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Revision as of 20:01, 31 March 2014

PVR/Contents

DVBViewer Client
https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr-addons/blob/master/addons/pvr.dvbviewer/addon/icon.png?raw=true

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Author: jdembski, A600, Manuel Mausz, Portisch
Website: link
Type: PVR
Repo: Kodi.tv repo v20
Kodi.tv repo v19

License: GNU GPL Version 2
Source: Source code
Summary: DVBViewer Client
Home icon grey.png   ▶ Add-ons ▶ DVBViewer Client
Attention talk.png Need help with this add-on? See here.

DVBViewer Client for DVBViewer Recording Service supporting streaming of LiveTV, Timers, Recordings, EPG and timeshift.

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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Overview

DVBViewer Client is a XBMC PVR client addon for DVBViewer Recording Service. It supports LiveTV, Timers, Recordings, EPG and timeshift.

For more information about DVBViewer and it's Recording Service please see PVR/Backend/DVBViewer.

Installing DVBViewer PVR backend software

Please see PVR/Backend/DVBViewer

Connecting XBMC to DVBViewer Recording Service

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  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 Recording Service IP address.


PVR.DVBViewer Client.settings.png
DVBViewer Recording Service IP address
The hostname or IP address of the server where DVBViewer Recording Service is installed and running. If on the same machine then 'localhost' or 127.0.0.1 can be used.
Webinterface Port
Username / Password
Use favourites instead of channel list
Use local favourites file



Advanced Settings

PVR.DVBViewer Client.advanced.png
Enable Timeshift
Enable or disable timeshift support. This might increase channel switching time.
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.
Use RTSP streaming for live TV
Use RTSP instead of MPEG transport stream for live TV. At present this disables support for timeshift.
Enable low performance mode
Disables loading for channel logos and recording thumbnails. Use on low performance devices such as the Raspberry PI



Development

Code for the client is available here: https://github.com/manuelm/xbmc-pvr-addons/

Please submit bug reports here: https://github.com/manuelm/xbmc-pvr-addons/issues

Development snapshots and information about ongoing development can be found here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=140645&pid=1363784#pid1363784

Support

Support Forum: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=140645

See also

External Links