2021-11-25, 19:10
Hi all
I'm new here and absolutely all at sea with Linux so please be gentle with me and lead me by the hand (or even the nose) - I know I don't know the basics.
I'm in the UK, using a Raspberry Pi 4 and a TV Hat. I am in a good signal area. I started with a clean install of whatever-it-is that the Raspberry Pi Foundation suggests I use as an OS. I've installed and got TVheadend to work and I can receive off-air digital TV using TVheadend and VLC. So I know the basic system is working. That has taken me about two weeks (I said I don't even know the basics and this stuff is hard).
I followed the instructions to install Kodi and it appears to have installed OK - I can certainly get it to run and give me what I think of as big-picture menus. Dark grey on the left, blue on the right, that sort of thing.
I have read through the PVR section on the Kodi Wiki. It seems to make some sort of sense: 1) install the tuner hardware (Pi TV Hat), 2) install the backend (TVheadend) and check it works - yes, OK so far. But that's where it all goes wrong: the instructions say that 3) I need to install a PVR add-on and that they're located in Settings > Add-ons > Install from repository > PVR clients
Trouble is, there ain't no PVR clients option. What I see there (Add-ons / Kodi Add-on repository) is
..
Context menus
Game add-ons
Information providers
Look and feel
Lyrics
Music add-ons
Picture add-ons
Program add-ons
Services
Subtitles
Video add-ons
Weather
Web interface
But no PVR category (and I've been down all the rabbit-holes looking to see if it's hidden inside, say, Weather. It wasn't.)
Can anyone, very gently, give me some idea of what I may be doing wrong? I have tried searching the Forum but to no avail, not least because 'Pi' is too short to be acceptable as a search term, as is 'hat' or even 'R-Pi'.
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Ancient Kung Foole Proverb: Linux is like Klingon - but with all the soft fluffy bits taken out.
I'm new here and absolutely all at sea with Linux so please be gentle with me and lead me by the hand (or even the nose) - I know I don't know the basics.
I'm in the UK, using a Raspberry Pi 4 and a TV Hat. I am in a good signal area. I started with a clean install of whatever-it-is that the Raspberry Pi Foundation suggests I use as an OS. I've installed and got TVheadend to work and I can receive off-air digital TV using TVheadend and VLC. So I know the basic system is working. That has taken me about two weeks (I said I don't even know the basics and this stuff is hard).
I followed the instructions to install Kodi and it appears to have installed OK - I can certainly get it to run and give me what I think of as big-picture menus. Dark grey on the left, blue on the right, that sort of thing.
I have read through the PVR section on the Kodi Wiki. It seems to make some sort of sense: 1) install the tuner hardware (Pi TV Hat), 2) install the backend (TVheadend) and check it works - yes, OK so far. But that's where it all goes wrong: the instructions say that 3) I need to install a PVR add-on and that they're located in Settings > Add-ons > Install from repository > PVR clients
Trouble is, there ain't no PVR clients option. What I see there (Add-ons / Kodi Add-on repository) is
..
Context menus
Game add-ons
Information providers
Look and feel
Lyrics
Music add-ons
Picture add-ons
Program add-ons
Services
Subtitles
Video add-ons
Weather
Web interface
But no PVR category (and I've been down all the rabbit-holes looking to see if it's hidden inside, say, Weather. It wasn't.)
Can anyone, very gently, give me some idea of what I may be doing wrong? I have tried searching the Forum but to no avail, not least because 'Pi' is too short to be acceptable as a search term, as is 'hat' or even 'R-Pi'.
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Ancient Kung Foole Proverb: Linux is like Klingon - but with all the soft fluffy bits taken out.