2020-01-13, 22:48
i'm currently running a dedicated backend Workstation running 3 separate PVR backends the first 2 of which I use within Kodi:
ArgusTV: Quad DVB-T2 Tuner and Dual DVB-S2 Tuner
DVBViewer: IPTV Tuner
Plex: Used to stream our content but also contains a separate Quad DVB-T2 Tuner for testing (but not at a point with current EPG solution that I could move to this)
I think because of the lack of ongoing support/development for ArgusTV (moved to this a number of years ago when SageTV was sold to google and is rock solid but now limited and I'm sure one day with ongoing Win 10 evergreen update approach that it will just stop working) and the lack of IPTV support (hence addition of DVBViewer) its now time to move to a different single PVR backend if possible?
Main requirements are:
Stability, Proper Series recording, support for DVB-T2, DVB-S2 and IPTV tuners, ability to run backend on separate box to the Kodi frontend clients, good EPG integration (have Digiguide Subscription)
There seems to be a lot of positive feedback for NextPVR recently and also I see V5 is in development.
Would really appreciate any feedback on whether NextPVR will do everything I need and if so should I install V5 (does that have better support for true series recording) or stick with V4 at the moment?
I read that V5 NextPVR Client will at moment only work on same box as the server is that the same for the Kodi addon ?
Thanks for any comments/suggestions :-)
ArgusTV: Quad DVB-T2 Tuner and Dual DVB-S2 Tuner
DVBViewer: IPTV Tuner
Plex: Used to stream our content but also contains a separate Quad DVB-T2 Tuner for testing (but not at a point with current EPG solution that I could move to this)
I think because of the lack of ongoing support/development for ArgusTV (moved to this a number of years ago when SageTV was sold to google and is rock solid but now limited and I'm sure one day with ongoing Win 10 evergreen update approach that it will just stop working) and the lack of IPTV support (hence addition of DVBViewer) its now time to move to a different single PVR backend if possible?
Main requirements are:
Stability, Proper Series recording, support for DVB-T2, DVB-S2 and IPTV tuners, ability to run backend on separate box to the Kodi frontend clients, good EPG integration (have Digiguide Subscription)
There seems to be a lot of positive feedback for NextPVR recently and also I see V5 is in development.
Would really appreciate any feedback on whether NextPVR will do everything I need and if so should I install V5 (does that have better support for true series recording) or stick with V4 at the moment?
I read that V5 NextPVR Client will at moment only work on same box as the server is that the same for the Kodi addon ?
Thanks for any comments/suggestions :-)