[negge]

Try skipping instead of fastforward/rewinding.

[AshG]

ahhh school boy error! had noticed I hadn't de-selected the on demand checkbox in the time shift tab... Everything working pretty much perfectly now!

[ekred]

Could a nice soul share his Keymap.xml setup for skipping with left and right arrows on Kodi? I just can't figure it out.

I've looked at the wiki, ButtonTranslator.cpp and remote.xml and can't see anything related to PVR skipping / skipping in PVR context?

I also tried the Keymap Editor add-on which generated this

PHP Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<keymap>
    <!-- This file is automatically generated by Keymap Editor, do not edit. -->
    <pvr>
        <keyboard>
            <key id="61570">
                
                stepback
            
            </key>
            <key id="61571">
                
                stepforward
            
            </key>
        </keyboard>
    </pvr>
</keymap> 


But it has no effect. Probably because it doesn't overwrite the default behavior (change channel group)?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

[bas.t]

I've got this in advancedsettings.xml:

PHP Code:

<advancedsettings>
<loglevel hide="false">1</loglevel>
<video>
  <usetimeseeking>true</usetimeseeking>  <!-- Whether to use time based or percentage based seeking. -->
  <timeseekforward>60</timeseekforward>  <!-- Time to seek forward in seconds when doing a short seek.  Defaults to 30. -->
  <timeseekbackward>-30</timeseekbackward>  <!-- Time to seek backward in seconds when doing a short seek.  Defaults to -30. -->
  <timeseekforwardbig>420</timeseekforwardbig>  <!-- Time to seek forward in seconds when doing a long seek.  Defaults to 600 (10 minutes). -->
  <timeseekbackwardbig>-420</timeseekbackwardbig>
</video>
  <network>
    <disableipv6>true</disableipv6>
  </network>
</advancedsettings> 


And this in userdata/keymaps/remote.xml:

PHP Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<keymap>
  <FullscreenLiveTV>
    <remote>
      <left>StepBack</left>
      <right>StepForward</right>
      <up>ChapterOrBigStepForward</up>
      <down>ChapterOrBigStepBack</down>
    </remote>
  </FullscreenLiveTV>
</keymap> 


[ekred]

Thanks for your reply bas.t but I couldn't get it to work. Are you running Kodi 14?

I tried copying and pasting your remote.xml as is, modifying <remote> for <keyboard> (which I'm using) and using the the "Keymap Editor add-on way" <key id="left"> but none works. I always get that damned channel group change.

As for the advancedsettings.xml, I already had that setup as I've always been using this for regular video playback.

Anybody else want to chime in?

[bas.t]

I'm using Kodi Helix, with a mceusb. Don't change the remote.xml, it should not be keybord.xml. You asked for a working setup, this is what works.

[ekred]

As I stated, the first thing I tried was using your code as is and it didn't work. Then, since I'm using a regular keyboard and not a remote, I tried changing the <remote> tag to <keyboard> (as per the wiki), that is INSIDE the file, not the file name.

I'll try to start a brand new userdata folder see if it helps.

Thanks.

[bas.t]

Just checked, my arrow keys on the keyboard work with the remote.xml, just like the arrow buttons of my remote.

[bas.t]

@ekred:
I'm running Debian Jessie, so I compiled both Kodi and pvr.tvh from source. Just to clarify my situation.

I'm using pvr.tvh from https://github.com/adamsutton/xbmc-pvr-addons (master branch).

It was merged yesterday to opdenkamps repo (and renamed to pvr.hts 2.0.0), but using that Kodi Helix crashes.

[Morphy99]

@ekred the mceusb remote is basically a keyboard and it shouldn't make any difference. Have you made sure there are no other keymaps conflicting? The keymap editor creates an XML file of its own?

[bas.t]

I've been using MythTV/FFdecsawrapper for a couple of years now.
I did that just because TvHeadend/XBMC lacked proper timeshift.
And as a result of that, I've been maintaining FFdecsawrapper during those years

Timeshift still has a couple of rough edges IMHO, but comparing to MythTV it has become quite acceptable.
Rough edges would be:

• sometimes not skipping to the right point in video while audio skips to right position
  
• sometimes display 'blocked' video while jumping to seek point
  
• falling back to percentage seek when recording a show is in progress and less then 15-30 minutes
  

The falling back to percentage seek is the most important flaw to me.

Other then that, I think timeshift works pretty much flawless.
I think I'll drop FFdecsawrapper and go back to TvHeadend/Kodi

[sethach]

I have another problem with timeshift it doesn't work for shift longer than 10 sec.
The is with Kodi 14, as well as with Kodi 15.
As tvheadend server I have v3.9. the timeshift storage location is the same as standard
recordings, which work well.
Has anybody an idea what I can test?

[bas.t]

I have another problem with timeshift it doesn't work for shift longer than 10 sec.
The is with Kodi 14, as well as with Kodi 15.
As tvheadend server I have v3.9. the timeshift storage location is the same as standard
recordings, which work well.
Has anybody an idea what I can test?

It would certainly help to provide the users of this forum with some more info, like:

• what pvr addon are you using, from opdenkamp's repo or from addamsutton's repo?
  
• what version of either repo are you using?
  
• what happens exactly when timeshift is > 10 secs?
  
• what distro are you on?
  
• are you compiling from source? If so, how? (and are all compiletime and runtime deps met?)
  
• If not, what pre-compiled packages are you using?
  
• did you try to use another directory for timeshift?
  
• what's the content of /home/<tvheadend user>/.hts/tvheadend/timeshift/config?
  
• what exact version of tvheadend are you using?
  
• where did you pastebin the (debug) logs?
  

You would get a better answer to your question, if any, if you give us some pointers.

If you are running Debian Jessie, I might be able to help you with this.

[sethach]

here some answers:
o pvr addon Adam Sutton 0.9.8 with Kodi 14.0 RC3 on fireTV 1, and addon Adam Sutton 2.0 with Kodi 15 downloaded at 18. Jan. on the 2nd FireTV.
o when timeshift is longer than 10 sec and I push play it starts for app. 10 sec. then the picture freezes and nothing happens. I only can stop, and choose another channel to get live tv back.
o I am running 2 FireTV, so it is android. the server is a Debian GNU/Linux 7.8 wheezy
o the timeshift has been /media/recording (USB HD) used for standard recordings, and I have tried /home/hts. At both I get an empty folder buffer, nothing else
o { "enabled": 1, "ondemand": 0, "path": "/media/Aufnahmen", "unlimited_period": 0, "max_period": 3600, "unlimited_size": 0, "max_size": 1808 }
o version is HTS Tvheadend 3.9.2342~g022e8d4

[bas.t]

For timeshift config, try:

(except the path of course)

{
"enabled": 1,
"ondemand": 0,
"path": "/tv/timeshift",
"unlimited_period": 1,
"max_period": 3600,
"unlimited_size": 1,
"max_size": 10000
}