2014-11-03, 03:06
Hi all and sorry for the vague thread title, if an admin/mod can think of something better feel free to adjust it I've got a few questions before I start my build so thought I would put it all in one thread to better show what I am trying to achieve.
I live in the UK (south-east) and would like to receive DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 free to air channels as some channels are FTA on one service but not the other and vice versa. I've got a PCIe Pinnacle 7010ix with dual tuners for each type on one card.
I would like to achieve a similar EPG setup to what Sky TV offers, with channel groups (entertainment, sports, music, kids etc..) within the XBMC EPG.
I've got a Windows 2008 R2 file server with all my media, I'd like to use that for the timeshifting buffer, recordings and MySQL where necessary as the TV tuner will be installed in a separate computer with only the essential hardware for it to run. All servers and clients are connected by gigabit ethernet. I'm open to any operating system and PVR backend solution for the TV server and after trying several of the Windows backends and have had mixed results and nothing quite fitted my preferences, as it was several months ago I can't remember which backends had which issues now so I'm looking for recommendations from users who have tried several of them and can hopefully point me in the right direction.
My 2 main clients run Gotham on OpenElec with a couple of Windows laptops in the mix with Gotham as well and all run a synced library via MySQL.
I'm familiar with the MediaPortal TV server and like the configuration interface and it works flawlessly with my tuner card (I was a previous MP user for many years before converting to XBMC) but the main gripe with all the ones I tried a few months back was not being able to show groups of channels in the XBMC EPG, I could only show the full list which with over 200 channels available took a long while to navigate.
Another nice feature, while not essential would be the ability to use a softcam on the TV backend. I realise I won't get any help or advice here on setting it up but just a yes or no to if it's possible is all I would appreciate (I'm sure there's a few of you on the forums that use one).
So I guess my main question is, which backend provides the most suitable add-on for XBMC?
I live in the UK (south-east) and would like to receive DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 free to air channels as some channels are FTA on one service but not the other and vice versa. I've got a PCIe Pinnacle 7010ix with dual tuners for each type on one card.
I would like to achieve a similar EPG setup to what Sky TV offers, with channel groups (entertainment, sports, music, kids etc..) within the XBMC EPG.
I've got a Windows 2008 R2 file server with all my media, I'd like to use that for the timeshifting buffer, recordings and MySQL where necessary as the TV tuner will be installed in a separate computer with only the essential hardware for it to run. All servers and clients are connected by gigabit ethernet. I'm open to any operating system and PVR backend solution for the TV server and after trying several of the Windows backends and have had mixed results and nothing quite fitted my preferences, as it was several months ago I can't remember which backends had which issues now so I'm looking for recommendations from users who have tried several of them and can hopefully point me in the right direction.
My 2 main clients run Gotham on OpenElec with a couple of Windows laptops in the mix with Gotham as well and all run a synced library via MySQL.
I'm familiar with the MediaPortal TV server and like the configuration interface and it works flawlessly with my tuner card (I was a previous MP user for many years before converting to XBMC) but the main gripe with all the ones I tried a few months back was not being able to show groups of channels in the XBMC EPG, I could only show the full list which with over 200 channels available took a long while to navigate.
Another nice feature, while not essential would be the ability to use a softcam on the TV backend. I realise I won't get any help or advice here on setting it up but just a yes or no to if it's possible is all I would appreciate (I'm sure there's a few of you on the forums that use one).
So I guess my main question is, which backend provides the most suitable add-on for XBMC?