Linux HOW-TO watch Live TV in XBMC for Linux with Tvheadend, the easy way!

Hi, just to confirm: recording from the xbmc epg / tvguide works

(2012-04-21 01:52)robo989 Wrote:  Thanks for that mate, haven't followed it yet but looks simple enough. Much appreciated.

In relation to recording from EPG, you are referring to the EPG in the web gui yes? I think the person you quoted is referring to from within XBMC. I could be wrong though and maybe recording is working in XBMC, could you confirm, thank you.

You are wrong, I am referring to the epg from within xbmc. Works like a charm and is indeed the one and only reason why I use xbmc (beats MythTV too!). That is, until timeshift is inplemented and stable. That'll take at least two more years, I think...

Didn't know about that, thanks both of you.

I'm getting the "PVR backend error check log" message when I try an schedule recordings from the XBMC EPG. The TVHeadend Web interface is fine so I'm using that but XBMC would be better. I'm running Windows builds of XBMC Eden PVR and TVHeadend on a Ubuntu box.The logs I've checked don't give me any clues and I'm using the same user account for both Web and XBMC access

Any advice appreciated?

Thanks
Simon

(2012-04-24 10:41)simonind Wrote:  I'm getting the "PVR backend error check log" message when I try an schedule recordings from the XBMC EPG.
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Any advice appreciated

My advice: Check the logfile of tvheadend

(2012-04-24 11:00)ZyanKLee Wrote:  

(2012-04-24 10:41)simonind Wrote:  I'm getting the "PVR backend error check log" message when I try an schedule recordings from the XBMC EPG.
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Any advice appreciated

My advice: Check the logfile of tvheadend

I've had the web interface open to monitor the log but nothing gets output - is there a logging level I can set/increase or another log I should be looking at?

Can you watch live TV though?

Yes, Live is fine, Recordings are also fine as long as they only contain alpha-numeric characters in the title - these I have to play as files through the 'Videos' menu in XBMC.

Should I have a second user in TVHeadend for XBMC rather than using the 'super user' account? That was the next thing I was going to try.

This is what I see in the XBMC log (Windows XP):
PVRClient - PVR::CPVRClient::AddTimer - addon 'HTS Tvheadend:192.168.0.19:9982' returned an error: server error

There is nothing in the syslog on the Ubuntu box

Opening up the permissions doesn't seem to make any difference.

Any ideas would be appreciated?

I am getting the same error as simonind.

I have tvheadend on ubuntu (using hdhomerun).

I can schedule recordings via tvheadend web GUI AND even via the iPhone App - BUT, not via XBMC !!

"Record" button gives the error AND, scheduling a new timer via the EPG also gives the error.

I have tried the the following XBMC installs - ALL have the same error:
1) http://www.scintilla.utwente.nl/~marcelg...build.html
2) http://packages.pulse-eight.net/windows/...n-11.3.exe
3) http://packages.pulse-eight.net/ubuntu

The following work OK in these XBMC installs:
- watch recordings (recorded by tvheadend)
- other PVR functions - such as EPG

The error pops up instantaneously - my guess is that XBMC does not even try to communicate with tvheadend - there is certainly nothing in the tvheadend logs indicating a schedule was attempted.

I would love to get this XBMC PVR stuff working !! (my wife is certainly losing confidence in my HTPC !!).