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2017-07-31, 04:06
(This post was last modified: 2017-07-31, 04:09 by tjay260476.)
I use next pvr, it gives all the functionality of mce and if you use schedules direct for your EPG, it's a bit cheaper! Mine is on a win10 machine, next pvr connects to the HDHR via the network. If you have a server next pvr can connect to 2 instances of kodi, it also can pass DD properly.....stable....let's just say I am now longer a satellite TV subscriber and using FTA TV through this!
It does all u can expect from a PVR.
Hope this helps
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I'm using nextPVR with a Hauppauge quad tuner on a windows 10 desktop computer that is my back end server. I'm also using the nextPVR addon on my kodi clients which connect by wifi to the server.
You'd think that with 4 tuners, you'd only be able to watch/record a maximum of 4 channels. However, that number can be increased if you are watching/recording over the air subchannels. I've actually watched/recorded a total of 6 simultaneous tv shows with this setup.
NextPVR also allows you to create channel groups as a way of creating lists of favorite channels. This allows different viewers to have their own custom channel list.
There are many more features that you'll find useful so I would encourage you to give nextPVR a good, close look.
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If you are watching the same channel, or a channel on the same multiplex, you can have more clients running, also add more tuners can also add more clients running simultaneously I cannot vouch for other backends but with next pvr and the HDHR it is easily expandable, especially as if setting up multiple tuners in next pvr u just copy the first tuner to the rest with a couple of clicks of the mouse
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BroDee
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Thanks for the advice on NextPVR. I installed it and it's a lot better that MediaPortal 2.
Problem is when I'm using Kodi as the front end, I get the error message that says 'tuner no longer available', after about 5 seconds of live TV. Every time. Live TV works fine using just NextPVR.
Was really hoping this would be a stable solution inside Kodi.
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2017-08-01, 04:55
(This post was last modified: 2017-08-01, 04:56 by tjay260476.)
What hardware are you using? And what OS?t I'm talking about the kodi client, or is kodi on the same computer as next pvr?
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I need to stay with WMC because Verizon is flagging some of the channels I watch as copy-once. I have switched to use epg123 and schedules direct to get guide data, but I see no reason to change the PVR at this point. It ain't broke....
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Are you using 127.0.0.1 as the ip in the next pvr client in kodi or are you using the hostname of the computer kodi prefers ip addresses rather than names, see if that helps
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Yes. I'm still using nextPvr and still recommend it.
