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TV Tuner directly on Raspberry - Leonidas25 - 2016-09-16
Can I connect a tv tuner (like usb tv tuners and such) directly on to my Raspberry running Kodi and then with an addon watch live TV ?
I am just asking for this specific solution. I already know that I can use Tvheadend as a backend or PVR simple for that.
I just want to learn if connecting a tv tunner is feasible.
RE: TV Tuner directly on Raspberry - nickr - 2016-09-16
Yes but you will still need to use a backend.
RE: TV Tuner directly on Raspberry - Leonidas25 - 2016-09-16
(2016-09-16, 02:09)nickr Wrote: Yes but you will still need to use a backend.
Why is that ?
RE: TV Tuner directly on Raspberry - nickr - 2016-09-16
Because kodi doesn't have support for PVR without a backend (with the exception of IPTV-Simple, but that doesn't record, so isn't really PVR - R=Recorder)
Just to be clear here, the backend can be on the same machine. LibreELEC has backends for VDR and TVHeadend in their kodi addon repo. I imagine you can also install them on OSMC given that it has access to the debian repos.
RE: TV Tuner directly on Raspberry - Leonidas25 - 2016-09-16
(2016-09-16, 08:45)nickr Wrote: Because kodi doesn't have support for PVR without a backend (with the exception of IPTV-Simple, but that doesn't record, so isn't really PVR - R=Recorder)
Just to be clear here, the backend can be on the same machine. LibreELEC has backends for VDR and TVHeadend in their kodi addon repo. I imagine you can also install them on OSMC given that it has access to the debian repos.
And by using a frontend and backend on the raspberry i can also connect the tv tuner on top of it ?
RE: TV Tuner directly on Raspberry - black_eagle - 2016-09-16
Yes. There is a guide to setting it all up here. Basically, plug tuner into RPi, then follow the guide, skipping the setup bits you've already done.