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 Imports channel groups from the backend (if supported by the add-on and backend). Will delete user created groups if they're not found on the backends. Always use the channel order from the backend(s) Sorts the channels by channel number on the server, but uses XBMC's own numbering for channels. Use backend channels numbers (only works with 1 enabled PVR add-on) Use numbering from the backend, instead of configuring them manually over XBMC. Channel manager Opens the channel manager, which allows modifying the channel order, channel name, icon, etc. Search for channels Instruct the backend to search for channels (if supported by the add-on and backend) Reset the PVR database Delete channel/epg database and reimport the data from backend afterwards Do not show 'connection lost' warnings Hide the warning if xbmc lost the connection to the backend (for example: if the backend service died)

Menu/OSD

Show channel information when switching channels shows information about the current programm on this channel Automatically hide channel information Automatically hide the channel information that is displayed when switching to another channel in full screen mode Close channel OSD after switching channels Automatically close the channel OSD after selecting a channel in that OSD. Channel information duration Time that the information dialog is displayed when switching channels. Defaults to 5 seconds. Default folder for PVR thumbnails Location where the tv logos ( http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=86047 ) are stored Scan for missing icons looked for missing icons and linked icons to channels, so they appear in the "Live TV" channel section

EPG

Default EPG window Default EPG window to show. Defaults to Timeline. Days to display in the EPG Number of days of EPG data to import from backends. Defaults to 2 days. EPG update interval Time between EPG data imports from backends. Defaults to 120 minutes. Prevent EPG updates while playing a TV stream Do not import EPG data while playing TV, to minimise CPU usage. Do not store the EPG in the database EPG data is stored in a local database by default, to speed up EPG importing when XBMC is restarted. Enabling this option will prevent that. Do not show 'no information available' labels Hides "no information available" labels when no EPG data could be retrieved for a channel. Reset the EPG database Delete the EPG database in xbmc and reimport the data afterwards from the backend

Playback

Start playback minimized display stream of selected channel in a small box instead of fullscreen (Defaults: yes) Continue last channel on startup Shows the last seen channel if switchtig to live tv (Defaults: 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