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IvanPiacun

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#298563 28-Jun-2022 13:38
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PVR Live is a possible replacement for Vodafone TV for free to air channels using Google TV:

 

 

 

@GeekGuy told me that according to this web page https://ahaan.co.uk/article/top_stories/pvr-live-record-pause-live-tv-android-tv
".... Tivimate is still lacking features such as recording, PVR Live allows you to pause live TV and record any upcoming TV Shows and Movies from your IPTV Provider...."

 

 

 

This encouraged me to have a Play with PVR Live and I have been able to get it to pause live TV, and record future programs to an SMB share on a Windows 10 PC, from which it can be played, as follows:

 

 

 

Using Matt Huismans m3u8 file for NZ Raw TV as the play list.

 

 

 

What you need to to to do is share a folder, that is not a part of a cloud drive shuch as One Drive, in Windows 10 on a hard drive by right clicking on it and selecting properties, and sharing. You can share it to "everyone" by adding "everyone" as user and giving it Read/Write permission.

 

 

 

Then create a local user by right clicking on the Microsoft Icon in the lower left corner, selecting computer management, local Users, Users, right click in the users, and specify a new user with a user name and password and unticking user must change password at first logon. If you prefer you can share the folder to just this one user.

 

 

 

Then in PVRLive in Recording and Schedules under settings,DVR, DVR Location, specify the host name, with smb://hostname or smb://ipaddress, of the computer on which you have defined the user  and share the user name and password and the host name as the domain. Then navigate to the share at the host and select it, and click on done.

 

 

 

Also in Recording and schedules under Timeshift specify the same smb share location as Timeshift buffer location so as to provide support for pausing live TV and have the ability to fast forward.

 

 

 

If you are using the ip address of the computer it is best to reserve the address in DHCP on your router as a fixed IP address so that it does not change in the future.





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  #2935425 28-Jun-2022 16:18
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Still having a play around with PVR Live and have it installed on CCwGTV

 

Recording works with most tv channels (Aussie tv channels included) except for TV One (I always seem to get a "tuning error msg")

 

It would be nice to click on the epg program guide to record a program or series instead of going to the tv channel and then 3 clicks to get to record bit.

 

I like the multiview screens, I have had 4 tv channels running at the same time :)

 

I have the NZ and Aussie tv channels from MH running and find changing channels is much quicker then if I was using Kodi with MH setup to watch tv.

 

Its not perfect but I can live with it til something better turns up and now just have to train the other half on how to use it.




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  #2936027 29-Jun-2022 15:47
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Another option is installing a NextPVR server on your network, and using a client app on Android TV style device. It gives you a TV guide and the ability to record etc. 

 


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  #2936030 29-Jun-2022 15:58
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May be a solution - but too complicated to be a mass solution. Also would not get WAF - let alone my own.





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  #3080122 27-May-2023 19:31
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Live Channels which PVR Live uses is now deprecate but I have found a good. It is Sparkle TV App with Google TV and the Vodafone TV remote paired with the Googel TV. The advantage being that the replay of recorded programs works.

 

 

 


Were PVR Live can give an error on recording TV One and other replacement TiViMate gives a Parser Exception Error on playback of recordings over SMB from a Windows 10 PC or from a local drive, once configured Sparkle TV just works as long as the DVR recording folder, and the time shift record folder, are not shared between different Google TVs.

 

 

 

You also may need to uninstall other DVR Apps such as TiViMate and PVR Live to avoid unknow tuner errors. If you do get such an error, in Sparkle TV, disabling DVR location, deleting contents of the DVR location and reenabling the location plus a possible reboot fixes it. I was able to solve this due to much better error messages from Sparkle TV.





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