NPVR & KODI Integration

[snaitaz]

Good day to all. My first post here so I apologize up front in case I'm not in the correct forum. My setup...WDZ custom box, Kodi 17.6, NextPVR 4.04, NPVR add-on enabled, IPTV simple client enabled, Vader Streams paid subscription. Basic question is how do I get this to integrate with Kodi to record live TV shows consistently? It has been hit and miss when I try to record a show and I have been testing this out for a few days. I can get to the web portion via local host:8866 (127.0.0.1 bla bla). I launch Kodi, start NPVR service and check if the localhost finds the landing page and it does. The page loads with the URL Playlist indicating the channels but not the EPG portion telling me what is on at a given time. The same is true for the client NextPVR program. It show me the channels list but nothing on the right side indicating what is on.

Now looking at the Kodi side of things, in the TV section I get everything and it all works just fine. There have been times when I am able to record and I can watch my recorded tests but for the most part, I cannot record on a constant. One thing I did notice that was different was the recording button at the floor of Kodi. Sometimes it is illuminated and it records. When not illuminated no recording happens. I have tried various configurations and no joy. The context menu also fives me no recording choices at times and sometimes it does. I do verify that the recording service has started before I begin my test recordings. Since I am using a paid subscription from Vaders I would think that the NPVR and web landing page would be populated just as in Kodi. I feel I am close to the correct setup since I have been able to record at times but obviously I am missing something.

TIA for any help.

[sub]

Lets focus on the NextPVR side of things, and get that working, before adding Kodi into the mix.

When you used the 'Import' feature to import your channels, did you specify an XMLTV epg url? If you hit 'Update EPG' in NextPVR does it successfully pull in listings for your channels? All channels or consistently only a subset of channels?

From my experience, IPTV providers only have TV listings for a subset of their channels, so this is almost certainly the case here, but I'm happy to work through it with you to confirm that is where your problem lies.

[snaitaz]

Thanks for your quick reply Sub. Yes, I did and here are a couple of shots.

[sub]

If you hit 'Update EPG' in NextPVR does it successfully pull in listings for some of your channels? Is it always the same ones missing listings?

In the screenshot above, I can see already that a few of your channels have no listings provided by your IPTV provider (Sky Sports Action, Sky Sports Cricket etc).

[snaitaz]

When I update the EPG I get no show listings only the channels are listed. This is true for every channel. The 420 channel names get pulled in but no tv show listings are pulled in.

[snaitaz]

Here is what I get every time.

[sub]

Can you PM me the xmltv url? I'll check it.

[snaitaz]

Sure give me a minute. Thanks.

[snaitaz]

I just PM'd you but don't know if it went through or if I need a certain amount of posts in order to be able to PM.

[snaitaz]

Gonna try again cause my sent box shows empty