Hi,
I set-up some radio channels to test which are appearing fine on the NextPVR web app with the correct Groups, but when I start Kodi the only radio group I'm getting is for 'All Channels'.
I should have 2 groups called:-
1) Absolute
2 Easy Listening
For the channels in the 'Absolute' Group, I created a m3u file and used the tag group-title="Absolute". The 'Easy Listening' Group contains 2 radio channels configured using a Hauppauge USB tuner. I manually created this group and added the 2 radio radio. All the channels are using Schedules Direct Guide data.
Not sure what's causing the issue, as all the channels are appearing in Kodi with the correct guide data, just not the groups. Is this likely to be down to NextPVR not passing the radio group info onto Kodi, or Kodi not picking this info up?
Also, as a side question, are radio channels quite slow to open? I've tried 3 different clients with Kodi and all seem to be quite slow at opening Radio channels. The 2 channels I configured from the Hauppauge USB tuner are the slowest to open using both the NextPVR Web App and Kodi which was a bit of a surprise I must admit. The other 3 channels on the m3u file are channel strms extracted from my Enigma2 STB.
Any feedback or pointers to help problem solve the issue would be highly appreciated.
Cheers
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I have a Sample Structure below that I have tested against
TestVideo Highlighted
folder.jpg image shown (in image only layout)
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TestVideo Selected enters into the directory
.. highlighted
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TestDir1 Highlighted
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TestDir2 highlighted
folder.jpg shown
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.. highlighted
folder.jpg shown
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Sample2.mkv highlighted
Sample2.xml shown (screen layout has space for image on left hand side)
Sample2.nfo shown (if no XML) (screen layout has space for image on left hand side)
Sample2.jpg Not Shown (did show in V4)
Sample3.mkv highlighted
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Sample3.jpg Not Shown (did show in V4)
Sample4.mkv highlighted
Sample4.xml shown (screen layout has space for image on left hand side)
Sample4.jpg Not Shown (did show in V4)
Notes.
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