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| Question= What is a PVR Backend and why do I need it? | | Question= What is a PVR Backend and why do I need it? | ||
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* A PVR Backend is the actual software that interfaces with your tuner hardware and handles the recording. Kodi simply acts as a graphical interface to this software, allowing you to access it from within | * A PVR Backend is the actual software that interfaces with your tuner hardware and handles the recording. Kodi simply acts as a graphical interface to this software, allowing you to access it from within Kodi. | ||
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| Question= What PVR Hardware/TV Cards does Kodi support? | | Question= What PVR Hardware/TV Cards does Kodi support? | ||
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* Kodi itself does not support any specific PVR Hardware | * Kodi itself does not support any specific PVR Hardware; it only outputs and interacts with TV streaming servers, i.e. PVR backends. | ||
* Each PVR | * Each PVR backend has different hardware and operating system requirements. Please visit the webpages of the individual PVR backends for more information. | ||
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| Question= What are PVR add-ons and why do I need them? | | Question= What are PVR add-ons and why do I need them? | ||
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* Kodi relies on add-ons to interact with each individual PVR | * Kodi relies on add-ons to interact with each individual PVR backend. Hence you need to ensure that Kodi has the appropriate add-on installed for the PVR backend that you are using. | ||
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| Question= Do I need to separately download PVR add-ons or do they come bundled with | | Question= Do I need to separately download PVR add-ons or do they come bundled with Kodi? | ||
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* Official | * Official Kodi.tv versions of Kodi for Android, iOS, Mac OS X and Windows all come with PVR add-ons already included with Kodi. Linux users will need to install PVR add-ons using the instructions for their specific PVR backend. See '''[[PVR backend]]'''. | ||
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| Question= Do all Kodi skins support PVR? | | Question= Do all Kodi skins support PVR? | ||
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* Not all skins have PVR support. | * Not all skins have PVR support. [[Confluence]] (default Kodi skin from v9.11 to v16) and Estuary (default skin in Kodi v17) both contain full PVR support. | ||
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