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== Channels ==
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== Settings ==
 
=== Preselect playing channel in lists ===
= PVR Clients =
 
 
== PVR client add-ons ==
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| style="font-weight: bold; min-width: 9em; white-space: nowrap;" | Settings level:
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| Standard
| width=120px | {{nowrap|'''Settings level:'''}}
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| Standard
| style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" | Description:
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| When enabled and there is a playing channel, the playing channel will be selected when opening a window or dialog containing a channel list.<br />If disabled, the channel previously selected in a window or dialog will be selected when opening a window containing a channel list.
| '''Description:'''
| Manage your PVR &amp; Live TV add-ons.<br>View a list of PVR &amp; Live TV add-ons available in the {{Kodi}} repository. Install and configure or disable from this location.
|}
|}


=== Synchronise channel groups with backend(s) ===
 
== Client specific settings ==
{|
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| Standard
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| Standard
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Description:
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| Imports channel groups from the backend (if supported) and will delete user-created groups if they're not found in the backend server.
| '''Description:'''
| When supported by the PVR backend server and the PVR add-on, some backend server settings will be accessible here.<br>Refer to the PVR backend for setting details.
|}
|}


=== Use channel order from backend(s) ===
{|
| style="font-weight: bold; min-width: 9em; white-space: nowrap;" | Settings level:
| Advanced
|-
| style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" | Description:
| When enabled, channels are sorted by the channel numbers used by the backend server.<br />When disabled, channels are sorted using {{Kodi}}'s own channel numbering.
|}


=== Allow backend channel numbers with more than one PVR add-on ===
{|
| style="font-weight: bold; min-width: 9em; white-space: nowrap;" | Settings level:
| Expert
|-
| style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" | Description:
| Allow using channel numbering from more than one backend. Note that the 'All channels' group can contain duplicates of the same channel number if this option is enabled. This means that 'Jump to <var>Ch. #</var>' may not work correctly for that group. This setting is only visible when multiple PVR backends are enabled.
|}


=== Use channel numbers from the backend ===
= Updates =
{|
| style="font-weight: bold; min-width: 9em; white-space: nowrap;" | Settings level:
| Advanced
|-
| style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" | Description:
| When enabled, {{Kodi}} will use the channel numbering from the backend.<br />When disabled, {{Kodi}} will assign numbering or you may use the Channel Manager to manually configure them.<br />To avoid conflict between PVR servers, this setting is available only when a single PVR backend is used.
|}


==== Start group channel numbers from … ====
{|
| style="font-weight: bold; min-width: 9em; white-space: nowrap;" | Settings level:
| Advanced
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Description:
| When the previous setting is disabled, {{Kodi}} can enumerate channel numbers sequentially and this setting specifies the initial integer value from which that numbering should start.
|}


=== Channel manager ===
== Clear data ==
{|
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| Standard
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| Standard
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Description:
|- valign="top"
| Opens the Channel Manager, which allows modifying the channel ordering, channel names, icons, etc.
| '''Description:'''
| Purge {{Kodi}}'s PVR database of guide and channel data, then re-import the data from the backend.<br />Useful for when data between the backend server and {{Kodi}} falls out of sync.
|}
|}


=== Group manager ===
{|
| style="font-weight: bold; min-width: 9em; white-space: nowrap;" | Settings level:
| Standard
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Description:
| Opens the Group Manager, which allows for the management of channel groups and their populations.
|}


=== Search for channels ===
{|
| style="font-weight: bold; min-width: 9em; white-space: nowrap;" | Settings level:
| Standard
|-
| style="font-weight: bold;" | Description:
| Instruct the backend to search for channels (if supported by the add-on and backend)
|}


=== Clear data ===
{|
| style="font-weight: bold; min-width: 9em; white-space: nowrap;" | Settings level:
| Standard
|-
| style="font-weight: bold; vertical-align: top;" | Description:
| Purge {{Kodi}}'s PVR database of guide and channel data, then re-import the data from the backend.<br />Useful for when data between the backend server and {{Kodi}} falls out of sync.
|}




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Latest revision as of 01:19, 18 January 2023

Home icon grey.png   ▶ Settings ▶ PVR & Live TV ▶ General



PVR Clients

PVR client add-ons

Settings level: Standard
Description: Manage your PVR & Live TV add-ons.
View a list of PVR & Live TV add-ons available in the Kodi repository. Install and configure or disable from this location.


Client specific settings

Settings level: Standard
Description: When supported by the PVR backend server and the PVR add-on, some backend server settings will be accessible here.
Refer to the PVR backend for setting details.


Updates

Clear data

Settings level: Standard
Description: Purge Kodi's PVR database of guide and channel data, then re-import the data from the backend.
Useful for when data between the backend server and Kodi falls out of sync.



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