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I've got LiveTV now working at home.

ArgusTV is set up on my server, which has a BlackGold BGT3620 dual DVB-T2 tuner (FreeviewHD)

I've got 5 clients now connecting to it with the ability to watch LiveTV. Given the right mix of channels, all 5 could watch different things (assuming the channels are on the same multiplex - for example I could watch all 4 HD channels [1 multiplex] and any other channel simultaneously)

The one thing that's missing from the XBMC front-end is setting up a series link - but the web interface of ArgusTV allows you to do this fairly easily. We typically don't add series links all the time - so I've got the task of doing this now until the functionality is added to XBMC.
 
Here's BBC Two HD (no resizing, hence spoiler):

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I'm also viewing Dave on the laptop sat next to me, and BBC One HD is on the TV downstairs.

This is the Status window from ArgusTV Recorder Console (this is where you set up the cards, scan for channels etc)

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And the current EPG showing in the Scheduler Console:

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There's also a web interface which gives you the EPG and the ability to record stuff.

From the EPG within XBMC, you can set a timer, and cancel a timer. Which if you don't want Series Link, will give you all the functionality you require.

You'll see here I've got The Voice set to record on Saturday:

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Yeah, I definitely wouldn't move a box full of hard drives into the living room.

I actually threw a new aerial up on the roof a couple of weekends ago, which was when I installed the tuner card. There were 3 aerials already on the roof, but none seemed to work!

Less than £30 for an aerial and 50m of cable from Screwfix, and I've run the cable around the house and into the cellar where the server is. The GF only got Virgin when she moved in because none of the aerials seemed to work - now we've got TV wherever we can put a computer or laptop - so might well end up cancelling the Virgin TV package (we've only got the base package anyway)
 
In fact - you resolved it purely by changing the sound settings.

This comes up about 20 times per day on the official XBMC forum - mainly because the sticky in the Windows section isn't named appropriately (it's named "How to diagnose audio issues in Frodo", and not "Playback stuttering at ~1fps - look here") - people don't think they've got an audio problem, they think they've got a video problem.

This is usually because the settings set in XBMC say to XBMC that your audio receiver/TV supports various audio formats, and when it tries to play back those files, the receiver/TV can't decode it, so causes the stuttering.
 
Just added another device to my collection.

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@andy_mk3, if you make a copy of your XBMC folder in the AppData folder, you can always go back to your existing installation.
 
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Ahh, that's not good... I'm loving having the tuner card in the server - any computer in the house now can watch TV! If there's a way to do so, I'd seriously recommend it. Not great for channel-surfing, because it does take a few seconds longer to change channel, but for just sticking something on, or recording, it's great.
 
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  • Fixed infinite loop on addon dependencies, resolves crashing problem that arrose immediately post 12.1 launch
  • Numerous UPnP fixes
  • Memory leak fixed when XBMC is minimized
  • Various Raspberry Pi playback fixes and software codec support
  • Fixed OSX audio mixing
  • Fixed some audio-related crashes in Linux builds
  • AirPlay fixes
  • Bluray folder resume-bookmarks now work
  • Ability to scan for new content on file folders has been reimplemented
  • Language updates from Transifex

Fixes from 12.1 included:

  • XBMC now supports using OSX’s default output device for audio as well as hardware decoding with Intel GPUs in OSX
  • XBMC no longer hogs audio for Linux and on resume audio will continue to work in Linux
  • Full iPhone 5 resolution is now enabled
  • Volume buttons on Android devices now control Android volume, rather than XBMC volume
  • Volume buttons on OSX devices once again control OSX volume, rather than XBMC volume
  • Player optimization on the Raspberry Pi, including more efficient playback, better subtitle support, and many crash fixes
  • iOS 6 support on the AppleTV 2.
  • XBMC does not crash when listed on the AppleTV top shelf
  • Added support for additional Xbox 360 controller types
  • Broader and more intelligent support for CEC devices
  • Fixed problems with several addons due to broken binary read/write in our python interface
  • Language fixes, including 7 new languages: Albanian, Burmese, Malay, Persian (Iran), Tamil (India), Uzbek, Vietnamese
  • AirPlay fixes, including making discovery of XBMC more reliable on OSX
  • Numerous crashing and stability fixes across all platforms

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Is the telly doing both audio and video?

Some devices just don't synchronise their audio and video clocks properly.

Try the following settings:

System -> Video -> Playback
Adjust display refresh rate to match video: Always
Sync playback to display: Off

System -> System -> Video Output
Display Mode: Fullscreen
Use a fullscreen window rather than true fullscreen: Off
Vertical blank sync: Always enabled

I have to put a 250ms audio delay on for all videos - I have HDMI direct to my TV for video, but the audio goes via optical to my AV Receiver.

To do this - start playing a video, then press the M key on the keyboard, and select Audio and Subtitle Settings - set the audio offset accordingly (mine is 250ms), and then scroll down and select "Set as default for all videos"
 
XBMC really is mostly designed to be used by a remote with proper buttons.

There are some skins which are better for touch than others - it might be a bit of experimentation with various skins.

Or - pick up a cheap remote control - you only need about 7 buttons to navigate around - an MCE remote would be perfect.
 
With a remote with buttons, you can map a button to do that. At the easiest, mapping the "\" key will flick between full-screen and windowed mode.

You could also make use of Advanced Launcher add-on to launch your web browser.
 
There is a guy who is working on using WMC as a recorder backend for XBMC, but I don't think he's got LiveTV sorted yet.

Your best bet for that will be a skin that can create custom menu entries, and run WMC with the entry point set to LiveTV.
 
Once I get rid of the Virgin box when we're out of contract, I'll only have the PC in the living room - so an HDMI AV receiver will be a little overkill compared to what I've got - which is more than adequate in the sound area.

Granted, I'll be able to make use of the HD audio formats... can't really justify the cost at the moment!
 
BoomAM said:
All into TV.
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Can you get a screenshot of your audio settings page, plus the video output page? It's sometimes easier to see what might not be right with a screenshot :)

Tony Williams said:
On XBMC on Windows - if setup, mad like them. I wanna copy setttings so on my RASPBERRY PI running RASPMC I can copy over, so far I only seen RASPMC with blue basic backgrounds.
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The reason the Raspberry Pi's have the basic skin is because they're not really fast enough to run the more graphically intensive skins quickly.

If you've got your Windows PC set up as you want, you can copy the guisettings.xml file between devices, and this should give you the same interface between them all.

Just beware that if you try to run something like Aeon Nox with all its flashy effects enabled on the Pi, it may be a bit sluggish.
 
If you want to keep the full quality, I would use MakeMKV - for movie DVDs, tick just the main video title + audio + subtitles (if wanted), and for TV DVDs, make each episode into a separate MKV file.

Or, you could use Handbrake if you wanted to compress them to reduce filesize (I've not used it, so not sure whether you'd need to use both MakeMKV and Handbrake, or can just use Handbrake)

Whatever you choose - just bear in mind how XBMC prefers files to be stored/named to give the greatest compatibility with scrapers & fanart etc.
 
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