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== Supported Backends ==
== Supported Backends ==
If you want to use a PVR addon with XBMC, there are a few prerequisites. First, you need a TV tuner or IPTV source, and a working backend to connect to XBMC. Below is a list of currently supported backends. The source for these addons can generally be found in the [https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr-addons XBMC PVR Addons Repo] (with some exceptions, as noted in the individual add-ons, below).
If you want to use a PVR addon with XBMC, there are a few prerequisites. First, you need a TV tuner or IPTV source, and a working backend to connect to XBMC. Below is a list of currently supported backends. The source for these addons can generally be found in the [https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc-pvr-addons XBMC PVR Addons Repo] (with some exceptions, as noted in the individual add-ons, below).
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: left;
;[[PVR/Tvheadened|HTS Tvheadend]]
!  align="left"| Name
* Backend OS: Linux
! Backend OS
* Homepage: [http://www.lonelycoder.com/hts/tvheadend_overview.html lonelycoder.com]
! Addon OS
* Addon maintainer: dushmaniac
! Homepage
* Forum support topic: [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=91716 XBMC forum]
! Addon Maintainers
* Backend Installation: https://www.lonelycoder.com/redmine/projects/tvheadend/wiki
! Addon Support
 
! Backend Installation
;[[PVR/VDR|VDR]]
! scope="col" width="15%" | Notes
* Backend OS: Linux
|-
* Homepage: [http://www.tvdr.de/ tvdr.de]
|[[PVR/Tvheadened|HTS Tvheadend]]
* Addon maintainer: FernetMenta
|Linux
* Addon Forum support topic: [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=45314 XBMC forum]
|
* Backend Installation: http://linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/VDR_installation
|[http://www.lonelycoder.com/hts/tvheadend_overview.html lonelycoder.com]
 
|dushmaniac
;[[PVR/MythTV|MythTV]]
|[http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=91716 XBMC Forum]
* Backend OS: Linux
|[https://www.lonelycoder.com/redmine/projects/tvheadend/wiki lonelycoder wiki]
* Homepage: [http://www.mythtv.org/ mythtv.org]
|-
* Addon maintainers: fetzerch, janbar, tsp, dteirney
|[[PVR/VDR|VDR]]
* Addon Forum support topic: [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=110694 XBMC forum]
|Linux
* Backend Installation: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Packages
|
* Note that the MythTV add-on is not yet merged into the main XBMC PVR Addons Repo, but the code is available in fetzerch's branch: https://github.com/fetzerch/xbmc-pvr-addons
|[http://www.tvdr.de/ tvdr.de]
 
|FernetMenta
;[[Add-on:MediaPortal_PVR_Client|MediaPortal]]
|[http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=45314 XBMC Forum]
* Backend OS: Windows
|[http://linuxtv.org/vdrwiki/index.php/VDR_installation linuxtv.org]
* PVR addon OS: Windows, Linux, iOS
|-
* Homepage: [http://www.team-mediaportal.com/ team-mediaportal.com]
|[[PVR/MythTV|MythTV]]
* Addon maintainer: margro
|Linux
* Addon Forum support topic: [http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=65488 MediaPortal Python plugin/PVR addon]
|
* Backend Installation: http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/12_Installation
|[http://www.mythtv.org/ mythtv.org]
* Backend XBMC Plugin (Required): http://www.scintilla.utwente.nl/~marcelg/xbmc/tvserverxbmc.html
|fetzerch, janbar, tsp, dteirney
 
|[http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=110694 XBMC Forum]
;[[PVR/For The Record|For The Record]]
|[http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Packages mythtv.org]
* Backend OS: Windows
|MythTV add-on not yet merged into XBMC PVR Addons Repo, but is available in [https://github.com/fetzerch/xbmc-pvr-addons fetzerch's branch ]
* PVR addon OS: Windows, Linux, OS X, iOS
|-
* Homepage: [http://www.4therecord.eu/ 4therecord.eu]
|[[Add-on:MediaPortal_PVR_Client|MediaPortal]]
* Addon maintainers: margro, red-f
|Windows
* Addon Forum support topic: [http://www.4therecord.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=2425 ForTheRecord forum]
|Windows, Linux, iOS
* Backend Installation: http://www.4therecord.eu/wiki/index.php?title=English_Installation_Guide
|[http://www.team-mediaportal.com/ team-mediaportal.com]
 
|margro
;[[DVBLink|DVBLink TV Server]]
|[http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=65488 XBMC Forum]
* Backend OS: Windows
|[http://wiki.team-mediaportal.com/1_MEDIAPORTAL_1/12_Installation mediaportal wiki]
* PVR addon OS: Windows
|[http://www.scintilla.utwente.nl/~marcelg/xbmc/tvserverxbmc.html Backend XBMC Plugin] (Required)
* Addon maintainers: zeroniak
|-
* Addon Forum support topic: [http://www.dvblogic.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=19703 DVBLink forum]
|[[PVR/For The Record|For The Record]]
* Backend Installation: http://dvblogic.com/phpBB3/index.php
|Windows
 
|Windows,
;[[PVR/VUPlus|VU+ / Enigma2]]
Linux,
* Backend OS: Linux (Enigma2)
OSX,
* PVR addon OS: Windows, Linux, OSX, iOS
iOS
* Addon maintainers: jdembski
|[http://www.4therecord.eu/ 4therecord.eu]
* Addon Forum support topic: [http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=167 PVR Support forum]
|margro, red-f
 
|[http://www.4therecord.eu/forum/viewtopic.php?f=41&t=2425 ForTheRecord forum]
;[[PVR/NextPVR|NextPVR]]
|[http://www.4therecord.eu/wiki/index.php?title=English_Installation_Guide 4therecord.eu wiki]
* Backend OS: Windows
|-
* PVR addon OS: Windows, Linux
|[[DVBLink|DVBLink TV Server]]
* Addon maintainer: sub3
|Windows
* Addon Forum support topic:    [http://forums.gbpvr.com/forumdisplay.php?54-XBMC NextPVR XBMC Forum]
|Windows
* Homepage: [http://www.nextpvr.com/ nextpvr.com]
|[http://dvblogic.com/phpBB3/index.php dvblogic.com]
|zeroniak
|[http://www.dvblogic.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=61&t=19703 DVBLink forum]
|[http://dvblogic.com/phpBB3/index.php dvblogic.com]
|
|-
|[[PVR/VUPlus|VU+ / Enigma2]]
|Linux (Enigma2)
|Windows, Linux, OSX, iOS
|
|jdembski
|[http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=167 PVR Support forum]
|
|
|-
|[[PVR/NextPVR|NextPVR]]
|Windows
|Windows, Linux
|
|sub3
|[http://forums.gbpvr.com/forumdisplay.php?54-XBMC NextPVR XBMC Forum]
|[http://www.nextpvr.com/ nextpvr.com]
|
|}


==PVR FAQ==
==PVR FAQ==

Revision as of 22:31, 17 October 2012

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As of v12 (Frodo), XBMC supports Personal Video Recorder (PVR) controls and features when paired with a PVR "backend". This allows you to watch live TV, listen to radio, view an EPG, schedule recordings and enables many other TV related features.

A PVR backend is a second process/application that performs the task of tuning and recording over-the-air and cable television programming, as well as radio. The PVR backend 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 needed. When paired with a backend, XBMC handles the interface, or frontend, allowing the user to watch live TV, scheduled recordings, time shift (not yet supported), etc.

Due to the somewhat complicated nature of setting up PVR for XBMC, this guide was created to help users from start to finish. At least until Frodo is officially released, this guide should be considered a work in progress with potentially large gaps.

Supported Backends

If you want to use a PVR addon with XBMC, there are a few prerequisites. First, you need a TV tuner or IPTV source, and a working backend to connect to XBMC. Below is a list of currently supported backends. The source for these addons can generally be found in the XBMC PVR Addons Repo (with some exceptions, as noted in the individual add-ons, below).

Name Backend OS Addon OS Homepage Addon Maintainers Addon Support Backend Installation Notes
HTS Tvheadend Linux lonelycoder.com dushmaniac XBMC Forum lonelycoder wiki
VDR Linux tvdr.de FernetMenta XBMC Forum linuxtv.org
MythTV Linux mythtv.org fetzerch, janbar, tsp, dteirney XBMC Forum mythtv.org MythTV add-on not yet merged into XBMC PVR Addons Repo, but is available in fetzerch's branch
MediaPortal Windows Windows, Linux, iOS team-mediaportal.com margro XBMC Forum mediaportal wiki Backend XBMC Plugin (Required)
For The Record Windows Windows,

Linux, OSX, iOS

4therecord.eu margro, red-f ForTheRecord forum 4therecord.eu wiki
DVBLink TV Server Windows Windows dvblogic.com zeroniak DVBLink forum dvblogic.com
VU+ / Enigma2 Linux (Enigma2) Windows, Linux, OSX, iOS jdembski PVR Support forum
NextPVR Windows Windows, Linux sub3 NextPVR XBMC Forum nextpvr.com

PVR FAQ

See: PVR/FAQ

Testing

Testing PVR before Frodo final (this section won't be needed in the final version, more or less)

See: PVR/Testing

Configure XBMC

See: PVR/XBMC

Using PVR/Live TV

See: PVR/Usage
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