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Hi All,

I have been searching through the forum to find the answers but none of the suggestions that I have found have worked and I don't understand why not.
I am facing the issue on my Kodi install on MAC OSX and my Kodi on Shield Android TV.

I have windows 10 with MP2 installed, set up and working with a local Kodi install on the W10 machine. I can watch live tv, record and play.

When i try and view live TV on Mac or the Shield TV it just says 'waiting' and never plays.
the channels load and EPG displays.

I can even add the shares on my w10 machine to the file manager in Kodi and play the TS files directly so i'm very confused as to what the problem can be.
The shared folders on the w10 all have full permissions for the shared folders in sharing permissions and NTFS permissions. I have given the 'everyone' group full access.
I have tried changing the WINS server to my router that acts as my DHCP server as one post suggests but that didn't work either.

Logs when viewing live TV:

18:00:57 T:123145562529792 NOTICE: virtual bool CAESinkDARWINOSX::Initialize(AEAudioFormat &, std:Confusedtring &): Opening default device Built-in Output
18:01:01 T:140737112814528 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: pvr://channels/tv/All channels/pvr.mediaportal.tvserver_38.pvr
18:01:01 T:140737112814528 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):Tongueut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
18:01:01 T:123145567973376 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
18:01:01 T:123145567973376 NOTICE: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: Open Live stream for channel uid=38
18:01:02 T:123145567973376 NOTICE: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: Channel timeshift buffer: C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live3-0.ts.tsbuffer
18:01:02 T:123145567973376 NOTICE: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: Re-using existing TsReader...
18:01:02 T:123145567973376 NOTICE: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: TsReader: OnZap(C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live3-0.ts.tsbuffer)
18:01:02 T:123145567973376 NOTICE: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: Translate path C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live3-0.ts.tsbuffer -> smb://username:password@pcname/FreviewTS/live3-0.ts.tsbuffer
18:01:02 T:123145567973376 NOTICE: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: TsReader: closing file
18:01:02 T:123145567973376 NOTICE: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: TsReader open 'C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live3-0.ts.tsbuffer'
18:01:02 T:123145567973376 NOTICE: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: Translate path C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live3-0.ts.tsbuffer -> smb://username:password@pcname/FreviewTS/live3-0.ts.tsbuffer
18:01:28 T:123145567973376 ERROR: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: FileReader::OpenFile(), open file smb://username:password@pcname/FreviewTS/live3-0.ts.tsbuffer failed.
18:01:28 T:123145567973376 ERROR: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: Failed to open file 'C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal TV Server\timeshiftbuffer\live3-0.ts.tsbuffer' as 'smb://username:password@pcname/FreviewTS/live3-0.ts.tsbuffer'
18:01:28 T:123145567973376 ERROR: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: Re-using the existing TsReader failed.
18:01:28 T:123145567973376 NOTICE: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: TsReader: closing file
18:01:29 T:123145567973376 NOTICE: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: CloseLiveStream: True
18:01:29 T:123145567973376 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [pvr://channels/tv/All channels/pvr.mediaportal.tvserver_38.pvr]
18:01:29 T:123145567973376 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
18:01:29 T:140737112814528 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
18:01:29 T:140737112814528 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
18:01:29 T:140737112814528 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
18:01:29 T:140737112814528 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
18:01:29 T:140737112814528 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
18:01:29 T:140737112814528 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
18:02:02 T:123145567436800 WARNING: DARWINOSX: underflow (0 vs 4096 bytes)

When trying to view a recording:

18:06:16 T:123145562529792 NOTICE: virtual bool CAESinkDARWINOSX::Initialize(AEAudioFormat &, std:Confusedtring &): Opening default device Built-in Output
18:06:23 T:140737112814528 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: Opening: pvr://recordings/active/The Hairy Bikers' Chicken and Egg, TV (BBC TWO HD), 20161001_151120.pvr
18:06:23 T:140737112814528 WARNING: CDVDMessageQueue(player):Tongueut MSGQ_NOT_INITIALIZED
18:06:23 T:123145558773760 NOTICE: Creating InputStream
18:06:23 T:123145558773760 NOTICE: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: OpenRecordedStream (id=4)
18:06:23 T:123145558773760 NOTICE: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: RECORDING: 4|2016-10-01 16:11:20Z|2016-10-01 16:12:50Z|BBC TWO HD|The Hairy Bikers' Chicken and Egg|4/6. USA: The Hairy Bikers find the world's most delicious chicken and egg recipes. Si and Dave explore the origins of one of the world's favourite fast foods - southern fried chicken. [HD] [AD,S]||C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\The Hairy Bikers' Chicken and Egg - BBC TWO HD - 2016-10-01_1.ts|1999-12-31 23:00:00Z
18:06:23 T:123145558773760 NOTICE: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: TsReader open 'C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\The Hairy Bikers' Chicken and Egg - BBC TWO HD - 2016-10-01_1.ts'
18:06:23 T:123145558773760 NOTICE: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: Translate path C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\The Hairy Bikers' Chicken and Egg - BBC TWO HD - 2016-10-01_1.ts -> smb://username:password@pcname/FreviewRec/The Hairy Bikers' Chicken and Egg - BBC TWO HD - 2016-10-01_1.ts
18:06:49 T:123145558773760 ERROR: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: FileReader::OpenFile(), open file smb://username:password@pcname/FreviewRec/The Hairy Bikers' Chicken and Egg - BBC TWO HD - 2016-10-01_1.ts failed.
18:06:49 T:123145558773760 ERROR: AddOnLog: MediaPortal PVR Client: Failed to open file 'C:\Users\Public\Recorded TV\The Hairy Bikers' Chicken and Egg - BBC TWO HD - 2016-10-01_1.ts' as 'smb://username:password@pcname/FreviewRec/The Hairy Bikers' Chicken and Egg - BBC TWO HD - 2016-10-01_1.ts'
18:06:49 T:123145558773760 ERROR: CDVDPlayer::OpenInputStream - error opening [pvr://recordings/active/The Hairy Bikers' Chicken and Egg, TV (BBC TWO HD), 20161001_151120.pvr]
18:06:49 T:123145558773760 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::OnExit()
18:06:49 T:140737112814528 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
18:06:49 T:140737112814528 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
18:06:49 T:140737112814528 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting
18:06:49 T:140737112814528 NOTICE: CDVDPlayer::CloseFile()
18:06:49 T:140737112814528 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: waiting for threads to exit
18:06:49 T:140737112814528 NOTICE: DVDPlayer: finished waiting

Any ideas?

Thanks
Please provide proper and complete debug log (wiki) via a paste site.
Most likely cause is that Kodi is not able to access your recording share.
Try playing the same recording directly from the Videos section. If that works, it should also work from the PVR recording section.