[primaeval]

I did everything:

Downloaded ffmpeg

Pointed to the ffmpeg exe in Settings.

Set a Recordings folder that I can write to (Download folder in windows)

Made sure IPTV Simple Client is enabled and works


And still it won't record anything, it won't even play the iptv channel, even though I pointed to the right ffmpeg file to play stuff.

Am I missing something?

Are there any ERRORs in kodi.log?
 Did you restart Kodi?
The background update service won't start until you do.

Enable the debugging menus in Settings\Debug.
Do a NUKE in Maintenance to clear everything and force a reload of the xmltv/m3u data.

Make sure that if IPTV Simple Client gets its xmltv file from a local file, whatever downloads it has had time to complete the download.
Use the Settings\Service\Startup Delay to give it time to download.

Are the IPTV Simple Client links simple http links to a server somewhere or are they loopback links to localhost or 127.0.0.1?