Kodi DSPlayer – DirectShow Player for Windows
MediaPortal and ArgusTV PVR TV-backends in Kodi DSPlayer 15.2 and 16.0
Support RTSP and UNC(=SMB) LiveTV streams with timeshift buffer and video seeking functionality, using MediaPortal TsReader DirectShow Filter.

PVR LiveTV features with MediaPortal TsReader Filter:
  • Timeshift buffer and video seeking support.
  • Top Progress bar OSD, displays timeshift buffer time.
  • Channel info OSD dialog, displays EPG time and EPG progress bar.
New PVR features add in DSPlayer 15.2:
  • Live TV fast channel switching (don't stop timeshift) (enabled by default)
    Don't stop an existing timeshift session when switching to a new channel. This makes channel switching faster.
    Regular channel switching will be used in cases of changing of stream url(SD<->HD channel switching or switching to channels with different audio/video streams)
  • Use UNC(=SMB) paths for Live TV (disabled by default)
    UNC is faster with channel switching and video seeking.

ArgusTV:
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MediaPortal:
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ArgusTV Kodi Addon settings:
  • Set "Delay after tuning" greater then zero.
MediaPortal TV-Server Kodi Addon settings:
  • Set "Streaming method" to "ffmpeg".
  • Enable "Convert hostname to IP-address".

MediaPortal TsReader Filter for DSPlayer:
Enabling "UNC(=SMB) paths for Live TV":
MediaPortal users have to use MediaPortal TVServerXBMC Plugin v1.12.0.129 or higher version.
(starting from version 1.12.0.129, TVServerXBMC Plugin supports DSPlayer)

advancedsettings.xml:
Code:
<advancedsettings>
  <dsplayer>
    <useuncpathsforlivetv>true</useuncpathsforlivetv>
  </dsplayer>
</advancedsettings>

Disabling "Live TV fast channel switching":
advancedsettings.xml:
Code:
<advancedsettings>
  <dsplayer>
    <fastchannelswitching>false</fastchannelswitching>
  </dsplayer>
</advancedsettings>

Filters configuration: (DSPlayer Wiki, DSPlayer Setup)

Filters management: "Internal filters":
No configuration is required.

Filters management: "Media rules and Filters configurations":

mediasconfig.xml
Code:
<mediasconfig>
  <rules>
    <rule filetypes="mkv|avi|divx|ogm|mp4|mov|m4v|flv|m2v|mpeg|mpg|mts|m2ts|vob|bdmv">
      <source filter="lavsource_internal" />
      <splitter filter="lavsplitter_internal" />
      <video filter="lavvideo_internal" />
      <audio filter="lavaudio_internal" />
      <subs filter="xysubfilter_internal" />
    </rule>
    <rule protocols="https|http" url="false">
      <splitter filter="lavsplitter_internal" />
      <video filter="lavvideo_internal" />
      <audio filter="lavaudio_internal" />
      <subs filter="xysubfilter_internal" />
    </rule>
    <rule filetypes="ts" url="false" >
      <source filter="tsreader_internal" />
      <splitter filter="tsreader_internal" />
      <video filter="lavvideo_internal" />
      <audio filter="lavaudio_internal" />
      <subs filter="xysubfilter_internal" />
    </rule>
    <rule url="true" filetypes="tsbuffer" >
      <source filter="tsreader_internal" />
    </rule>
    <rule url="true" protocols="rtsp">
      <source filter="tsreader_internal" />
    </rule>
    <rule protocols="rtsp">
      <video filter="lavvideo_internal" />
      <audio filter="lavaudio_internal" />
    </rule>
    <rule filetypes="ifo">
      <source filter="dvdnavigator" />
      <splitter filter="dvdnavigator" />
      <video filter="lavvideo_internal" />
      <audio filter="lavaudio_internal" />
    </rule>
    <rule filetypes="wmv">
      <source filter="wmasfreader" />
      <splitter filter="wmasfreader" />
      <video filter="wmvideodecoder" />
      <audio filter="wmaudiodecoder" />
      <subs filter="xysubfilter_internal" />
    </rule>
    <rule filetypes="iso">
      <source filter="avsource" />
      <splitter filter="avsource" />
      <video filter="lavvideo_internal" />
      <audio filter="lavaudio_internal" />
    </rule>
    <rule filetypes="ogm">
      <source filter="oggsource" />
      <splitter filter="oggsplitter" />
      <video filter="lavvideo_internal" />
      <audio filter="lavaudio_internal" />
    </rule>  
    <rule filetypes="rmvb">
      <source filter="realsource" />
      <splitter filter="realsplitter" />
      <video filter="realvideodec" />
      <audio filter="realaudiodec" />
    </rule>
  </rules>
</mediasconfig>

playercorefactory.xml
Code:
<playercorefactory>
    <rules action="prepend">
        <rule protocols="daap|rtv|rtmp|rtmpe|mms|rtp" player="DVDPlayer" />
        <rule name="PVR Radio" filename="pvr://channels/radio.*" filetypes="pvr" player="DVDPlayer"/>  
        <rule name="All Other" player="DSPlayer"/>
    </rules>
</playercorefactory>
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