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{{FAQ|1= PVR?
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| Question= What is PVR?
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* PVR (Personal video recorder) allows you to watch live TV, listen to radio, view an EPG, schedule recordings and enables many other TV related features  
* PVR (Personal video recorder) allows you to watch live TV, listen to radio, view an EPG, schedule recordings and enables many other TV related features.
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{{FAQ|2= Which XBMC version?
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| Question=Which version of XBMC includes PVR support?
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* The first official XBMC release to support PVR will be XBMC v12 [[Frodo FAQ|Frodo]]
* If you cannot wait until the XBMC Frodo is released, you may use (unstable) [[Development builds#Nightly build|nightly]] or [[Development builds#Monthly build|monthly]] builds of XBMC
* Earlier development versions of XBMC with PVR support can be found on GitHub: [[Eden]]+PVR (11.0): https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc/tree/Eden-pvr and [[Dharma]]+PVR (10.0): https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc/tree/Dharma
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{{FAQ|3= PVR Backend?
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| Question= What is a PVR Backend and why do I need it?
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* A PVR Backend is a TV streaming server which can support various input sources including DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T, ATSC, IPTV, and Analog video.
* A PVR Backend is the actual software that interfaces with your tuner hardware and handles the recording. XBMC simply acts as a graphical interface to this software, allowing you to access it from within XBMC.
* A PVR backend is a second process/application that can either run on the same machine running XBMC, on a stand-alone device (able to feed several XBMC machines), or completely by itself with XBMC only running when neede
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{{FAQ|4= Hardware?
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* XBMC itself does not support any specific PVR Hardware, it only outputs and interacts with TV streaming server i.e. PVR Backend
* XBMC itself does not support any specific PVR Hardware, it only outputs and interacts with TV streaming server i.e. PVR Backend.
* Each PVR Backend has different hardware and operating system requirements. Please visit the webpages of the individual PVR Backends for more information
* 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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{{FAQ|5= Addons?
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{{FAQ|6= DownloadAddons?
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| Question= Do I need to separately download PVR add-ons or do they come bundled with XBMC?
| Question= Do I need to separately download PVR add-ons or do they come bundled with XBMC?
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* As of 2 October 2012, only the OSX nightly builds/alphas of XBMC bundles certain PVR add-ons. All other add-ons need to be downloaded separately
* Official XBMC.org versions of XBMC for Android, iOS, Mac OS X, and Windows, come with PVR add-ons already included with XBMC. Linux users will need to install PVR add-ons using the instructions for their specific PVR backend. See '''[[PVR backend]]'''.
* Note that PVR add-ons are platform specific i.e. you need the correct version of the add-on for your operating system
* A forum user offers pre-compiled PVR add-ons for download at: http://www.dotnetdevelopers.net/XBMC/xbmcpvr.html
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| Question= This does not seem straightforward: Backends, Hardware, Add-ons. What is the recommended setup to get PVR working?
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* Currently there is no recommended setup. Until more development and testing has been done on PVR in XBMC, it will be difficult to say what setups are better or worse.
* This link to [[xbmc pvr example setups]] may be used to get a better idea
 
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{{FAQ|8= Skins?
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| Question= Do all XBMC skins support PVR?
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* The default confluence skin of XBMC supports all PVR functions available
* Not all skins have PVR support. The default XBMC skin, [[Confluence]], contains full PVR support.
* [All skins in the official XBMC Frodo add-on repo will support all PVR functions]
 
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{{FAQ|8= Previous Live TV Support?
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| Question= Previous versions of XBMC already supported [[MythTV]], [[HDHomeRun]], [[Slingbox]] for live TV viewing, how is Frodo's PVR support different?
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* EPG support, wider range of hardrware support by supporting multiple PVR backends via add-ons etc.
 
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Revision as of 00:40, 28 January 2014

Frequently Asked Questions for XBMC and PVR related.PVR/Contents


What is PVR?
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  • PVR (Personal video recorder) allows you to watch live TV, listen to radio, view an EPG, schedule recordings and enables many other TV related features.

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. XBMC simply acts as a graphical interface to this software, allowing you to access it from within XBMC.

What PVR Hardware/TV Cards does XBMC support?
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  • XBMC itself does not support any specific PVR Hardware, it only outputs and interacts with TV streaming server i.e. PVR Backend.
  • Each PVR Backend has different hardware and operating system requirements. Please visit the webpages of the individual PVR Backends for more information.

What are PVR add-ons and why do I need them?
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  • XBMC relies on add-ons to interact with each individual PVR Backends. Hence you need to ensure that XBMC has the appropriate add-on for the PVR backend you are using installed.

Do I need to separately download PVR add-ons or do they come bundled with XBMC?
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  • Official XBMC.org versions of XBMC for Android, iOS, Mac OS X, and Windows, come with PVR add-ons already included with XBMC. Linux users will need to install PVR add-ons using the instructions for their specific PVR backend. See PVR backend.

{{FAQ|1= Skins

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  • Not all skins have PVR support. The default XBMC skin, Confluence, contains full PVR support.
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