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|provider-name=Manuel Mausz
|ID=pvr.dvbviewer
|latest-version=3.7.11
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|Summary=Kodi's frontend for DVBViewer
|Description=DVBViewer Media Server; supporting streaming of Live TV & Recordings, EPG, Timers.
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{{Add-on  
{{Add-on  
  |Name= DVBViewer Client
  |Name= DVBViewer PVR client
  |provider-name= jdembski, A600, Manuel Mausz, Portisch
  |provider-name= Manuel Mausz
  |Email=  
  |Email=  
  |Website= http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=140645
  |Website= http://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=219
  |Forum= http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=140645
  |Forum= http://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=219
  |ID= pvr.dvbviewer
  |ID= pvr.dvbviewer
  |latest-version= 1.9.11
  |latest-version= 3.6.8
  |extension point= xbmc.pvrclient
  |extension point= xbmc.pvrclient
  |provides=  
  |provides=  
  |Platform=  
  |Platform=  
  |Language= English
  |Language= English
  |License= GNU GPL Version 2
  |License= GNU GPL Version 2
  |Source= https://github.com/A600/xbmc-pvr-addons/tree/master/addons/pvr.dvbviewer
  |Source= https://github.com/manuelm/pvr.dvbviewer/tree/master
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  |icon url= https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr-addons/blob/master/addons/pvr.dvbviewer/addon/icon.png?raw=true
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  |Summary= DVBViewer Client
  |Summary= DVBViewer PVR client
  |Description= DVBViewer Client for [[PVR/Backend/DVBViewer|DVBViewer Recording Service]] which is a PVR backend software for Windoiws made by A.I.S., Ltd.
  |Description= DVBViewer PVR client for [[PVR/Backend/DVBViewer|DVBViewer Media Service]] supporting streaming of Live TV & Recordings, EPG, Timers.
}}
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= Overview =
= Overview =
DVBViewer Recording Service software is a [[PVR backend]] (TV tuner server) software made by A.I.S., Ltd. for Windows, and this [[DVBViewer Client]] asson is a DVBViewer PVR client addon for XBMC that uses that DVBViewer Recording Service software.
DVBViewer Client is a Kodi PVR add-on for the DVBViewer Media Service, supporting live and timeshifted TV playback (also for scrambled channels), recording playback, EPG, manual and EPG-based timers and timer rules.
 
For more information about DVBViewer Media Service, please see [[PVR/Backend/DVBViewer]].
 
==== DVBViewer Recording Service ====
Kodi Leia will be the last version supporting the older Recording Service. Users are encouraged to upgrade. New features like series timers, EDL support and storing recording play position and play count on the backend is only supported with the newer Media Server.
 
= Installing DVBViewer PVR backend software =
Please see [[PVR/Backend/DVBViewer]]
 
= Connecting Kodi to DVBViewer Media Service =
{|
|
{{PVR repo notice}}
|}
# Go to {{highlight|Settings -> Add-ons -> Enabled add-ons -> PVR Clients}} and select the DVBViewer Client add-on
# Select "Configure"
# By default, you should only need to fill in '''DVBViewer Media Service IP address'''.
 
= Settings =
== General ==
<section begin="Settings" />
[[File:PVR.DVBViewer_Client.settings.png|500px|right]]
{|
|
; DVBViewer Media Service IP address
: The hostname or IP address of the server where DVBViewer Media Service is installed and running. If on the same machine then 'localhost' or 127.0.0.1 can be used.
; Webinterface Port
: Port of Media Service Webinterface
; Username / Password
: Login credentials for the Media Service Webinterface
; Use Wake-on-LAN to wake up service
: Enable or disable Wake-on-LAN (WOL)
; MAC address
: MAC address of the device to wake up
|}
{{-}}
<section end="Settings" />


DVBViewer Recording Service frontend supports streaming of Live TV, Timers, Recordings, and EPG. For parsing the XML output from the RS webinterface it uses the xmlParser library developed by Frank Vanden Berghen (http://www.applied-mathematics.net/tools/xmlParser.html).  
== Live TV ==
<section begin="LiveTV" />
[[File:PVR.DVBViewer_Client.livetv.png|500px|right]]
{|
; Use favourites instead of channel list
: Display channels of favourites file instead of whole list. Small favourites list speeds up startup time.
; Use local favourites file
: Allows to specify a local favourites file. If disabled the remote (stored on the Media Service Host) will be used.
; Enable Timeshift
: Enable or disable timeshift support. Timeshift support can be enabled ''on playback'' or ''on (first) pause''.
; Timeshift buffer path
: The path to the timeshift buffer file. If you watch a channel for a long time you might run out of disk space (depends on your free space). Switching channel will truncate the file.
|
|}
{{-}}
<section end="LiveTV" />


==Source code==
== Recordings ==
The source code for this DVBViewer Client addon was originally based on the VU+ / Enigma2 Client written by Joerg Dembski (a.k.a. jdembski).
<section begin="Recordings" />
[[File:PVR.DVBViewer_Client.recordings.png|500px|right]]
{|
; Group Recordings
: Group by recording directory, recording date, first letter, tv channel or series
; Enable EDL support
: Enable or disable EDL support.
: The EDL file has to be named like the recording and placed next to it. The file extensions has to be ''.edl''. Only classic mplayer edl format is supported. That is multiple lines of ''[start time] [end time] [action]''. Frame or hour style format entries are not supported.
: Requires DMS 2.1.0.0 or later.
; Start time padding / Stop time padding
: User specific offset which gets added to the values of each EDL entry
|
|}
{{-}}
<section end="Recordings" />


* Upstream source code repository: https://github.com/A600/xbmc-pvr-addons/tree/master/addons/pvr.dvbviewer
== Advanced Settings ==
* Downstream source code repository: https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr-addons/tree/master/addons/pvr.dvbviewer
<section begin="Advanced" />
[[File:PVR.DVBViewer_Client.advanced.png|500px|right]]
{|
; Put outline (e.g. subtitles) before plot
: Some skins don't display the outline so some EPG information is hidden. Values are: ''Never'', ''In EPG only'', ''In recordings only'', ''Always''
; Enable low performance mode
: Disables loading of channel logos and recording thumbnails. Use on low performance devices such as the Raspberry Pi
; Enable transcoding
: If enabled, Media Service will encode the video stream on the fly to some other format. Setting specifies the container format and can be either ''TS'', ''WebM'' or ''FLV''.
; Custom Live TV timeout (0 to use default)
: Changes the timeout (''curlclienttimeout'') from Kodi's default for Live TV connections
; Stream read chunk size
: Changes the chunk size to use when reading streams (0 to use Kodi's default)
; Enable Transcoding
: Enable or disable Live TV transcoding. See below.
; Transcoding URL parameters
: URL parameters to be passed to the Media Service transcoding API. For example to specify the ffmpeg preset (e.g ''preset=medium 768 kbit&subs=1''). See [http://www.dvbviewer.tv/forum/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=41517 transcoding_params_en.txt] for all supported URL parameters.
|}
{{-}}
<section end="Advanced" />
 
= Support =
* [http://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=219 Support Forum]
* [https://github.com/manuelm/pvr.dvbviewer/issues Bugtracker]
* [https://raw.githubusercontent.com/manuelm/pvr.dvbviewer/master/pvr.dvbviewer/changelog.txt Full Changelog]
 
= Development =
Code for the client is available here: https://github.com/manuelm/pvr.dvbviewer/
 
Please submit bug reports here: https://github.com/manuelm/pvr.dvbviewer/issues


==See also==
==See also==
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==External Links==
==External Links==
* http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=140645
* http://www.dvbviewer.com
* http://www.dvbviewer.com
* http://en.dvbviewer.tv/wiki
* Bugtracker: https://github.com/manuelm/pvr.dvbviewer/issues
* Support: http://forum.kodi.tv/forumdisplay.php?fid=219
 
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Revision as of 02:03, 3 November 2019

DVBViewer Client
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Author: Manuel Mausz

Type: PVR
Repo: Kodi.tv repo v20
Kodi.tv repo v19

Summary: Kodi's frontend for DVBViewer
Home icon grey.png   ▶ Add-ons ▶ DVBViewer Client

DVBViewer Media Server; supporting streaming of Live TV & Recordings, EPG, Timers.

Installing

This add-on is installed from the Add-on browser located in Kodi as follows:

  1. Settings
  2. Add-ons
  3. Install from repository
  4. DVBViewer Client
  5. Install

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DVBViewer PVR client
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Author: Manuel Mausz
Website: link
Type: PVR
Repo: Kodi.tv repo v20
Kodi.tv repo v19

License: GNU GPL Version 2
Source: Source code
Summary: DVBViewer PVR client
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DVBViewer PVR client for DVBViewer Media Service supporting streaming of Live TV & Recordings, EPG, Timers.

Installing

This add-on is installed from the Add-on browser located in Kodi as follows:

  1. Settings
  2. Add-ons
  3. Install from repository
  4. DVBViewer Client
  5. Install

Overview

DVBViewer Client is a Kodi PVR add-on for the DVBViewer Media Service, supporting live and timeshifted TV playback (also for scrambled channels), recording playback, EPG, manual and EPG-based timers and timer rules.

For more information about DVBViewer Media Service, please see PVR/Backend/DVBViewer.

DVBViewer Recording Service

Kodi Leia will be the last version supporting the older Recording Service. Users are encouraged to upgrade. New features like series timers, EDL support and storing recording play position and play count on the backend is only supported with the newer Media Server.

Installing DVBViewer PVR backend software

Please see PVR/Backend/DVBViewer

Connecting Kodi to DVBViewer Media Service

Template:PVR repo notice

  1. Go to Settings -> Add-ons -> Enabled add-ons -> PVR Clients and select the DVBViewer Client add-on
  2. Select "Configure"
  3. By default, you should only need to fill in DVBViewer Media Service IP address.

Settings

General

PVR.DVBViewer Client.settings.png
DVBViewer Media Service IP address
The hostname or IP address of the server where DVBViewer Media Service is installed and running. If on the same machine then 'localhost' or 127.0.0.1 can be used.
Webinterface Port
Port of Media Service Webinterface
Username / Password
Login credentials for the Media Service Webinterface
Use Wake-on-LAN to wake up service
Enable or disable Wake-on-LAN (WOL)
MAC address
MAC address of the device to wake up



Live TV

PVR.DVBViewer Client.livetv.png
Use favourites instead of channel list
Display channels of favourites file instead of whole list. Small favourites list speeds up startup time.
Use local favourites file
Allows to specify a local favourites file. If disabled the remote (stored on the Media Service Host) will be used.
Enable Timeshift
Enable or disable timeshift support. Timeshift support can be enabled on playback or on (first) pause.
Timeshift buffer path
The path to the timeshift buffer file. If you watch a channel for a long time you might run out of disk space (depends on your free space). Switching channel will truncate the file.



Recordings

PVR.DVBViewer Client.recordings.png
Group Recordings
Group by recording directory, recording date, first letter, tv channel or series
Enable EDL support
Enable or disable EDL support.
The EDL file has to be named like the recording and placed next to it. The file extensions has to be .edl. Only classic mplayer edl format is supported. That is multiple lines of [start time] [end time] [action]. Frame or hour style format entries are not supported.
Requires DMS 2.1.0.0 or later.
Start time padding / Stop time padding
User specific offset which gets added to the values of each EDL entry



Advanced Settings

PVR.DVBViewer Client.advanced.png
Put outline (e.g. subtitles) before plot
Some skins don't display the outline so some EPG information is hidden. Values are: Never, In EPG only, In recordings only, Always
Enable low performance mode
Disables loading of channel logos and recording thumbnails. Use on low performance devices such as the Raspberry Pi
Enable transcoding
If enabled, Media Service will encode the video stream on the fly to some other format. Setting specifies the container format and can be either TS, WebM or FLV.
Custom Live TV timeout (0 to use default)
Changes the timeout (curlclienttimeout) from Kodi's default for Live TV connections
Stream read chunk size
Changes the chunk size to use when reading streams (0 to use Kodi's default)
Enable Transcoding
Enable or disable Live TV transcoding. See below.
Transcoding URL parameters
URL parameters to be passed to the Media Service transcoding API. For example to specify the ffmpeg preset (e.g preset=medium 768 kbit&subs=1). See transcoding_params_en.txt for all supported URL parameters.



Support

Development

Code for the client is available here: https://github.com/manuelm/pvr.dvbviewer/

Please submit bug reports here: https://github.com/manuelm/pvr.dvbviewer/issues

See also

External Links