[ksooo]

All TV-channels and configurations got lost last time.

And 'last time' was with which exact version of tvheadend, please? I did many many updates without any problem. And if would have at least a little clue you would know where the config is stored and could do a backup before the upgrade.

By the way: Since they changed the htsp-protocol an upgrade also would render all clients unusable. E.g. devices with isengard (there is no update for openelec yet), devices running movian or showtime (ps3) and devices using vlc with htsp-plugin (windows/mac). They will all fail connecting to tvheadend 4.x, because they changed the protocol.

Isengard tvheadend addon do work just fine with tvh 4.0.8. Cannot speak for and don't care about the other clients. But I guess they all will not have problems with newer htsp version. And believe me, I do know really very well what exactly "they" changed. There are no(!) backward compat breaking changes from tvheadend 3.4 to 4.0

Version 4.x is known for being buggy. See this post for example. They recommend a specific (older) version because it was a bit better than all the others. The truth is: People who don't upgrade to 4.x very propably will have a better life.

Version 4.0.8 was suggested by "them" not because it is "a bit better", but because it is the current stable tvheadend version.

Beside this, there is an unstable not yet released daily changing version 4.1.x Use the stable version and you probably will be happy, use the unstable and you risk that things break badly. 4.0 vs 4.1 is indeed a huge difference! Stop mixing that. 4.0.8 is fine, 4.1.x probably not.

Hate to say that, but you seem to have absolutely no(!) clue. Sorry.

[bred_pitt]

Well, I don't need to. All I know is tvheadend 4 did break the system, though I tried several versions. Also other clients propably will stop working because of change in protocol. Kodi's support-stop for the older htsp-protocol is extremely early and unneccesary.

Because all recording-entries got lost with up- and downgrading, I can tell the date I tested version 4.x. It was end of July 2015. Maybe somebody knows the available versions from this time.

Anyway, there is no real reason not including a switch in the addon-settings for choosing htsp-protocol. The developer just needs to include the old code. No new fancy functions, just the good old working code for activation. Please!

[_BJ1]

Well, I don't need to. All I know is tvheadend 4 did break the system, though I tried several versions.

That's not right. VLC and even the TVHeadend client work as before.

Because all recording-entries got lost with up- and downgrading, I can tell the date I tested version 4.x. It was end of July 2015. Maybe somebody knows the available versions from this time.

There is a migration script for upgrading from 3.4 to 3.9 (this versions uses also the new data structure). Up after 4.0 there's no need to use that, because the migration is integrated.

The developer just needs to include the old code.

The user just need to install the new stable version 4.0.8.

[negge]

Who are you to decide that it's unnecessary? Please clone the addon and modify it if you really need to keep using 3.4. It shouldn't be that hard if you're not afraid of breaking a feature here and there.

I would suggest you try upgrading again at some point. Just backup your data first.

[negge]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the migrate script. I remember running that as well. There are probably some information somewhere on this forum or tvheadend's about how to use it.

[bred_pitt]

@BJ1: Uhm, no, tvheadend didn't work as before. You can believe me. I have no reason to lie. I didn't test VLC though. This was an assumption, as well as movian for PS3.

However, I still want to downgrade my Kodi-version. I found this website hosting many packages for earlier kodi-versions. For some reason I can only find a kodi-bin-package, but not a kodi-package on the site. Am I missing something?

This website describes how to downgrade to 14.2 but this a bit too low for me.

Any help appreciated.

[_BJ1]

I have TVHeadend 4.1.xxx running on several machines (Kodibuntu, OpenElec, OMV). All machines works as expected - in a productive environment. Sometimes Win PC and Macs are connected via VLC to the OMV Server. No Problems.

[bred_pitt]

What's up with PS3? Is movian running with the new htsp-version?

[_BJ1]

Don't own a PS3.

[bred_pitt]

I finally was be able to downgrade kodi back to isengard! I lost most of the settings but anyway...isengard is back.

Unfortunately pvr-hts isn't working now. Of course I downgraded the version to 2.2.13 and afterwards to 2.2.12. But both versions let kodi crash now.

Crashlog reads:

Code:

21:43:30 T:140683350591232  NOTICE: Thread RemoteControl start, auto delete: false
21:43:30 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: Setup SDL
21:43:30 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: Checking resolution 15
21:43:30 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: Using visual 0x28
21:43:30 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: GL_VENDOR = NVIDIA Corporation
21:43:30 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: GL_RENDERER = GeForce GT 440/PCIe/SSE2
21:43:30 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: GL_VERSION = 4.4.0 NVIDIA 340.96
21:43:30 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: GL_SHADING_LANGUAGE_VERSION = 4.40 NVIDIA via Cg compiler
21:43:30 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: GL_GPU_MEMORY_INFO_TOTAL_AVAILABLE_MEMORY_NVX = 1048576
21:43:30 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: GL_GPU_MEMORY_INFO_DEDICATED_VIDMEM_NVX = 1048576
21:43:30 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: GL_EXTENSIONS = GL_AMD_multi_draw_indirect GL_ARB_arrays_of_arrays GL_ARB_base_instance GL_ARB_blend_func_extended GL_ARB_buffer_storage GL_ARB_clear_buffer_object GL_ARB_clear_texture GL_ARB_color_buffer_float GL_ARB_compatibility GL_ARB_compressed_texture_pixel_storage GL_ARB_conservative_depth GL_ARB_compute_shader GL_ARB_compute_variable_group_size GL_ARB_copy_buffer GL_ARB_copy_image GL_ARB_debug_output GL_ARB_depth_buffer_float GL_ARB_depth_clamp GL_ARB_depth_texture GL_ARB_draw_buffers GL_ARB_draw_buffers_blend GL_ARB_draw_indirect GL_ARB_draw_elements_base_vertex GL_ARB_draw_instanced GL_ARB_enhanced_layouts GL_ARB_ES2_compatibility GL_ARB_ES3_compatibility GL_ARB_explicit_attrib_location GL_ARB_explicit_uniform_location GL_ARB_fragment_coord_conventions GL_ARB_fragment_layer_viewport GL_ARB_fragment_program GL_ARB_fragment_program_shadow GL_ARB_fragment_shader GL_ARB_framebuffer_no_attachments GL_ARB_framebuffer_object GL_ARB_framebuffer_sRGB GL_ARB_geometry_
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vertex_program3 GL_NVX_conditional_render GL_NVX_gpu_memory_info GL_NV_shader_thread_group GL_KHR_blend_equation_advanced GL_SGIS_generate_mipmap GL_SGIS_texture_lod GL_SGIX_depth_texture GL_SGIX_shadow GL_SUN_slice_accum
21:43:30 T:140683805108160   ERROR: Remote Translator: Can't find button fullscreen
21:43:30 T:140683805108160   ERROR: Window Translator: Can't find window tv
21:43:30 T:140683805108160   ERROR: Previous line repeats 1 times.
21:43:30 T:140683805108160   ERROR: Window Translator: Can't find window pvrosddirector
21:43:30 T:140683805108160   ERROR: Window Translator: Can't find window pvrosdcutter
21:43:30 T:140683805108160   ERROR: Remote Translator: Can't find button fullscreen
21:43:30 T:140683805108160   ERROR: Window Translator: Can't find window tv
21:43:30 T:140683805108160   ERROR: Previous line repeats 1 times.
21:43:30 T:140683805108160   ERROR: Window Translator: Can't find window pvrosddirector
21:43:30 T:140683805108160   ERROR: Window Translator: Can't find window pvrosdcutter
21:43:30 T:140683315672832  NOTICE: Thread PeripBusCEC start, auto delete: false
21:43:31 T:140683296319232  NOTICE: Thread PeripBusUSBUdev start, auto delete: false
21:43:31 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: Running database version Addons19
21:43:31 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: Running database version ViewModes6
21:43:31 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: Running database version Textures13
21:43:31 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: Running database version MyMusic52
21:43:31 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: Running database version MyVideos93
21:43:31 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: Running database version TV29
21:43:31 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: Running database version Epg10
21:43:31 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: start dvd mediatype detection
21:43:31 T:140683803576064  NOTICE: Thread DetectDVDMedia start, auto delete: false
21:43:31 T:140683805108160 WARNING: JSONRPC: Could not parse type "PVR.Details.Channel"
21:43:31 T:140683805108160 WARNING: JSONRPC: Could not parse type "PVR.Details.ChannelGroup.Extended"
21:43:31 T:140683805108160 WARNING: JSONRPC: Could not parse type "GUI.Property.Value"
21:43:31 T:140683805108160 WARNING: JSONRPC: Could not parse type "Setting.Details.SettingList"
21:43:31 T:140682995951360  NOTICE: Thread LanguageInvoker start, auto delete: false
21:43:31 T:140681787995904  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 12 times.
21:43:31 T:140681787995904  NOTICE: Thread JobWorker start, auto delete: true
21:43:31 T:140681787995904  NOTICE: PVRManager - starting up
21:43:31 T:140681779603200  NOTICE: Thread PVRManager start, auto delete: false
21:43:31 T:140681771210496  NOTICE: Thread LanguageInvoker start, auto delete: false
21:43:31 T:140681746032384  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 4 times.
21:43:31 T:140681746032384  NOTICE: Thread PVRClient start, auto delete: false
21:43:31 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: initialize done
21:43:31 T:140683805108160  NOTICE: Running the application...
21:43:31 T:140681385342720  NOTICE: Thread LanguageInvoker start, auto delete: false


############### END LOG FILE ################

############ END Kodi CRASH LOG #############

Edit:

OK, got it! Working version is kodi-pvr-hts_2.1.18-1~trusty_amd64.

[bred_pitt]

If there are others out there who want to downgrade Kodi:


This is the website offering all previous versions.

The following packages are needed to downgrade kodi to the last isengard-version on a 64-Bit-Ubuntu-Trusty-System:

kodi-bin_15.2~git20151019.1039-final-0trusty_amd64.deb
kodi_15.2~git20151019.1039-final-0trusty_all.deb

Working TV-Headend-Package for TVHeadend 3.x:
kodi-pvr-hts_2.1.18-1~trusty_amd64.deb

Optional: Kodi-Sent-packages to send commands to kodi from shell-scripts:

kodi-eventclients-common_15.2~git20151019.1039-final-0trusty_all
kodi-eventclients-xbmc-send_15.2~git20151019.1039-final-0trusty_all.deb

Note that the kodi-bin-package needs a cpu-specific version (here: 64-bit) and the kodi-package is the same for all architectures.
Before installation of the manually downloaded packages kodi has to be removed first. This is done with:

Code:

apt-get remove kodi kodi-bin kodi-eventclient kodi-pvr-hts

To install the .deb-packages I used the ubuntu-software-center with just double-clicking on the files in the dolphin-file-manager. At the commandline this is done with something like

Code:

dpkg -i [package-path and name]

...if I remember correctly. Better look it up on the web if this is not working. Every package has to be installed seperately in the order I listed them.

After installation finished, Kodi should start up with lost configuration. It's important to know that tvheadend doesn't loose most of it's configuration except the address for tvheadend. So in the addon-settings of hts-tvheadend (System > Settings > Add-Ons > My add-ons > PVR clients > Tvheadend HTSP Client, [context-menu / push i-key on keyboard] > Configure ) the host-address in the first line got replaced with gibberish after installation. It has to be replaced with 127.0.0.1 manually, when tvheadend is installed on the same computer as kodi.

If Jarvis updated some addons automatically before, some of them will stop to work with the downgraded kodi. In my case only four or five unimportant plugins got broken this way. Propably because most developers didn't publish a jarvis-version up to now.