2011-12-29, 23:06
Hi Folks,
I tested the experimental XBMC PVR builds with tvheadend as backend and it's really promising , but unfortunately - at this moment - it misses some "must have" features that every 30 $ pvr enabled sat receiver will provide such as recording and time shifted watching .. or in other words - W.A.F. is not very high ..
Since a XBMC PVR release is scheduled (?) for v12.0 we'll have to wait at least one year (?) until stable builds ..
'Cause XBMC rulz and other HTPC/MediaCenter solutions can't compete with it (I had to tested all of them - WAF !) I'd like to speed up the Live-TV support ..
What speaks against a (standalone) live-tv addon for tvheadend ? Where is - form the technical point of view - the need for a special PVR Build of XBMC ? Why not enable TV like it's done for all the other functions - with addons ?
- the HTSP (protocol) supports everything that is needed for Live-TV - EPG information, channels, tv video stream (server-side).
- a XBMC addon (client-side)
- could read an save channel and EPG information
- could read the video stream (it's a basic feature of XBMC ?!)
- could save the stream, could handle timeshift client side
- could manage timer recordings
(most of other functions like channel / transponder search could be done server side 'cause it's an administration task, not part of daily usage ..)
imho these are the "killer features" of live tv. Even though the client handles in this scenario the most tv operations it's a practicable solution for most HTPC secenarios like mine - PC in the living room that combines CD/DVD/bluray player, satellite receiver, game console and so on ..
I'm not a XBMC developer at this moment, so I can only guess .. but if there is nothing that speaks against it from the inside view of a XBMC developer I would give a try ?!? Could you give any advise ?
So long
LastCoder
PS: btw. the highest WAF goes to DVBViewer Pro - at this moment in the live-TV discipline unbeatable ... but requires Windows and the media center / HTPC skills are very basic ..
I tested the experimental XBMC PVR builds with tvheadend as backend and it's really promising , but unfortunately - at this moment - it misses some "must have" features that every 30 $ pvr enabled sat receiver will provide such as recording and time shifted watching .. or in other words - W.A.F. is not very high ..
Since a XBMC PVR release is scheduled (?) for v12.0 we'll have to wait at least one year (?) until stable builds ..
'Cause XBMC rulz and other HTPC/MediaCenter solutions can't compete with it (I had to tested all of them - WAF !) I'd like to speed up the Live-TV support ..
What speaks against a (standalone) live-tv addon for tvheadend ? Where is - form the technical point of view - the need for a special PVR Build of XBMC ? Why not enable TV like it's done for all the other functions - with addons ?
- the HTSP (protocol) supports everything that is needed for Live-TV - EPG information, channels, tv video stream (server-side).
- a XBMC addon (client-side)
- could read an save channel and EPG information
- could read the video stream (it's a basic feature of XBMC ?!)
- could save the stream, could handle timeshift client side
- could manage timer recordings
(most of other functions like channel / transponder search could be done server side 'cause it's an administration task, not part of daily usage ..)
imho these are the "killer features" of live tv. Even though the client handles in this scenario the most tv operations it's a practicable solution for most HTPC secenarios like mine - PC in the living room that combines CD/DVD/bluray player, satellite receiver, game console and so on ..
I'm not a XBMC developer at this moment, so I can only guess .. but if there is nothing that speaks against it from the inside view of a XBMC developer I would give a try ?!? Could you give any advise ?
So long
LastCoder
PS: btw. the highest WAF goes to DVBViewer Pro - at this moment in the live-TV discipline unbeatable ... but requires Windows and the media center / HTPC skills are very basic ..