boxee live tv adapter

themoddingden · 2011-11-23 22:01

Hi;
can we use this device in xbmc Confused

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at 49 bucks it's not that much think it's usb.

MartijnGP · 2011-11-25 15:21

themoddingden Wrote:Hi;
can we use this device in xbmc?
at 49 bucks it's not that much think it's usb.

XBMC itself doesn't have PVR capabilities.

You need to check wether this thing is compatible with any of the possible backends. Currently I think they are Mediaportal, ForTheRecord, TVHeadend, VDR and MythTV. If you manage to load the device in one of those tuners you can then install a XBMC-PVR build and connect to the tuner.

That's currently the only way to watch live TV in XBMC. So, you'd have to go check on one of those backends. Do some Googlin'

themoddingden · 2011-11-29 04:34

ok; but as a general rule boxee is a tweaked xbmc right?
it is based on xbmc and if this thing works with boxee (they are selling it) it should work with xbmc

darkscout · 2011-11-29 05:10

No. Not at all.

MartijnGP · 2011-11-29 09:56

themoddingden Wrote:ok; but as a general rule boxee is a tweaked xbmc right?
it is based on xbmc and if this thing works with boxee (they are selling it) it should work with xbmc

General software architecture is mostly the same, yes. That doesn't give XBMC PVR capabilities. You'd have to install a build from the PVR branch. And as you're going to need external software to do the tuning for you, you better look there for compatible devices as there's no need to have them compatible with XBMC, which they won't be.

themoddingden · 2012-06-22 15:43

hi;
are we all not running pvr branch in hopes of replacing our pvr at some point lol.
ok well i can hope.

eternalsword · 2012-06-24 19:21

Perhaps this would fit better in PVR Development forum.

**Ned Scott** · 2012-06-25 07:48

I think it's just a rebranded USB tuner that likely already has support in some PVR backends. I just can't recall the details.

themoddingden Junior Member Posts: 13 Joined: Jun 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-11-23 22:01 Post: #1 Hi; can we use this device in xbmc? at 49 bucks it's not that much think it's usb.
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themoddingden Junior Member Posts: 13 Joined: Jun 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-11-29 04:34 Post: #3 ok; but as a general rule boxee is a tweaked xbmc right? it is based on xbmc and if this thing works with boxee (they are selling it) it should work with xbmc
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darkscout Posting Freak Posts: 2,148 Joined: Jul 2008 Reputation: 12	2011-11-29 05:10 Post: #4 No. Not at all. Code: GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON `xbmc_%`.* TO 'xbmc'@'%'; IF you have a mysql problem, find one of the 4 dozen threads already open.
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themoddingden Junior Member Posts: 13 Joined: Jun 2011 Reputation: 0	2012-06-22 15:43 Post: #6 hi; are we all not running pvr branch in hopes of replacing our pvr at some point lol. ok well i can hope.
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eternalsword Member Posts: 52 Joined: May 2010 Reputation: 0	2012-06-24 19:21 Post: #7 Perhaps this would fit better in PVR Development forum. xbmc from https://github.com/eternalsword/xbmc/tree/delta, transparency 4.0.3 (svn), gentoo kernel 3.2.0-rc7
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Ned Scott Team-XBMC Wiki Guy Posts: 12,001 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 132 Location: Arizona, USA	2012-06-25 07:48 Post: #8 I think it's just a rebranded USB tuner that likely already has support in some PVR backends. I just can't recall the details. You can make easy links to the XBMC wiki using double brackets around words: [[debug log]] = debug log, [[Add-on:YouTube]] = Add-on:YouTube, [[Adding videos to the library]] = Adding videos to the library, [[userdata]] = userdata, etc
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