Just tried on my Nvidia Shield, and I have the same behavior.
Maybe this one will work better on Windows x64?
http://channels-kodi.s3.amazonaws.com/2021.09.24.0117/pvr.channelsdvr-windows-x86_64.zip
This is now the last error in the Kodi Logs:
2021-09-24 08:47:17.139 T:33016 ERROR <general>: CCurlFile::Exists - Failed: Couldn't resolve host name(6) for http://folder.jpg/
You can record. But can you pause Live TV within the NextPVR client on Kodi?
What is the channels m3u and xmltv? Thanks.
edit...nvm I found it.
If it is being recorded, then you can pause live tv. Otherwise no.
I am not currently using NextPVR, but if you set the add-on to time shifting mode, I would think you should be able to pause live TV as well.
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Thanks! Time shift should be default setting but it is now working.
Why did you stop using NextPVR?
My only issues now are some sources I can't get the guide xml's to work, and NextPVR doesn't distinguish between TV and Movies so I must manually move Movies to a different folder.
Pluto and Stirr with docker are working perfect, along with every US PBS station. I can't seem to get Spectrum-TVE working correctly. Not every channel shows up and I can't get guide data to work.
I may go back to it at some time, but while it made certain things easy (IE: using Kodi to manage recordings), the implementation sometimes was not complete, so if I created a rule in Kodi, but then wanted to edit it from the NextPVR console, it would break things (or could, depending on how the subscription was set up).
Ultimately, that meant I was forced to do everything through Kodi, which I didn't like.
With that said, I think they had the best Kodi integration of all the PVRs that I have tried.
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I also use Plex server with the PlexKodiConnect add-on. Have you tried that combo? It may give you a bit more flexibility.
Ultimately, were you able to get all your sources and guide data working? I have only messed with this a few hours and if I know of any real roadblocks, it will save me some wasted time. Thanks again.
I use Emby as a back end. So, in my case, I use Channels to record live TV, which auto imports into Emby, and Kodi as a front end. I have various scripts that run to automate things, such as moving recorded TV to my TV Shows library after I watch it (and transcode it in the process), creating EDL files (which Kodi honors since I am direct playing the stream), extracting Closed Captions to srt files (for some reason I find that CC support in Kodi is hit and miss), etc.
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These are the four xml links that I can't seem to get to work in NextPVR. The Hulu m3u (http://"my ip":8089/devices/TVE-Hulu/channels.m3u) seems to be detecting all my channels that are not disabled in Channels DVR.
http://"my ip":8089/devices/ANY/guide
http://"my ip":8089/devices/ANY/guide.xml
http://"my ip":8089/devices/TVE-Hulu/guide
http://"my ip":8089/devices/TVE-Hulu/guide.xml
Any help is appreciated!
The endpoint is /devices/ANY/guide/xmltv. Or, if you just want a particular source, substitute its DeviceID/internal name for ANY.
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That was it! Thanks mucho.
@muzicman0 do you know if it is possible to have the Kodi NextPVR add-on, show recordings made through Channels DVR. Or do only recordings made with the NextPVR add-on show up under recordings (in the add-on).
I am trying to get the NextPVR add-on, to time shift a recording I had set in Channels as a series pass.
I can play the recording in Kodi with the PlexKodiConnect add-on, but since it is still being recorded, I don't get any time shifting features. Thanks again.
I never used Channels and NextPVR together, but I can't think of a way to do it. You may be able to use Watchdog (Kodi Add-on) to import the recordings into Kodi directly, but my guess is that it won't be seamless (and it won't show up in the Recordings section).
Thanks. I think that add-on will be about the same as PlexKodiConnect meaning no pvr timeshift functions.
I just noticed you can set up media watch folders, that might work. Will try later this afternoon.
My Kodi add-on comparison's as a PVR client.
NextPVR doesn't do the guide data as well as Channels DVR does, and doesn't seamlessly work with Channels DVR recordings.
Channels DVR add-on doesn't skip forward in time shift mode, and as of now (beta), you can't record shows or set timers.
If you could combine the best features of both add-on's into one Kodi PVR client, it would be near perfection. As individual clients, neither are ready for prime time as a Channels client.
For now I am going back to using the Channels web interface to set recordings and to play live time shifted TV shows, and use Kodi with the PlexKodiConnect add-on, to play all recordings that aren't live.
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I tried this one on a Windows PC and it works. Is it still crashing on Windows for others?
https://channels-kodi.s3.amazonaws.com/2021.09.27.2125/pvr.channelsdvr-windows-x86_64.zip