 minutes. Margin at end of a recording ?. Defaults to 10 minutes. Display a notification on timer updates ?

Power saving

Enabled ? Backend idle time ?. Defaults to 15 minutes. Set wakeup command (cmd[timestamp]) ?. Defaults to '/usr/bin/setwakeup.sh'. Wakeup before recording ?. Defaults to 15 minutes. Daily wakeup ? Daily wakeup time (HH:MM:SS) ?

Parental control

Enabled ? Change PIN ? Unlock duration ?. Defaults to 300 seconds.

See also

• PVR