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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
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Which version of XBMC includes PVR support?
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- The first official XBMC release to support PVR will be XBMC v12 Frodo
- If you cannot wait until the XBMC Frodo is released, you may use (unstable) nightly or monthly builds of XBMC
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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 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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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
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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.
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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
- 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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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.
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Do all XBMC skins support PVR?
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- The default confluence skin of XBMC supports all PVR functions available
- [All skins in the official XBMC Frodo add-on repo will support all PVR functions]
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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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