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- From the Kodi Add-ons browser, select
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HDHomeRun DVR PVR Client - Select
Configure
Configures general PVR behavior settings
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Pause discovery tasks while streaming | When set to ON the PVR will disable all discovery tasks while a Live TV or Recorded TV stream is in progress. |
OFF |
| Trigger recording discovery immediately after playback | When set to ON a Recording discovery will be initiated immediately after any Live TV or Recorded TV stream has ended. |
OFF |
| Show DRM protected channels in channel lineups | When set to ON channels marked as DRM-protected by the HDHomeRun tuner device(s) will still be listed in the Kodi channel lineups. |
OFF |
| Disable backend channel logo images | When set to ON the channel logo images provided by the backend will not be made available to Kodi. |
OFF |
| Delete expired date/time recording rules after | Specifies the age at which an expired date/time recording rule (timer rule) will be automatically deleted. Set to Never to disable this functionality. |
1 Day |
Configures PVR interface settings
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Prepend channel numbers to channel names | When set to ON the channel number will be prepended to the channel name when reported to Kodi. For example channel 511 WBALDT would become 511 WBALDT. |
OFF |
| Use season/episode number as title for recordings | When set to ON the title for recordings will be replaced with the season and episode number when available. For example The Blacklist (Zarak Mosadek) would become S05E18 (Zarak Mosadek). |
OFF |
| Use backend genre string(s) in Electronic Program Guide (EPG) | When set to ON the EPG genre string(s) will be set to the string(s) provided by the backend instead of attempting to map them into Kodi-specific genres. Enabling this option will also disable Kodi's ability to color-code the EPG listings. |
OFF |
| Preferred channel name format | Specifies the preferred format of the channel names reported to Kodi. When the selected format is not available a fallback format will be selected automatically. | XMLTV station |
| Disable specialized Recorded TV category folders | When set to ON Recorded TV episodes with specialized category names (Movies, News, Specials, Sporting Events, etc.) will not be grouped into folders corresponding to those specialized category names. |
OFF |
| Append repeat indicators to applicable episode names 1 | When set to ON repeat indicators will be appended to episode names for recordings and EPG listings if the episode aired more than 24 hours after its original air date. |
OFF |
| Append repeat indicators to applicable recording names 2 | When set to ON repeat indicators will be appended to recording episode names if the recording is not flagged as the first airing. |
OFF |
| Use Original Air Date timestamp for Recorded TV programs | When set to ON the timestamp reported for Recorded TV programs will be set to the Original Air Date timestamp instead of the recording timestamp. |
OFF |
| Report actual start and end times for upcoming timers | When set to ON any specified reording rule (Kodi Timer Rule) start and end time padding will be applied to recording rule episodes (Kodi Timers). |
OFF |
1 Kodi 18 "Leia" only
2 Kodi 19 "Matrix" only
Specifies the amount of time between refreshes of the PVR data
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Devices | Specifies the interval between re-discovery of the HDHomeRun tuner and HDHomeRun RECORD device(s) on the local network. | 10 Minutes |
| Channel Lineups | Specifies the interval between re-discovery of available channel lineups from previously discovered HDHomeRun tuner device(s). | 45 Minutes |
| Recordings | Specifies the interval between re-discovery of available recordings from previously discovered HDHomeRun RECORD device(s). | 10 Minutes |
| Recording Rules | Specifies the interval between re-discovery of available recording rules (Kodi Timer Rules) from the HDHomeRun backend services. | 2 Hours |
| Recording Rule Episodes | Specifies the interval between re-discovery of available recording rule episodes (Kodi Timers) from the HDHomeRun backend services. | 2 Hours |
Configures Edit Decision List support
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Enable Edit Decision List (EDL) support for Recorded TV | Enables support for detection of Comskip Edit Decision List (EDL) files. | OFF |
| EDL file path | Specifies the base path to search for Recorded TV Edit Decision List (EDL) files. | NOT SPECIFIED |
| Use simplified (flattened) file hierarchy | When set to ON only the base path will be searched for Edit Decision List (EDL) files. When set to OFF Edit Decision List (EDL) files must be located in a subdirectory that matches the series name as displayed in Kodi. |
OFF |
| Report CUT indicators as COMBREAK indicators | When set to ON Edit Decision List (EDL) CUT indicators will be treated as COMSKIP indicators. |
OFF |
| CUT indicator start time padding | Specifies the amount of time to artificially add to each entry present in the Edit Decision List (EDL) file. | 0 |
| CUT indicator end time padding | Specifies the amount of time to artificially subtract from each entry present in the Edit Decision List (EDL) file. | 0 |
Configures Radio Channel mapping support
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Enable Radio channel mappings | When set to ON any channel numbers/ranges specified in the Radio channel mapping file will be moved from TV to Radio in Kodi. |
OFF |
| Radio channel mapping file | Specifies the path to the Radio channel mapping file. This is a text file that lists either individual channel numbers ("4.1", "1800") or a range of channel numbers ("4.1-4.3", "1800-1899") to be moved from TV to Radio in Kodi. List one channel number or one channel range in each line of the file. |
NOT SPECIFIED |
| Suppress video streams during playback | When set to ON any video streams associated with a mapped Radio channel will be suppressed during playback. |
OFF |
Configures advanced PVR settings
| Setting | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Use HTTP cloud-based device discovery | When set to ON the PVR will use the cloud-based backend to discover available HDHomeRun devices instead of a UDP broadcast on the local network. |
OFF |
| Stream Live TV channels directly from tuner device(s) 1 | When set to ON Live TV channels will be streamed directly from an available HDHomeRun tuner device instead of the HDHomeRun RECORD device. Enabling this option will also disable Kodi's ability to perform seek operations. |
OFF |
| Preferred tuner streaming protocol | Specifies the preferred network protocol to use when streaming directly from HDHomeRun tuner device(s). When set to HTTP the modern HDHomeRun streaming protocol will be used. When set to RTP/UDP the legacy HDHomeRun streaming protocol will be used. |
HTTP |
| Disable blocking of DRM protected channel streams | When set to ON channels marked as DRM protected by the HDHomeRun tuner device(s) will not be blocked from playback attempts. |
OFF |
| DVR stream read operation minimum size | Specifies the amount of data Kodi will request as a single chunk of Live TV or Recorded TV streams. | 4 KiB |
| Invalidate tuner device authorization codes after | Specifies the amount of time after which cached HDHomeRun tuner device authorization strings will be considered invalid. | 20 Hours |
1 HDHomeRun "Demo" channels, when available, are always streamed directly from the HDHomeRun tuner device(s), this option has no effect for those channels
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