[DragonQ]

I know DSPlayer doesn't support Tvheadend as a PVR back-end. I've just tried this PlayerCoreFactory rule that forces Kodi to use the normal DVDPlayer for live TV:

xml:
<playercorefactory>

    <rules action="prepend">

        <rule protocols="daap|rtv|rtmp|http|https|rtmpe|mms|rtp|rtsp|htsp" player="DVDPlayer" />

    </rules>

</playercorefactory>

For some reason, this correctly forces Kodi to use DVDPlayer when choosing a channel from the "Recently played channels" section, but if I try to choose a channel via the "Channels" or "Guide" section, it tries to use DSPlayer and fails. Does anyone know what am I missing in this rule?

The only protocol I can see you are missing is pvr. Try adding it.

Add maybe try adding a </rule> in there: 

</rule>
</rules>

If you are using 17.6, it is no longer "DVDPlayer" but "VideoPlayer."  

Thanks for the tip, I've got it correctly using the standard video player via "Channels", "Guide", and "Recently played channels". The only annoyance is recorded shows are also played using the standard video player, but I guess that helps when it's an in-progress recording. I've set up my Recordings directory to be accessible via SMB so I can play already-completed recordings using DSPlayer that way. For anyone else in my situation, here's my playercorefactory.xml:

Code:

<playercorefactory>
    <rules action="prepend">
        <rule protocols="daap|rtv|rtmp|http|https|rtmpe|mms|rtp|rtsp|htsp|pvr" player="VideoPlayer" />
    </rules>
</playercorefactory>