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Author Topic: TVHeadend with PVR Backend.  (Read 22567 times)

MortUK

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Re: TVHeadend with PVR Backend.
« Reply #15 on: August 02, 2015, 11:59:30 AM »
How did you get on with the PVR.?

hdmkv

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Re: TVHeadend with PVR Backend.
« Reply #16 on: August 02, 2015, 03:08:58 PM »
Has been working fine w/the playercorefactory.xml bit I posted. Here's my full playercorefactory.xml...

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<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="HimediaXBMCWrapper" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.himedia.xbmcwrapper</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
</players>

<rules action="prepend">
<rule protocols="smb" name="XBMCWrapper" >
<rule video="true" videoresolution="540" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule filename=".*540.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule video="true" videoresolution="720" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule filename=".*720.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule video="true" videoresolution="1080" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule filename=".*1080.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
</rule>

<rule protocols="pvr" player="DVDPlayer" >
<rule video="true" videoresolution="540" player="DVDPlayer"/>
<rule filename=".*540.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule video="true" videoresolution="720" player="DVDPlayer"/>
<rule filename=".*720.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule video="true" videoresolution="1080" player="DVDPlayer"/>
<rule filename=".*1080.*" player="DVDPlayer"/>
<rule filename=".*0.pvr" player="dvdplayer"/>
<rule filename=".*1.pvr" player="dvdplayer"/>
</rule>

<!-- Internet streams -- Disabled for now -->
<!-- rule internetstream="true" player="MXPlayerFree" -->

<rule video="true" videoresolution="540" player="XBMCWrapper">
<rule filename=".*540.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
</rule> <rule video="true" videoresolution="720" player="XBMCWrapper">
<rule filename=".*720.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
</rule> <rule video="true" videoresolution="1080" player="XBMCWrapper">
<rule filename=".*1080.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
</rule>

<rule dvdimage="true" player="XBMCWrapper" >
<rule video="true" videoresolution="540" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule filename=".*540.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule video="true" videoresolution="720" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule filename=".*540.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule video="true" videoresolution="1080" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule filename=".*540.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
</rule>

<rule protocols="rtmp" player="DVDPlayer"/>
<rule protocols="rtsp" player="DVDPlayer" />
<rule protocols="sop" player="DVDPlayer" />

<rule video="true"  player="HimediaXBMCWrapper">
<rule  protocols="hdhomerun|myth|cmyth|mms|mmsh|udp" player="DVDPlayer" />
<rule name="rtmp" protocols="rtmp" player="DVDPlayer" />
<rule name="rtsp" protocols="rtsp" filetypes="!(rm|ra)"  player="PAPlayer" />
   
<rule name="streams" internetstream="true" player="DVDPlayer">
<rule name="aacp/sdp" mimetypes="audio/aacp|application/sdp"  player="DVDPlayer"/>
<rule name="mp2" mimetypes="application/octet-stream" filetypes="mp2" player="PAPlayer" />
</rule>
</rule>

</rules>

</playercorefactory>

In your case, as your username indicates you're in the UK, I'd try the German forum one as is.

Binnugsay

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Re: TVHeadend with PVR Backend.
« Reply #17 on: August 03, 2015, 02:42:49 PM »
OK,

So the guys over at the German Forum:

http://www.android-mediaplayer.de/

Have written a playercorefactory.xml that appears to solve this issue.. I've attached a copy of the file from their forum (Credit to SaEt9000 over there).

The instructions are in German but apparently it gets copied into the UserData folder.. It ensures that only  ISO, MKV, M2TS and AVI files play with the external player..

Mort,

Hello More UK,

Can we use that .xml with all Himedia Box Q5/Q10 with another language as french for example. Thanks very much

MortUK

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Re: TVHeadend with PVR Backend.
« Reply #18 on: August 03, 2015, 04:54:11 PM »
Has been working fine w/the playercorefactory.xml bit I posted. Here's my full playercorefactory.xml...

Code: [Select]
<playercorefactory>
<players>
<player name="HimediaXBMCWrapper" type="ExternalPlayer" audio="false" video="true">
<filename>com.himedia.xbmcwrapper</filename>
<hidexbmc>true</hidexbmc>
<playcountminimumtime>120</playcountminimumtime>
</player>
</players>

<rules action="prepend">
<rule protocols="smb" name="XBMCWrapper" >
<rule video="true" videoresolution="540" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule filename=".*540.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule video="true" videoresolution="720" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule filename=".*720.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule video="true" videoresolution="1080" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule filename=".*1080.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
</rule>

<rule protocols="pvr" player="DVDPlayer" >
<rule video="true" videoresolution="540" player="DVDPlayer"/>
<rule filename=".*540.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule video="true" videoresolution="720" player="DVDPlayer"/>
<rule filename=".*720.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule video="true" videoresolution="1080" player="DVDPlayer"/>
<rule filename=".*1080.*" player="DVDPlayer"/>
<rule filename=".*0.pvr" player="dvdplayer"/>
<rule filename=".*1.pvr" player="dvdplayer"/>
</rule>

<!-- Internet streams -- Disabled for now -->
<!-- rule internetstream="true" player="MXPlayerFree" -->

<rule video="true" videoresolution="540" player="XBMCWrapper">
<rule filename=".*540.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
</rule> <rule video="true" videoresolution="720" player="XBMCWrapper">
<rule filename=".*720.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
</rule> <rule video="true" videoresolution="1080" player="XBMCWrapper">
<rule filename=".*1080.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
</rule>

<rule dvdimage="true" player="XBMCWrapper" >
<rule video="true" videoresolution="540" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule filename=".*540.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule video="true" videoresolution="720" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule filename=".*540.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule video="true" videoresolution="1080" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
<rule filename=".*540.*" player="XBMCWrapper"/>
</rule>

<rule protocols="rtmp" player="DVDPlayer"/>
<rule protocols="rtsp" player="DVDPlayer" />
<rule protocols="sop" player="DVDPlayer" />

<rule video="true"  player="HimediaXBMCWrapper">
<rule  protocols="hdhomerun|myth|cmyth|mms|mmsh|udp" player="DVDPlayer" />
<rule name="rtmp" protocols="rtmp" player="DVDPlayer" />
<rule name="rtsp" protocols="rtsp" filetypes="!(rm|ra)"  player="PAPlayer" />
   
<rule name="streams" internetstream="true" player="DVDPlayer">
<rule name="aacp/sdp" mimetypes="audio/aacp|application/sdp"  player="DVDPlayer"/>
<rule name="mp2" mimetypes="application/octet-stream" filetypes="mp2" player="PAPlayer" />
</rule>
</rule>

</rules>

</playercorefactory>

In your case, as your username indicates you're in the UK, I'd try the German forum one as is.

That's great, Thanks for the feedback.. I'm definitely going to pick up one of the Himedia players, although might wait to see what the Himedia H8 Octa can do when it's released in a couple of weeks.

Binnugsay, from what i can tell it doesn't matter what language your box is in..  It's just the file notes that are in German and the player will ignore them, they are just for reference.

Mort..

hdmkv

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Re: TVHeadend with PVR Backend.
« Reply #19 on: August 06, 2015, 02:26:04 PM »
Right, language doesn't matter. If you look at the German one, only the comments are in German, with rest (the actual code) English.

Binnugsay

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Re: TVHeadend with PVR Backend.
« Reply #20 on: August 06, 2015, 02:37:51 PM »
Right, language doesn't matter. If you look at the German one, only the comments are in German, with rest (the actual code) English.

Hello,

try this file but no way with mkv, iso, bdmv structure with Himediawrapper. so are you sure about this .xml file....
Just change the playercorefactory.xml in userdata in xbmckodi folder. So have you a way from that. Thanks



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