Kodi Add-on

New release v2019.09.26.0123

  • NEW: Add-on setting to connect to fixed IP address for DVR
  • FIXED: Crashes when DVR was not found
  • FIXED: Older guide data would not load
  • FIXED: Discovery was slow on Windows
  • FIXED: Auto commercial skip was not working on Windows

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Well, I moved my DVR install to another computer...still no joy.

I installed add-on on another Win10 64bit computer with Kodi...worked fine...same hardware.

Uploaded my Kodi log file to the address provided.

I then noticed the new build with manual server IP address...updated, input the correct IP...and bam...it's working. I haven't had time to test much, but initial testing looks good.

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When playing a recording, Kodi crashes when entering a commercial. I have turned off auto skip commercials, in the add-on settings, but still experience the crashes...but not at every commercial break.

I still have it turned on in the web UI.

I know there are bugs to work out, but you guys have done a terrific job, in a very short time. I still have a week left on my trial, but I think you may convinced me to stay.

I have 4 Win10 PCs hooked to TVs, in my house, all using Flirc with a programmed remote...all running Kodi with nextPVR backend...but I have to use a couple of Primes with my setup, because nextPVR doesn't do TVE. Knowing I am getting rid of cable in 2 weeks, this is a great option to work with ETV on Kodi on Win10. I know you have apps for other devices, but the web UI on the PC is not comparable to them.

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Hm strange. Which version of Kodi?

Stable 18.4

Was the crash on TVE or HDHR recordings?

That one was from TVE.

Wow! I tuned out for a few days while on vacation, and look what happens! You guys are awesome!

I installed this on a Windows laptop, and the only issue I encountered is that I needed to restart Kodi before it would start communicating with the DVR server. That might be because I turned Bonjour off while I was setting up a second Channels server instance, so I needed to manually specify the server address.

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I tried the 64 bit Android version on my 4k Fire TV stick. No go. Same with the Xbox One. Do you have any infor on either one of those?

FireTV 4k you need to use ARM version.

Yea FireTV is a 32-bit OS.

For Xbox it seems you cannot install PVR add-ons via zip file and only the ones bundled with kodi though the app will work due to sandbox restrictions.

Thanks, that worked!

Great timing as was looking for a decent player on my Surface Pro!
Looking good with Estouchy as the touchscreen skin.

Sorry if I’ve missed anything but the context menus don’t seem to do anything yet - doesn’t delete recordings and can’t set recordings. The latter says ‘Timer creation failed. The PVR add-on does not support a suitable timer type’ from the guide. I’m assuming that is asking Channels to record rather than Kodi locally :thinking:

Does anyone know a better touchscreen skin for Channels, please?

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Kudos so far on the add-on. Are you thinking of adding a live TV buffer?

Kind of funny...a couple of weeks ago, when I told my son we were gonna be switching from Spectrum (with which I use my HDHR Primes) to PS Vue, in a week or so, his first question was "can it be set up on Kodi, like I have now?". In his room is a TV, with a Win10 computer attached for dual functionality. I have Kodi on it and he just uses his remote. I told him it would not be possible and he got bummed, because he was gonna have to use his mouse to switch channels (man, we have raised an entitled generation). Flash forward a week and before we even make the switch, it is possible. Thanks guys.

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New release v2019.10.02.0042

  • NEW: Support for time-shifting live TV
  • IMPROVED: Recordings can be deleted

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Cannot watch livetv on Shield with this release.

2019-10-01 18:13:00.615 T:16117 NOTICE: CAESinkAUDIOTRACK::Initializing with: m_sampleRate: 44100 format: AE_FMT_FLOAT (AE) method: PCM stream-type: PCM-STREAM min_buffer_size: 22688 m_frames: 1418 m_frameSize: 8 channels: 2
2019-10-01 18:13:16.474 T:16107 NOTICE: VideoPlayer::OpenFile: pvr://channels/tv/All channels/pvr.channelsdvr_755.pvr
2019-10-01 18:13:16.475 T:16264 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
2019-10-01 18:13:16.968 T:16264 NOTICE: AddOnLog: Channels DVR Client: Error starting live stream for ch755: open /data/local/tmp/channelsdvr-buffer465616811: permission denied
2019-10-01 18:13:16.969 T:16264 ERROR: CVideoPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [pvr://channels/tv/All channels/pvr.channelsdvr_755.pvr]
2019-10-01 18:13:16.969 T:16264 NOTICE: CVideoPlayer::OnExit()
2019-10-01 18:13:16.991 T:16107 NOTICE: CVideoPlayer::CloseFile()
2019-10-01 18:13:16.993 T:16107 NOTICE: VideoPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
2019-10-01 18:13:16.993 T:16107 NOTICE: VideoPlayer: finished waiting

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Same here. Live TV not working on Nvidia Shield.
My Shield was updated today to 8.0.1 (32.5.205.75).

No live TV on Amazon Fire TV 4K stick either.

You are good, my friend.

New release v2019.10.02.2024

  • FIXED: Live TV not working on Android

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