tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85561333116845785.post330391063615732198..comments2022-06-14T15:02:37.034-07:00Comments on xbmcstuff.bossanova808.net: Bringing Live TV into XBMC (using a Sony Play TV and TVHeadEnd in a virtual machine!)Bossanova808http://www.blogger.com/profile/15826552081370381053noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85561333116845785.post-48427796992766543272015-05-16T16:39:54.644-07:002015-05-16T16:39:54.644-07:00See comment above, I am not using any of this anym...See comment above, I am not using any of this anymore (though it worked well for a few years).<br /><br />Gievn this is now so old, I'm going to close comments....Bossanova808https://www.blogger.com/profile/15826552081370381053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85561333116845785.post-20830088658865232722015-05-15T23:26:24.576-07:002015-05-15T23:26:24.576-07:00Hi, we have satellite installation so the cable i...Hi, we have satellite installation so the cable is an lnb end. Any similar box and method to do the same with that? Our aerial option isn't as grand with only 4 channels and is being fazed out.. Dwpznhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07727113530469225266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85561333116845785.post-16740436934471046952015-05-10T15:56:19.726-07:002015-05-10T15:56:19.726-07:00Apologies, I have long since moved to ArgusTV runn...Apologies, I have long since moved to ArgusTV running on a windows server as it is both vastly more functional, and considerably more stable.Bossanova808https://www.blogger.com/profile/15826552081370381053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85561333116845785.post-12345465508084200382015-05-10T12:12:11.296-07:002015-05-10T12:12:11.296-07:00Hi! CAn you help me configure the drivers? It seem...Hi! CAn you help me configure the drivers? It seems that TVHeadend found them by default, but it doesn't find any channels. I haven't modified the drivers in any way and am new to Ubuntu.fsdfshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12474213569219118340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85561333116845785.post-87380722876360366372012-01-10T15:40:05.277-08:002012-01-10T15:40:05.277-08:00At the time is was from the Pulse packages here:
h...At the time is was from the Pulse packages here:<br />http://packages.pulse-eight.net/OpenELEC/stable/<br /><br />As I found the actual OE version to be less stable. <br /><br />But have changed evberything now and am using the PVR install from here:<br />http://sources.openelec.tv/tmp/image/openelec-pvr/<br /><br />..and running TVHeadEnd directly on the Shuttle (using the add on) and sharing the TV to other clients from here. Works a treat and in fact better than my VM approach!<br /><br />Took about 5 mins to install too, had drivers in place already for the Sony Play TV, so no fiddling at all....Bossanova808https://www.blogger.com/profile/15826552081370381053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85561333116845785.post-19176193014898224932012-01-10T06:41:02.433-08:002012-01-10T06:41:02.433-08:00which version of openelec PVR did you install?which version of openelec PVR did you install?Elendarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405317278958345093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85561333116845785.post-18126767678081133662011-12-22T15:47:51.948-08:002011-12-22T15:47:51.948-08:00(so in other words Kortina above gave me the right...(so in other words Kortina above gave me the right advice! Thanks!!)Bossanova808https://www.blogger.com/profile/15826552081370381053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85561333116845785.post-40277916125998923602011-12-22T15:46:43.460-08:002011-12-22T15:46:43.460-08:00A quick follow up to this one - turns out that the...A quick follow up to this one - turns out that the Sony PlayTV are in the current Pulse8/Openelec PVR builds so the advice above is right really - I plugged it directly into my shuttle and had TVHeadEnd running and full live TV again in less than 5 minutes - absurdly simple...so now I feel kinda stupid for not trying this first - all that VM mucking about was unnecessary! I thought the Shuttle would struggle with it but it really doesn't, it plays perfectly and even happily streams HD out to my other client while playing TV itself. So since my Shuttle is on 24/7 anyway, it might as well be the TV server... I have yet to test recording etc., but I am pretty confident this will work well.<br /><br />THe VM was still a really interesting thing to do and interesting to learn about, I like having a linux install handy to try things, but since I want to pass this LiveTV ability on to my parents-in-law and friends etc, it's nice to know that there's a super simple way to do it - just buy a PlayTV, plug it in via USB and to the aerial, install openelec PVR version, and in less than 5 minutes there you go....Bossanova808https://www.blogger.com/profile/15826552081370381053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85561333116845785.post-71782960959683616522011-12-21T15:02:24.641-08:002011-12-21T15:02:24.641-08:00Not quite season pass but you can define a name ma...Not quite season pass but you can define a name matching rule and it will happily pull & record anything with that name. My providers don't provide episode numbers or anything, so you do have to do a bit of your own filtering of repeats etc.<br /><br />Honestly though, why not just download? It's usually better and easier....Bossanova808https://www.blogger.com/profile/15826552081370381053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85561333116845785.post-77788507552276258572011-12-21T09:01:10.255-08:002011-12-21T09:01:10.255-08:00does the TVHeadEnd Support season pass... i.e. rec...does the TVHeadEnd Support season pass... i.e. record a whole season of a show without having to select each episode individually - and track what shows you've already seen?Smashinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14831689810225508053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85561333116845785.post-35825469929803007582011-12-16T22:40:09.912-08:002011-12-16T22:40:09.912-08:00For me the virtual machine is super handy to have ...For me the virtual machine is super handy to have in any case, so I am not that fussed, and I would much rather have the load on my server than on my ION clients that are wimpy enough as it is without more running on them!<br /><br />But definitely sounds good if you want to have the TV server running right on the OE box.Bossanova808https://www.blogger.com/profile/15826552081370381053noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85561333116845785.post-52785887395359330252011-12-16T14:43:07.795-08:002011-12-16T14:43:07.795-08:00You should get down to JB Hifi and pickup a HDHome...You should get down to JB Hifi and pickup a HDHomeRun (Aus version)<br /><br />These are now known as Kaiser Baas<br />http://www.kaiserbaas.com/kaiser-baas-product-page/tv-tuners/network-tv-tuner<br /><br />then head over to this thread on OpenElec forum:<br />http://openelec.tv/forum/19-feature-suggestions/1634-feature-request-hdhomerun-dvb-support?limit=20&start=40<br /><br />I just got my Aus HDHomeRun working with TVHeadEnd running all out of the Openelec distro.<br /><br />This will do away with the Virtual/USB passthrough setup.<br /><br />Great writeup, big fan of your site<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Kortinakortinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10007715235358216218noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-85561333116845785.post-7353389076887194012011-12-11T11:42:57.159-08:002011-12-11T11:42:57.159-08:00Very impressive, i will try to replicate this.Very impressive, i will try to replicate this.Elendarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11405317278958345093noreply@blogger.com