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Hi all,

I've just upgraded from 12 (!) to 14, and i'm a bit surprised that Kodibuntu seems to think that I can't enable Live TV as I havn't got a backend or an Add on.

however I installed TVheadend from command line fine, but when I choose addons, Enabled addons, there's no PVR clients at all!

I am probably doing something stupid but can anyone guide me through how to get a working TVH addon please?
maybe it's under "disabled" addons. Sometimes, if one of those addons are installed, they are marked as "disabled". Check if you have a "disabled addon" menu point under "addons" and take a look there.
I don't have a disabled add-on section! I used to on 12.
Did you enable PVR in system settings?

If yes and there is still nothing...Debug Log please
do you mean System > Live TV > Enabled? If so, that's exactly what i'm trying to do and it complains that I don't have a backend or an add-on enabled.

is it ok to simply install TVheadend via apt-get? I Didn't install xbmc-pvr-blah blah.......
You said, you installed the TVHeadend via command line. That would mean, you have done this:

http://kodi.wiki/view/HOW-TO:Install_Kod...PVR_Addons

Did you do this, or not? If not, do this first please

Note: it's not xbmc-pvr anymore, as you should run Kodi now Wink

So you should do this:

Code:
sudo apt-get install kodi-pvr-tvheadend-hts
right, I'm getting somewhere now.

No I had not ran sudo apt-get install kodi-pvr-tvheadend-hts, what I had done is added the TVH repository, and sudo apt-get installed tvheadend. Then I configured it through the web interface.

I just ran apt-get kodi-pvr-tvheadend-hts, and now it lets me enable live tv. However in the Add-on, it doesn't let me enable it, saying there's an error in the log, but I don't know which log file.

Just upgraded to 14.2 by the way.
does this log help?

Code:
21:31:04 T:140497319311296   DEBUG: ------ Window Init (DialogAddonInfo.xml) ------
21:31:04 T:140497319311296   DEBUG: SECTION:LoadDLL(special://xbmcbin/system/ImageLib-x86_64-linux.so)
21:31:04 T:140497319311296   DEBUG: Loading: /usr/lib/kodi/system/ImageLib-x86_64-linux.so
21:31:05 T:140497319311296   DEBUG: Keyboard: scancode: 0x24, sym: 0x000d, unicode: 0x000d, modifier: 0x0
21:31:05 T:140497319311296   DEBUG: OnKey: return (0xf00d) pressed, action is Select
21:31:05 T:140496535312128  NOTICE: PVRManager - stopping
21:31:05 T:140495728654080   DEBUG: Thread PVRManager 140495728654080 terminating
21:31:05 T:140495477004032   DEBUG: Thread PVRClient 140495477004032 terminating
21:31:05 T:140496535312128  NOTICE: PVRManager - starting up
21:31:05 T:140495477004032  NOTICE: Thread PVRManager start, auto delete: false
21:31:05 T:140495728654080  NOTICE: Thread PVRClient start, auto delete: false
21:31:05 T:140495728654080   DEBUG: RegisterClient - registering add-on 'Tvheadend HTSP Client'
21:31:05 T:140495728654080   DEBUG: Previous line repeats 1 times.
21:31:05 T:140495728654080   DEBUG: PVR - Create - creating PVR add-on instance 'Tvheadend HTSP Client'
21:31:05 T:140495728654080   DEBUG: ADDON: Dll Initializing - Tvheadend HTSP Client
21:31:05 T:140495728654080   ERROR: ADDON: Could not locate XBMC_Tvheadend.pvr
21:31:05 T:140495728654080 WARNING: UpdateAndInitialiseClients - failed to create add-on Tvheadend HTSP Client, status = 6
21:31:05 T:140495728654080 WARNING: UpdateAndInitialiseClients - failed to load the dll for add-on Tvheadend HTSP Client, disabling it
21:31:05 T:140497319311296   DEBUG: CGUIMediaWindow::GetDirectory (addons://disabled/xbmc.pvrclient)
the log can be found under:

~/.kodi/temp/kodi.log

you can provide it with:

Code:
cat ~/.kodi/temp/kodi.log | pastebinit

It might be, that "pasebinit" is not installed already...then do a:

Code:
sudo apt-get install pastebinit

before. Maybe there is something in the log...but enable debug logging first in your system setting->system->debugging->enable debug logging

Greetings
and don't post log snippets....always the full log file on a pastebin site and provide the link to it
http://paste.ubuntu.com/10999421/

There we go, thanks for your help to now David!
seems the addon can't reach the backend...but I might be wrong....

Did you configured your backend correctly? Via the webinterface?

Maybe you have to follow steps from here:

http://kodi.wiki/view/Tvheadend_PVR
But you have already a TV card, don't you? Is this card on the same PC where the backend and Kodi runs on?
(2015-05-06, 22:57)David1977 Wrote: [ -> ]seems the addon can't reach the backend...but I might be wrong....

Did you configured your backend correctly? Via the webinterface?

Yes I'm 90% sure TVH gives the correct output, i can see channels, an EPG etc.

(2015-05-06, 22:59)David1977 Wrote: [ -> ]But you have already a TV card, don't you? Is this card on the same PC where the backend and Kodi runs on?

Yes it's the front and backend all on one machine. There are 2 different TV cards connected to this instance, a dual tuner and a single tuner
Can you use a sane backend while you are at it? I suggest VDR + vnsi.
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