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Save deinterlace method with recording

Hello, I am running tvheadend 3.9.2765~g0294882 as backend (OpenELEC 5.0.8 on a separate machine) and Kodi 16 as frontend with tvheadend client on LibreELEC 7.0.2. I have HDHomeRun with 4 tuners. I have Ziggo cable TV in Netherlands, which is all inte...

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Kodi to replace windows powerpoint in a tour?

Hi guys, I hope this is the right place to ask :wink: I currently do Ghost Hunting tours for my city and I do a presentation via laptop (windows 10 with powerpoint) and LCD screen/tv and a powered speaker. Way too much to carry around, the solution I t...

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EPG problem with timeline

Hi team, I have a strange problem. When I start kodi, the epg works great in timeline mode, but after a day, some programs are missing. If I change to Channel epg view, the programs are displayed, but not in timeline mode. Any idea? Thanks I'm usink...

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Can my old pc play 1080?

Hello! I am supernew on kodi!! I just saw about it today and I would defenately give it a go I just would like to know if my old pc can can play 720 and 1080 vids I think I am going to install kodibuntu My specs are: Pentium 4 3.06ghz 1gb ram nvidia g...

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visualizations not working

Hey Guys, I'm runnning Kodibuntu with the latest Krypton build. I found that I could install visualizations following: Ubuntu_binary_add-ons#Visualizations (wiki) So I installed the first two - goom and projectM. I can select them from the playback...

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Unable to Connect, couldn’t retrieve directory

Hi Just freshly installed Kodi for ios via the non jail breaking method and tried adding an addon that works perfectly on my AMIKO box at home but it doesn't work on my iPhone. These are two screen shots from my device. I have literally installed...

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Anidb Not Scraping

Hi i'm running Ubuntu 16.04 and TMM 2.8.3.1 . Anime I cant find with THETVDB I'm trying to use AniDB for but TMM just wont pull up any info.

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Kodi17 Alpha2 crashes on Windows7

Just the other day i performed a clean install of Windows 7 Ultimate and updated the OS on my laptop.
I also installed Firefox, Thiunderbird, LibreOffice and a few other small apps.

So today i thought i'd install Kodi 17 Beta2 which went ok but when trying to run Kodi i get an application crash Huh
Anyone know what the issue may be? suggestions on a fix?

Windows Event log is as follows:

Code:
- <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
- <System>
  <Provider Name="Application Error" />
  <EventID Qualifiers="0">1000</EventID>
  <Level>2</Level>
  <Task>100</Task>
  <Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
  <TimeCreated SystemTime="2016-09-27T06:54:15.000000000Z" />
  <EventRecordID>1273</EventRecordID>
  <Channel>Application</Channel>
  <Computer>xps17l702</Computer>
  <Security />
  </System>
- <EventData>
  <Data>kodi.exe</Data>
  <Data>16.9.802.0</Data>
  <Data>57dd349b</Data>
  <Data>nvdxgiwrap.dll</Data>
  <Data>8.17.12.8577</Data>
  <Data>4eb2dcb8</Data>
  <Data>c0000005</Data>
  <Data>00002a5a</Data>
  <Data>106c</Data>
  <Data>01d2188beb23a4af</Data>
  <Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\kodi.exe</Data>
  <Data>C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\CoProcManager\nvdxgiwrap.dll</Data>
  <Data>33bd2515-847f-11e6-85a8-88532e0ecdaf</Data>
  </EventData>
  </Event>

There is a small kodi.log file which contains the following:
Code:
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: special://profile/ is mapped to: special://masterprofile/
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: Starting Kodi (17.0-BETA2 Git:20160917-aa5d1e5-dirty). Platform: Windows NT x86 32-bit
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: Using Release Kodi x32 build
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: Kodi compiled Sep 17 2016 by MSVC 190024210 for Windows NT x86 32-bit version 6.3 (0x06030000)
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: Running on Dell Inc. Dell System XPS L702X with Windows 7 SP1, kernel: Windows NT x86 64-bit version 6.1
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: Host CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz, 8 cores available
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: Desktop Resolution: 1920x1080 32Bit at 60Hz
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: Running with restricted rights
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: Aero is enabled
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: special://xbmc/ is mapped to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: special://xbmcbin/ is mapped to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: special://xbmcbinaddons/ is mapped to: C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi/addons
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Boss\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\userdata
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: special://home/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Boss\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: special://temp/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Boss\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\cache
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: special://logpath/ is mapped to: C:\Users\Boss\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: The executable running is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\kodi.exe
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: Local hostname: xps17l702
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: Log File is located: C:\Users\Boss\AppData\Roaming\Kodi\/kodi.log
16:54:03 T:4208  NOTICE: -----------------------------------------------------------------------
16:54:04 T:4208  NOTICE: load settings...
16:54:04 T:4208 WARNING: CSettingString: unknown options filler "timezonecountries" of "locale.timezonecountry"
16:54:04 T:4208 WARNING: CSettingString: unknown options filler "timezones" of "locale.timezone"
16:54:05 T:4208  NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://xbmc/system/advancedsettings.xml)
16:54:05 T:4208  NOTICE: No settings file to load (special://masterprofile/advancedsettings.xml)
16:54:05 T:4208  NOTICE: Default Video Player: VideoPlayer
16:54:05 T:4208  NOTICE: Default Audio Player: paplayer
16:54:05 T:4208  NOTICE: Disabled debug logging due to GUI setting. Level 0.
16:54:05 T:4208  NOTICE: Log level changed to "LOG_LEVEL_NORMAL"
16:54:05 T:4208  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://xbmc/system/playercorefactory.xml.
16:54:05 T:4208  NOTICE: Loaded playercorefactory configuration
16:54:05 T:4208  NOTICE: Loading player core factory settings from special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml.
16:54:05 T:4208  NOTICE: special://masterprofile/playercorefactory.xml does not exist. Skipping.
16:54:05 T:4208  NOTICE: Running database version Addons26
16:54:07 T:4208  NOTICE: ADDONS: Using repository repository.xbmc.org
16:54:08 T:4208   FATAL: C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\addons\inputstream.mpd\inputstream.mpd.dll is a system dll and should never be released
16:54:08 T:4208   FATAL: C:\Program Files (x86)\Kodi\addons\inputstream.smoothstream\inputstream.smoothstream.dll is a system dll and should never be released
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE: Found 2 Lists of Devices
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE: Enumerated DIRECTSOUND devices:
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:     Device 1
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : {84F7DCF1-9021-47BC-B2DB-C7EE80FF71DD}
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : Speakers - Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: DIRECTSOUND: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 48000
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_FLOAT
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_streamTypes     : No passthrough capabilities
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:     Device 2
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : default
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : default
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra:
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 48000
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_FLOAT
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_streamTypes     : No passthrough capabilities
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE: Enumerated WASAPI devices:
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:     Device 1
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : {84F7DCF1-9021-47BC-B2DB-C7EE80FF71DD}
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : Speakers - Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra: WASAPI: Speakers (Realtek High Definition Audio)
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 192000,96000,48000,44100
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S24NE4MSB,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE,AE_FMT_S16BE
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_streamTypes     : No passthrough capabilities
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:     Device 2
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_deviceName      : default
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_displayName     : default
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_displayNameExtra:
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_deviceType      : AE_DEVTYPE_PCM
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_channels        : FL,FR
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_sampleRates     : 192000,96000,48000,44100
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_dataFormats     : AE_FMT_S24NE4MSB,AE_FMT_S16NE,AE_FMT_S16LE,AE_FMT_S16BE
16:54:08 T:828  NOTICE:         m_streamTypes     : No passthrough capabilities
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Found screen: Generic PnP Monitor on Intel(R) HD Graphics Family, adapter 0.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Primary mode: 1920x1080@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 320x200@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 320x240@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 400x300@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 512x384@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 640x400@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 640x480@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 800x600@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1024x768@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1152x864@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1280x600@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1280x720@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 1 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1280x768@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1280x800@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1280x960@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1280x1024@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1360x768@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1366x768@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1400x1050@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1440x900@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1600x900@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 1 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1680x1050@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Previous line repeats 2 times.
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Additional mode: 1920x1080@ 60.00 - Full Screen
16:54:09 T:4208  NOTICE: Checking resolution 16

The stacktrace is as follows:
Code:
Thread 1384 (process 4592)
# 0 initialise
# 1
# 2
# 3
# 4
# 5
# 6
# 7
# 8 BaseThreadInitThunk
# 9 RtlInitializeExceptionChain
#10 RtlInitializeExceptionChain

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PVR Timeshift

Ok after trying a few times i have worked out how to implement a pvr timeshift progress control.

the first progress bar is Player.Progress that acts as the cache of what has been recorded and how far you can seek up to.

PHP Code:
<control type="progress">
                <animation effect="fade" end="0" time="200">WindowClose</animation>
                <left>200</left>
                <top>80</top>
                <width>1520</width>
                <height>26</height>
                <info>Player.Progress</info>
                <midtexture colordiffuse="button_focus" border="13">progress/cache.png</midtexture>
            </control> 

now this progress control needs to be on top like Player.Progress usally is. This progress control shows what you have watched so far
PHP Code:
            <control type="progress">
                <animation effect="fade" end="0" time="200">WindowClose</animation>
                <left>200</left>
                <top>80</top>
                <width>1520</width>
                <height>26</height>
                <info>Pvr.Progress</info>
                <texturebg colordiffuse="black" border="13">progress/blank.png</texturebg>
            </control> 

now for a slider this was a bit harder to work out because if you have the action as seek and info as Pvr.Progress then the slider will just keep up with Player.Progress even though the info is meant to be Pvr.Progress. so the first slider just have info Pvr.Progress and no action
PHP Code:
            <control type="slider">
                <left>196</left>
                <top>78</top>
                <width>1520</width>
                <height>32</height>
                <onup>8010</onup>
                <ondown>650</ondown>
                <texturesliderbar border="3" colordiffuse="00FFFFFF">progress/texturebg_border_white.png</texturesliderbar>
                <textureslidernib>progress/nub.png</textureslidernib>
                <textureslidernibfocus colordiffuse="button_focus">progress/nub.png</textureslidernibfocus>
                <info>Pvr.Progress</info>
            </control> 

this next slider is a slider to move the seek but so action as seek and now make the textures invisible by giving it a colordiffuse of 00FFFFFF so you can't see it but move it.
PHP Code:
            <control type="slider">
                <left>196</left>
                <top>78</top>
                <width>1520</width>
                <height>32</height>
                <onup>8010</onup>
                <ondown>650</ondown>
                <texturesliderbar border="3" colordiffuse="00FFFFFF">progress/texturebg_border_white.png</texturesliderbar>
                <textureslidernib colordiffuse="00FFFFFF">progress/nub.png</textureslidernib>
                <textureslidernibfocus colordiffuse="00FFFFFF">progress/nub.png</textureslidernibfocus>
                <info>Pvr.Progress</info>
                <action>seek</action>
            </control> 

now Pvr.TimeShiftProgress seems to be weird, as a progress control when you are watching live tv the progress control stay full but if you pause it goes down. i would of thought it acted more like Pvr.Progress and Pvr.Progress to be like Player.Progress.

now for the labels
Pvr.TimeShiftStart give you the time when you started watching TV eg. 8:30pm
PHP Code:
<label>$INFO[Pvr.TimeShiftStart]</label> 

Pvr.TimeShiftEnd gives you time that has been Timeshifted so far so eg if you paused it from 8:30pm and now is 9:00pm this will return 9:00pm
PHP Code:
<label>$INFO[Pvr.TimeShiftEnd]</label> 

Pvr.TimeShiftCur is how far you are into watching. so say you have watched 5min into it then it will return 8:35pm
PHP Code:
<label>$INFO[Pvr.TimeShiftCur]</label> 

now the next 2 lables are mins
PHP Code:
<label>$INFO[Pvr.Time]</label> 
seems to be the same as Player.Time

and this seems to be the same as Player.Duration
PHP Code:
<label>$INFO[Pvr.Duration]</label> 

now i tested this with wmc addon

so if you would like to add it to your skin you really just need to have Pvr.Progress where Player.Progress is normally and have Player.Progress where Player.Cache is normally.

hope this makes sense and helps others out as i know other people have tried and removed it from there skin.

will when i can, try and update estuary skin to have this feature but not all pvr addon have the timeshift infomation. would be great if the devs could help to have all pvr addons with this feature

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New user – advice required!

Hi folks, I'm somewhat of a tech nerd, currently own way too many computers, gaming consoles etc. yet I'm ashamed to say that I've only just heard of KODI. On the face of it, this wonderful piece of work may be the answer to one of the biggest annoyan...

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Avoid multiple Kodi instances?

Is it possible to configure Kodi so it won't open a new instance when I am launching it (using Linux Mint if it's important), but it will just bring the existing and running instance to the foreground? Thanks

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SILVO Question re: Favorites View

Hi all, So far this skin is just about perfect except for one small thing, ( and I mean small ) compared to something like amber skin which has the favorites viewtype set as icons this skin does not, just the small listview popup. Is that due to it ...