Hi PatK:
Few comments.
Good to know I can mention other media players here. I understand about NOT discussing illegal things here. Respected.
Sometimes(often) forums are very defensive about their bias, some members can get a away with anything, and other members are told to stand down or face ban. Unfair but forum owners/mod can do whatever they wanna do.
All I was trying to do was be extra sensitive.
Often forum owners/mod care very protective and claim answers are everywhere and all are willing to help, yet when asked "good" "logical" questions, answers not forthcoming. Often no replies.
In fact there's more interest in telling people not to mention illegal topics (rightfully so) then actually answering good questions about using Kodi. hummm
BTW link you gave me, Talk:Live TV and PVR/DVR Setup Guide, (
http://kodi.wiki/view/Talk:Live_TV_and_P...etup_Guide), says "There is currently no text in this page". Nothing there, so why you even mention it?
See my point? I doubt you even knew nothing was there. yet you freely passed it on.
As for PVR, my question wasn;t about PVR. It was about why Kodi don;t have simple recording option like VLC which has simple button, keystroke to record. Kodi uses PVR but that's limited too TV tuners, EPG, etc. Not for anything that is played in Kodi.
I been using VLC for years, good or bad, VLC does what I want. I am sure maybe other players are better.
Recently I learned that VLC can record, anything that's being played regardless of source.
BUT Kodi is not like that, as I understand it.
So logical question to yo and Kodi experts is why not have recording option, sure Kodi can still keep PVR option but it serves limited function.
NapoleonWilson posted a great thread on recording anything played in Kodi using command lines. Great work but not useful to most people like me who just wanna point, click, play in windows. Lazy? sure. I admit. But if VLC can offer simple recording option, why can;t wonderful critically acclaimed Kodi?
Reducing buffering on live stream is another topic with confusing answers.
There's a difference between LIVE stream like live sports and VOD, tv shows/movies pre-taped. So can? or how to set cache for live streams? There are many useless suggestions using advancedsettings, etc but non work.
In closing, perhaps more efforts should be directed to actually help people use Kodi then policing who's posting illegal topics. IMHO