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==How does live TV/PVR work in XBMC?== | ==How does live TV/PVR work in XBMC?== | ||
Logically, the XBMC PVR / Live TV consists of two parts: | |||
1. The Live TV server, which communicates with a TV Tuner card to create a Video or Audio stream, and | |||
2. The PVR client - an XBMC Add-on which controls the presentation of that content | |||
The XBMC | The PVR backend is a process/application that performs the task of tuning, streaming and recording over-the-air and cable television and radio programming. It can either run on the same host running XBMC, on a stand-alone host or completely by itself with XBMC only running when needed. Some servers may be able to serve several clients simultaneously, which may be XBMC clients or others. | ||
When paired with a matched backend, a configured PVR Add-on enables XBMC to handle the interface, or frontend, allowing the user to watch live TV or listen to radio, scheduled recordings, time shift (if supported by backends), giving the same sort of functionality as the Tivo-style video recorder devices. | |||
==A note about the limits of Live TV/PVR== | ==A note about the limits of Live TV/PVR== | ||
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As of v12 (Frodo), XBMC features live TV and video recording (DVR/PVR) abilities. This allows you to watch live TV, listen to radio, view a TV guide (EPG), schedule recordings and enables many other TV related features.
Due to the somewhat complicated nature of setting up PVR for XBMC, this guide was created to help users from start to finish.
How does live TV/PVR work in XBMC?
Logically, the XBMC PVR / Live TV consists of two parts: 1. The Live TV server, which communicates with a TV Tuner card to create a Video or Audio stream, and 2. The PVR client - an XBMC Add-on which controls the presentation of that content
The PVR backend is a process/application that performs the task of tuning, streaming and recording over-the-air and cable television and radio programming. It can either run on the same host running XBMC, on a stand-alone host or completely by itself with XBMC only running when needed. Some servers may be able to serve several clients simultaneously, which may be XBMC clients or others.
When paired with a matched backend, a configured PVR Add-on enables XBMC to handle the interface, or frontend, allowing the user to watch live TV or listen to radio, scheduled recordings, time shift (if supported by backends), giving the same sort of functionality as the Tivo-style video recorder devices.
A note about the limits of Live TV/PVR