I am also an old school, brute force kind of guy, so I will manually back everything up, but I am not against taking advantage of the work you, and others have done to make things easier for others. I am especially interested in EPGs backup function, but may also occasionally create, and move, the backuprestoresettings information, just because.
I expected to be searching for days to gather all the information you just laid out.
Thanks again
Getting a new PVR soon, need some help
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I switched to this option. I think channel numbers not matching is a non-issue, because you can set the advanced option and it sticks permanently.bros wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:59 pm Kodi w/ nextPVR
Pros:
Free
Gets guide info easily (Schedules direct)
Recognizes recording conflicts (But doesn't say there is one - just says there has been an issue)
Cons:
Feels a bit bloated
Was a bit slow (I ran Kodi on my Fire Stick and nextPVR on my laptop that I am using to test these setups)
It doesn't have the same channel numbers as the backend until you go into advanced options and tell it to use the correct numbers.
To me, the main Pro is it can be a whole-house centralized PVR, just need an Android device on every TV which are just $20-25 (or no cost if your Smart TV runs Android). It also uses a lot less power. Fire TV Stick 4K for example, only uses 1W while streaming. My HTPCs were burning 30-35W or so with low-end CPUs and laptop HDDs. Being able to access the same recordings on any TV is a huge plus, especially for my wife. The other pro is multiplexed recording, which I'm not sure if you'd be able to take advantage of with cablecard. With ATSC though, I can record multiple channels on the same frequency with a single tuner which is something WMC couldn't do.
For me, the biggest con is speed. Skip forward/skip back is much slower and less reliable. WMC on an HTPC definitely works a lot better for that. WMC is also a lot prettier and intuitive than Kodi despite being considerably older.
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Yeah - I don't like how Kodi sometimes just doesn't work for fast forwarding/rewindingGnatGoSplat wrote: ↑Tue Jan 04, 2022 12:15 amI switched to this option. I think channel numbers not matching is a non-issue, because you can set the advanced option and it sticks permanently.bros wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 9:59 pm Kodi w/ nextPVR
Pros:
Free
Gets guide info easily (Schedules direct)
Recognizes recording conflicts (But doesn't say there is one - just says there has been an issue)
Cons:
Feels a bit bloated
Was a bit slow (I ran Kodi on my Fire Stick and nextPVR on my laptop that I am using to test these setups)
It doesn't have the same channel numbers as the backend until you go into advanced options and tell it to use the correct numbers.
To me, the main Pro is it can be a whole-house centralized PVR, just need an Android device on every TV which are just $20-25 (or no cost if your Smart TV runs Android). It also uses a lot less power. Fire TV Stick 4K for example, only uses 1W while streaming. My HTPCs were burning 30-35W or so with low-end CPUs and laptop HDDs. Being able to access the same recordings on any TV is a huge plus, especially for my wife. The other pro is multiplexed recording, which I'm not sure if you'd be able to take advantage of with cablecard. With ATSC though, I can record multiple channels on the same frequency with a single tuner which is something WMC couldn't do.
For me, the biggest con is speed. Skip forward/skip back is much slower and less reliable. WMC on an HTPC definitely works a lot better for that. WMC is also a lot prettier and intuitive than Kodi despite being considerably older.
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I have been running WMC 8.8.5 on Windows 10 flawlessly for 6 months now -- you need to install W10 1511 and FREEZE Updates - follow this post (many thanks to patrick0525, garyan2 and cwinfield for getting this going - it's been a game changer for me since I can buy a modern machine running W10.... as below) . (you will need a valid W10 key...but these can be purchased) . This will keep WMC going for many years to come!
"#95Post by patrick0525 » Mon Dec 23, 2019 9:52 am
I got w10 1511, HDHomeRun Prime cable tuner card : HDHR3-CC + OTA HDHR-US and epg123 to fully function properly.
Thanks to all who helped especially garyan2 and cwinfield. Below is the recipe:....."
viewtopic.php?p=135021#p135021
"#95Post by patrick0525 » Mon Dec 23, 2019 9:52 am
I got w10 1511, HDHomeRun Prime cable tuner card : HDHR3-CC + OTA HDHR-US and epg123 to fully function properly.
Thanks to all who helped especially garyan2 and cwinfield. Below is the recipe:....."
viewtopic.php?p=135021#p135021