[jctennis]

Hi JCTennis, 

Unfortunately still nothing. When I go to Autotune, it shows that there are 3 auto channels created. However, I cannot view any programming associated with them. When I force PVR IPTV simple to reload, it says it reloads successfully but there is no interface with content. It jus shows the "utilities" option.

There is no interface. It works with the iptvsimple pvr backend. You would view the channels through the native Kodi PVR EPG. You would view that using the native Estuary skin by navigating to TV on the menu to the left then scrolling over to the right until you have highlighted guide. That will open the EPG. You can also open it with a keyboard shortcut, which if my memory serves me is "E"

Hi JCTennis,

Thanks for that clarification, it seems to be working now! I accessed it through the "TV" section on the interface. On my previous Kodi 18.x install, I access the EPG directly through PseudoTV. 

Does the TV section within Kodi populate without Pseudo TV? Is this a new workflow for PseudoTV or have I been using it incorrectly for the past year?

Thanks again for all of your help.

As I've previously stated, this new version of PTVL is a brand new animal entirely. Really they are only the same project in name only. Lunatixz build the new PTVL to be more like a built in Kodi process as opposed to the old one which kind of stood on its own.

As for the TV section, Kodi needs a PVR backend for that to populate. In this case it is IPTVSIMPLE and PTVL is creating the playlist and epg file that IPTVSIMPLE is reading and serving to you. There are other PVR backends that can connect to software like tvheadend or mythtv.

You and anyone else wishing to use this addon should familiarize yourself with Kodi's PVR system, although that is a bit more than I am able to explain here. This is a good resource: https://kodi.wiki/view/PVR

Not that anyone new to the project will likely find this post buried this far down, but IMHO the following topics should be considered required reading before jumping in:

https://kodi.wiki/view/PVR
https://kodi.wiki/view/Smart_playlists
https://github.com/kodi-pvr/pvr.iptvsimp.../README.md

I would also recommend reading up on IPTV so you understand what an m3u and an xmtv file is and how they work so you can get an idea of what PTVL is doing in the background. To oversimplify Instead of pointing to an internet video stream PTVL is pointing to a command to play a specific video in your library at a specific time just as if a live channel was streaming those files 24/7.

This is beta software and to get the most out of this addon, you must be fairly knowledgeable about the ins and outs of Kodi. You can always DM me too. I'll try and help as best as I can when I have the time. (FYI, I have nothing to do with this project. I'm just a heavy user and abuser myself and I've already found plenty of ways to break it so I probably have mad the same mistake you are making already [emoji6])