Live TV without PVR

phens · 2011-01-21 15:15

I think "Live TV" should not necessary mean "PVR", IPTV sources like :
- HDHomeRUN
- SAP Stream
- Stream from DVB>IP Bridge like getstream, mumudvb or dvblast
Should be accessible into live TV menu without PVR backend.

Thanks

TugboatBill · 2011-01-21 19:27

You can watch live TV now with a HDHR and no PVR. Check out the wiki.

**Jezz_X** · 2011-01-21 23:15

Indeed mythtv tvheadend and hdhomerun can all already stream to the current dharma xbmc

phens · 2011-01-27 09:42

Hi,
I was not really clear in my preceding post.

My thought is :

- "Live TV" menu should be accessible without having a PVR backend installed and configured.

- "Live TV" menu should contain "TV Channel" and "TV GUIDE" submenu accessible with a PVR backend installed and configured.

- "TV Channel" submenu may have different sources type : SAP Stream, HDHomeRUN, HTTP stream URL, RTSP stream URL, or PVR backend (so SAP and HDHomeRun should move from Video>Files to Live TV menu)

- "TV GUIDE" submenu may have different sources type : Now/Next directly from MPEG TS EIT, Now/Next from PVR backend, Full Guide directcly from XMLTV file (tv_grab_...), Full Guide from PVR backend.

To resume this, I'll say : Live TV menu should be usable without PVR back.

rupert · 2011-01-27 23:05

If I'm reading you right, what you want is a channel guide & TV like interface for the built in HDHomeRun (or other streaming sources) allready in XBMC?

IANA Developer, but wouldn't it make more sense to move these features from XBMC itself & re-implement them as a very limited PVR plugins?

Does the PVR system allow multiple PVR plugins at the same time?

Taleteller · 2011-01-27 23:59

From what I have seen it is possible to have several plugins enabled at once. Yet I doubt its aware to have EPG for channels not included in the channel list itself. So you may have several sources, but you also may have duplicate "stations".

**opdenkamp** · 2011-01-28 00:02

something like this is already planned, but probably won't be arriving in mainline any time soon. don't have the time now.

phens Junior Member Posts: 4 Joined: Jan 2011 Reputation: 0	2011-01-21 15:15 Post: #1 I think "Live TV" should not necessary mean "PVR", IPTV sources like : - HDHomeRUN - SAP Stream - Stream from DVB>IP Bridge like getstream, mumudvb or dvblast Should be accessible into live TV menu without PVR backend. Thanks
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TugboatBill Posting Freak Posts: 788 Joined: Oct 2009 Reputation: 3	2011-01-21 19:27 Post: #2 You can watch live TV now with a HDHR and no PVR. Check out the wiki.
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Jezz_X Team-XBMC Skinner Posts: 5,269 Joined: Jun 2006 Reputation: 55 Location: Earth	2011-01-21 23:15 Post: #3 Indeed mythtv tvheadend and hdhomerun can all already stream to the current dharma xbmc Skins I have done.... And others in the past... Want to know what I'm working on currently? Check me out on Google+
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rupert Junior Member Posts: 49 Joined: Dec 2004 Reputation: 0 Location: 20 Minutes into the future	2011-01-27 23:05 Post: #5 If I'm reading you right, what you want is a channel guide & TV like interface for the built in HDHomeRun (or other streaming sources) allready in XBMC? IANA Developer, but wouldn't it make more sense to move these features from XBMC itself & re-implement them as a very limited PVR plugins? Does the PVR system allow multiple PVR plugins at the same time?
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Taleteller Junior Member Posts: 17 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 0	2011-01-27 23:59 Post: #6 From what I have seen it is possible to have several plugins enabled at once. Yet I doubt its aware to have EPG for channels not included in the channel list itself. So you may have several sources, but you also may have duplicate "stations".
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