Unable to schedule recordings from MrMC on AppleTV 4th gen

[ajrietveld]

I'm unable to schedule recordings from the guide or from the search function using NextPVR 3.6.6 backend and MrMC, a fork of Kodi, running on the AppleTV 4th gen. The front end on the AppleTV is fine otherwise, being able to pull in guide data, watch live tv, as well as recordings. The add-on version is 1.11.4.

Any ideas?

I realize that MrMC isn't the same as Kodi/XMBC but wasn't sure where else to post it.

EDIT: Another instance of Kodi 15 is able to hook into the same backend and schedule recordings without problems. That instance of the add-on is 1.10.8. However that instance of Kodi is running on the same machine as the backend. So maybe a firewall thing communicating from the AppleTV? No idea.

[sub]

Is it using the standard Confluence skin? It needed to be in Kodi 15 (or earlier), so that you'd get the custom recording window, with scheduling options. Other skins wont have this window defined.

In Kodi 16 this problem goes away, with the kodi PVR having support for recurring recordings etc.

[ajrietveld]

It's using a modified Confluence skin so that must be it because the window with scheduling options doesn't pop up when trying to record something. After hitting "record" on the confirmation dialog box it just reverts to the previous screen.

Thanks for the reply.

[pkscout]

It's using a modified Confluence skin so that must be it because the window with scheduling options doesn't pop up when trying to record something. After hitting "record" on the confirmation dialog box it just reverts to the previous screen.

You can fix that by adding the custom RecordPrefs.xml file from the NPVR addon to your skin. The file in question is kind of buried in the addon, so if you want you can grab a copy from my github repo at:

https://github.com/pkscout/skin.confluen...dPrefs.xml

Once you have it, put it in the 720p folder of your modified Confluence skin and restart Kodi. That should do it.

[ajrietveld]

You can fix that by adding the custom RecordPrefs.xml file from the NPVR addon to your skin. The file in question is kind of buried in the addon, so if you want you can grab a copy from my github repo at:

https://github.com/pkscout/skin.confluen...dPrefs.xml

Once you have it, put it in the 720p folder of your modified Confluence skin and restart Kodi. That should do it.

Thanks for this. I'll try to figure out a way for it to get compiled into the MrMC build.

[pkscout]

You shouldn't need to compile a new build just for a custom skin (although I have no idea what MrMC did to Kodi, so that might not be true). Usually skins (other than the default one) are stored in the Kodi userdata folder. SO when you say "customized version of Confluence," is that the default skin for MrMC or something you did yourself?

[ajrietveld]

It's the default skin for MrMC