Add-on:VBox TV Gateway PVR Client

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VBox TV Gateway PVR Client
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See this add-on on the kodi.tv showcase

Author: Sam Stenvall
Website: link
Type: PVR
Repo: Kodi.tv repo v21
Kodi.tv repo v20
Kodi.tv repo v19

Summary: Watch live and recorded TV programs, browse the program guide and schedule recordings from your VBox TV Gateway devices
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VBox TV Gateway is the simplest way to bring live TV with PVR functionality to Kodi, the VBox PVR addon is compatible with any VBox Home TV Gateway, it automatically collects available channels, Program guide (EPG) and let you schedule recordings. The add on also supports Time Shift to pause and rewind live TV, remote access to watch live TV when you're on the road and external EPG sources.

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. Video Add-ons
  5. VBox TV Gateway PVR Client
  6. Install

VBox TV Gateway PVR Client, is a PVR Client Addon to connect VBox TV Gateway, VHome TV Gateway, and V@Home TV Gateway devices to Kodi.

Overview

This is a PVR addon for interfacing with VBox Communication's "XTi" based TV Gateways, which are network television tuners. It supports all the basic functionality you would expect, such as watching, recording and timeshifting. Additionally, it supports augmenting the over-the-air guide data with external XMLTV data.

Settings

This Addon is compatible with Kodi v15 (until the official release of Kodi v15, please download the latest nightly - Download Kodi 15)

The VBox TV Gateway PVR Addon comes preloaded with Kodi v15

  1. Go to System -> Settings -> Add-ons -> My add-ons -> PVR Clients and select the VBox TV Gateway PVR add-on
  2. Select Configure
  3. In Connection tab enter VBox TV Gateway IP address
  4. In EPG leave unchecked if you would like to retrieve the EPG grabbed by the VBox TV Gateway from the EIT DVB stream. Or enter a local XMLTV file or URL for external EPG sources
  5. In Timeshift tab enable if you would like to pause and rewind a live TV channel.
  6. Press OK to save the settings

After enabling and configuring the VBox TV Gateway PVR addon

  1. Go to System -> Settings -> TV -> General and press Enabled


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QuickStart guide

Keyboard shortcuts

  1. Number - press the channel number to jump to a channel
  2. "+-" - Volume - Use the "+" and "-" buttons to change volume
  3. "e" - Full EPG - Load the Full EPG screen
  4. "c" - Channel list window
  5. "b" - Timer list
  6. "i" - Channel info
  7. "r" - Rewind - When timeshift is enabled
  8. "f" - Fast forward
  9. "o" - PVR Stream information
  10. "h" - TV Channel preview mode
  11. "j" - Radio channel preview mode
  12. "k" - TV Recordings
  13. "a" - Audio offset
  14. "'" - Seeking
  15. "<" - Seek backward
  16. ">" - Seek forward
  17. "z" - Stream information
  18. "x" - Exit
  19. "v" - teletext
  20. "m" - Live TV control bar
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See also

External Links