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General

Configures general PVR behavior settings

Setting Description Default
Use network broadcast for device discovery When set to ON the PVR will use a UDP broadcast to discover devices on the local network instead of requesting the information from the cloud-based backend. OFF
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
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
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
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
Prepend season/episode number to episode name in EPG 1 When set to ON the season and episode number of the program will be prepended to the episode name in the EPG. For example Vampirina - The Plant Predicament; Mummy Mayhem would become Vampirina - S01E04 The Plant Predicament; Mummy Mayhem. 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
Use channel names from tuner device(s) in channel lineups When set to ON the channel names reported to Kodi will be the names provided by the HDHomeRun tuner device(s) instead of the backend EPG data. 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

1 Applicable to Kodi 16 "Jarvis" and Kodi 17 "Krypton" only

Discovery Intervals

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. 5 Minutes
Channel Lineups Specifies the interval between re-discovery of available channel lineups from previously discovered HDHomeRun tuner device(s). 10 Minutes
Electronic Program Guide (EPG) Metadata Specifies the interval between re-discovery of the EPG metadata (channel identifiers, names, logo images) from the HDHomeRun backend services. 1 Hour
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

EDL

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. Currently each .EDL file must be placed in a subdirectory of the base path that matches the series name as displayed in Kodi. NOT SPECIFIED
Start time padding (milliseconds) Specifies the amount of time to artificially add to each entry present in the Edit Decision List (EDL) file. 0
End time padding (milliseconds) Specifies the amount of time to artificially subtract from each entry present in the Edit Decision List (EDL) file. 0

Advanced

Configures advanced PVR settings

Setting Description Default
Stream Live TV channels directly from tuner device(s) 1 2 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
Startup discovery task delay (seconds) Specifies the amount of delay inserted between PVR startup and execution of the initial discovery tasks. 3
DVR stream read operation minimum size 3 Specifies the minimum amount of data to return to Kodi as a single chunk of Live TV or Recorded TV stream data. 4 KiB
DVR stream read chunk size 4 Specifies the amount of data Kodi will request as a single chunk of Live TV or Recorded TV streams. 4 KiB
DVR stream ring buffer size Specifies the size of the internal ring buffer used to cache Live TV and Recorded TV stream data. 1 MiB

1 HDHomeRun Premium TV Demo channels are always streamed directly from the HDHomeRun tuner device(s), this option has no effect for those channels

2 There is a limitation in Kodi 17 "Krypton" that prevents disabling the seek buttons when this option is enabled, however attempts to seek on a tuner-direct Live TV stream will fail leaving the stream at the current position

3 Applicable to Kodi 16 "Jarvis" and Kodi 17 "Krypton" only

4 Applicable to Kodi 18 "Leia" only

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