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technoboi · 2014-12-25, 19:30

Kodi 14.0 Git: ad747d9 Compiled 23 Dec 2014. OS: Linux Mint 17.1 (Based on Ubuntu 14.04). Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic.

No information about PVRs show up on Kodi. However, by running, on command line:
sudo apt-cache search pvr
I was able to establish that numerous PVRs were available.
Hence installed kodi-pvr-mythtv and kodi-pvr-iptvsimple via the command line.
Now these two PVRs show up in 'Enabled addons'.
'Live TV' is enabled in the settings and Kodi has been rebooted.
Despite all the above the main menu link, previously called 'Live TV' is not evident.

So, in summary:
1. Non-enabled PVRs don't list at all.
2. Impossible to install PVRs in the Kodi GUI because of (1) above so installation only possible via command line.
3. When PVRs & 'Live TV' are enabled still don't see 'Live TV' menu item.

Further, When I set up MythTv I couldn't see any option for entering the username and password.

Can anyone throw any light on the above please.

nickr · (This post was last modified: 2014-12-26, 03:41 by nickr.)

You need to make sure the API is turned on in myth backbend with pin 0000

Oh and in ubuntu the pvr addons are separate packages so yes you do need to install them in addition to kodi.

technoboi · 2014-12-26, 16:13

(2014-12-26, 03:39)nickr Wrote: You need to make sure the API is turned on in myth backbend with pin 0000

Oh and in ubuntu the pvr addons are separate packages so yes you do need to install them in addition to kodi.

Thanks nickr for the info. on MythTV. I assume that this answers my query on MythTV authentication. I'll take a look. Up to now I've just needed to enter a username & password. Normally, of course, I can install PVRs via the GUI. Only once have I had to install an addon via the command line.

I have a feeling that the rest of the problems will turn out to be bugs but it is surprising that no one tried out putting a PVR on Kodi, running in an Ubuntu base, as that is likely to be the most popularly used Linux distribution.

nickr · 2014-12-26, 20:51

Oh and in kodi I think the main menu items are now 'tv' and 'radio', although this may be skin dependent.

technoboi · 2014-12-27, 00:05

(2014-12-26, 20:51)nickr Wrote: Oh and in kodi I think the main menu items are now 'tv' and 'radio', although this may be skin dependent.

On videos of Kodi I've seen just 'TV'. I only have 'TV Shows', which is different. 'TV' does not appear at all.

mikeboss · 2014-12-27, 22:28

yup, same here. but after verifying that HTS TVheadend was fully working (webinterface ok, streaming to my VLC on the PC working) I began to suspect this might be an issue with the default skin. I then installed one of the other skins available and voila: TV did show up in the homescreen. I then switched back to the default skin and TV was still visible. rebooted: TV gone again...

nickr · 2014-12-27, 22:41

In confluence 'TV' does not appear until pvr has started up, and this takes some time.

exiteden · (This post was last modified: 2015-01-01, 08:56 by exiteden.)

I am having a similar issue, but it seems that the PVR never starts up. I changed to a different theme, and when I select "Live TV", I get the message "No PVR clients have started yet".

Checking ~/.kodi/temp/kodi.log gives:

Code:
06:51 T:140563216869120   ERROR: AddOnLog: MythTV PVR Client: (CPPMyth)__connectAddr: failed to connect (111)

06:51 T:140563216869120   ERROR: AddOnLog: MythTV PVR Client: (CPPMyth)InitWSAPI: invalid response

06:51 T:140563216869120   ERROR: AddOnLog: MythTV PVR Client: (CPPMyth)__connectAddr: failed to connect (111)

06:51 T:140563216869120   ERROR: Previous line repeats 1 times.

06:51 T:140563216869120   ERROR: AddOnLog: MythTV PVR Client: Failed to connect to MythTV backend on 127.0.0.1:6543

06:51 T:140563216869120   ERROR: AddOnLog: MythTV PVR Client:

06:51 T:140563216869120   ERROR: PVR - couldn't get the capabilities for add-on 'unknown'. Please contact the developer of this add-on: Christian Fetzer, Jean-Luc Barrière

Any ideas why this might happen?

Linux Mint 17.1, Kodi 14, MythTV 0.27
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Update: Just realized my mythbackend was not connecting to mysql database according to /var/log/mythtv/mythbackend.log; changed the password for mythbackend to connect to mysql and all is well.

johnkjaer · 2015-01-02, 19:21

I have same problem

nickr · 2015-01-02, 20:51

so apply the same fix?

technoboi · (This post was last modified: 2015-01-02, 22:17 by technoboi.)

(2015-01-02, 20:51)nickr Wrote: so apply the same fix?

What fix would that be?

On the MythTv Add-on I cannot see where a username and password can be entered.
'Live Tv' does not appear in 'Confluence' but does appear in theme 'Kodi Black Glass Nova'. However, I see no evidence of Kodi even trying to do anything with either the 'MythTv' or the 'IPTv' add-on.
Further, I had to install those PVR add-ons via the command line and the list of disabled PVRs don't even appear in Kodi. There is NOTHING listed under 'Disabled add-ons'.
MythTv is working fine in the MythTv frontend.
Plainly there are problems and there has been no fix to my knowledge. None of these problems existed under Gotham.

nickr · 2015-01-03, 13:32

You posted immediately below someone who had a problem and who fixed it. You said you had the same problem so I suggested you apply the same fix.

The mythtv addon is new in helix, although is also available for gotham.

You don't need to enter a user name or password because the new addon uses the mythtv api, not the cmyth library. If myth backend and pvr.nythtv are configured properly, it works fine.

ssouter · 2015-01-13, 19:38

I had the same issue on earlier attempts with Kodi 14.0 on ATV 2 and Mythtv 0.28 backend

One or both of these fixed my issue:

Be sure to include the backend's MAC address in addition to IP address in the config
Ensure LiveTV option is enabled - when I disable the TV menu disappears

Scott

lefko · 2015-04-27, 04:30

I had this problem too. I first realized that different skins showed live tv in the home screen, but the epg was not there. I installed the latest version of Kodi (over the old version) and changed the home from default (Confluence) to CCM Helix. It looks a lot like Confluence, the default, but is much more configurable. Especially the part about being able to set add-on shortcuts to things bookmarked as favorites, as well as much better control over how the addons show up on the home screen.

Anyway, at that point it looks like my PVR add on WMC-Client showed up as disabled. It wasn't on the default confluence skin. When I enabled it live TV started working again.

I think there is an issue with the default confluence skin (and possibly Kodi interaction.) WMC-Client is also alpha or beta, but since others are having issues with other PVR add onsm it's probably not the pvr client itself.

nickr · 2015-04-27, 04:47

Default confluence doesn't show the live tv menu on the home page unless the PVR system is actually set up and working. It has been like this since helix I think. It can be confusing.