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Sub has done a lot of great work creating an easy to use API interface "touch" to NextPVR for his next version which opens up the NextPVR UI to most modern devices not just to Windows PCs which I thought I'd demo

Although many people like XBMC's look and feel, some prefer NextPVR's look and intuitive attention to almost all the features a PVR user needs and with no seemingly no stop to his creativity, XBMC continues to be a bit limited Chameleon gives you both UI's, and you don't lose access to sub's XBMC PVR either. Here's some samples of my take on some common functions in XBMC as a python addon. In the LiveTV sample you can see how it changes from XBMC's UI to NextPVR.

Playback Recording https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-vtNE9qILU
EPG Record https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUcCrh7bpcY (analog digital hdpvr) live tv jump by # at end
Live TV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hklpC4-A8Ns
Library https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-3DuO4d6tk

Those were from a networked client machine to a fairly old/slow server, but here's a sample showing access via the Internet to another user's machine. http://youtu.be/QGr_50nYimc Transcoded playback is possible too

I'll try and create a few samples to share from an RPi, and a few arm devices including XBMC for Android over the next week


Martin

That is really cool.

really looking forward to this.

VERY interesting! I have tried XBMC on several occasions but having got used to the NextPVR menus I find the XBMC menus hard work and seem to remember the EPG was poor. Is there a vertical menu option? I was just about to buy a Nettop PC as a Windows client all being well should be able to use Android box or Raspberry Pi instead.

jcjefferies Wrote:Is there a vertical menu option?

You will see the NPVR UI exactly as you have it set up on your NPVR server.

Alex

I am extremely impressed. The amount of work you guys do in the background is amazing.

ACTCMS Wrote:You will see the NPVR UI exactly as you have it set up on your NPVR server.

Alex

Not quite. Horizontal and vertical styles are supported (check the internet video for the vertical) but the last I checked only the Default skin is supported, no screen saver images are passed and there is no OSD over video.

Martin

mvallevand Wrote:Not quite. Horizontal and vertical styles are supported (check the internet video for the vertical) but the last I checked only the Default skin is supported, no screen saver images are passed and there is no OSD over video.

Martin

Yeah OK... Close, but no coconut...

Alex

Martin this absolutely rocks! Now I have the NPVR look and feel via XBMC on my Linux laptop and my wife's Android tablet! Sweet!