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

I don't know what the last official build of tvheadend is, but it's build from tvheadend 2.12 tag and patched to send the signal status and encryption type in the stream. Those patches have now been included by Andoma in mainline tvheadend, so if you run the last version available on github, you don't have to patch anything.

Those patches are not required to make tvheadend work properly with XBMC.

dushmaniac Wrote:https://github.com/opdenkamp/xbmc/tree/Dharma

Thanks, got it running.

Which Ubuntu version would be least problematic to run dis on, 10.04 or 10.10?

Cheers

using lucid myself. no idea if it's problematic on other version. I can only test if it compiles and install correctly. don't have the spare hardware to test other versions, dists or backends.

Okay dude will give it a go, cheers for the hard work your putting into dis btw

Hi,

I noticed that there is a difference in how TVHeadend web interface and XBMX handles the EPG:

webinterface:
Title, Start Duration
'Zender verstrekt geen informatie', 14:00, 4 hrs
'Droomhuis op het platteland', 15:00, 3 hrs (scheduled for recording)
'De grote verbouwing', 16:00, 1 hrs (scheduled for recording)
'Verbouwen en Verkopen', 17:00, 1 hrs
'De grote verhuizing', 18:00, 4 hrs(scheduled for recording)

TV Guide, timeline:
14:00, 'Zender verstrekt geen informatie' >18:00 hrs (with scheduled recording indicator)
18:00, 'De grote verhuizing' > 22:00 hrs (with scheduled recording indicator)

so seperate from the bug / issue mentioned > here <, the XBMC TV guide handles the epg data different and therefore it cannot be used to schedule the programs 'below' the overlapping (and faulty) programs.

'Droomhuis op het Platteland' cannot be scheduled for recording in XBMC as it is not visible in the timeline, in the tvheadend web application it can be scheduled.

hope this is clear and makes sense (it's very early this Sunday morning )
regards,
Ruud

known issue. fixed in the development tree.

Hi,
wanted to use this with a new htpc,
now i have the following questions:
1. Is it possible to use Timeshift?
2. Is there a way to start the pc for sheduled recordings or have it to run 24/7 ?

regards
ffreak

1. no, not at the moment.
2. it has to be on when the recording starts. perhaps you could do something with acpi wakeup, but you'll have to figure out how to do that yourself.

dushmaniac Wrote:known issue. fixed in the development tree.

hummm I almost feel disappointed , but do not despair... I will find something that wasn't known

Any change of an updated master with some of these resolved bugs (and maybe some other 'goodies')...

thanks for all of everybodies hard work!

regards,
Ruud.