Settings

Accessing the PVR Settings

• From the Kodi Add-ons browser, select My add-ons
• Select PVR clients
• Select HDHomeRun DVR PVR Client
• Select Configure

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General

Configures general PVR behavior settings

Setting	Description	Default
Pause discovery tasks while streaming	When set to ON the PVR will disable all discovery tasks while a Live TV or Recorded TV stream is in progress.	OFF
Trigger recording discovery immediately after playback	When set to ON a Recording discovery will be initiated immediately after any Live TV or Recorded TV stream has ended.	OFF
Show DRM protected channels in channel lineups	When set to ON channels marked as DRM-protected by the HDHomeRun tuner device(s) will still be listed in the Kodi channel lineups.	OFF
Disable backend channel logo images	When set to ON a Recording discovery will be initiated immediately after any Live TV or Recorded TV stream has ended.	OFF
Delete expired date/time recording rules after	Specifies the age at which an expired date/time recording rule (timer rule) will be automatically deleted. Set to Never to disable this functionality.	1 Day

Interface

Configures PVR interface settings

Setting	Description	Default
Prepend channel numbers to channel names	When set to ON the channel number will be prepended to the channel name when reported to Kodi. For example channel 511 WBALDT would become 511 WBALDT.	OFF
Use season/episode number as title for recordings	When set to ON the title for recordings will be replaced with the season and episode number when available. For example The Blacklist (Zarak Mosadek) would become S05E18 (Zarak Mosadek).	OFF
Use backend genre string(s) in Electronic Program Guide (EPG)	When set to ON the EPG genre string(s) will be set to the string(s) provided by the backend instead of attempting to map them into Kodi-specific genres. Enabling this option will also disable Kodi's ability to color-code the EPG listings.	OFF
Use channel names from tuner device(s) in channel lineups	When set to ON the channel names reported to Kodi will be the names provided by the HDHomeRun tuner device(s) instead of the backend EPG data.	OFF
Disable specialized Recorded TV category folders	When set to ON Recorded TV episodes with specialized category names (Movies, News, Specials, Sporting Events, etc.) will not be grouped into folders corresponding to those specialized category names.	OFF
Append repeat indicators to applicable episode names	When set to ON repeat indicators will be appended to episode names for recordings and EPG listings if the episode aired more than 24 hours after its original air date.	OFF
Use Original Air Date timestamp for Recorded TV programs	When set to ON the timestamp reported for Recorded TV programs will be set to the Original Air Date timestamp instead of the recording timestamp.	OFF

Discovery Intervals

Specifies the amount of time between refreshes of the PVR data

Setting	Description	Default
Devices	Specifies the interval between re-discovery of the HDHomeRun tuner and HDHomeRun RECORD device(s) on the local network.	10 Minutes
Channel Lineups	Specifies the interval between re-discovery of available channel lineups from previously discovered HDHomeRun tuner device(s).	45 Minutes
Recordings	Specifies the interval between re-discovery of available recordings from previously discovered HDHomeRun RECORD device(s).	10 Minutes
Recording Rules	Specifies the interval between re-discovery of available recording rules (Kodi Timer Rules) from the HDHomeRun backend services.	2 Hours
Recording Rule Episodes	Specifies the interval between re-discovery of available recording rule episodes (Kodi Timers) from the HDHomeRun backend services.	2 Hours

EDL

Configures Edit Decision List support

Setting	Description	Default
Enable Edit Decision List (EDL) support for Recorded TV	Enables support for detection of Comskip Edit Decision List (EDL) files.	OFF
EDL file path	Specifies the base path to search for Recorded TV Edit Decision List (EDL) files.	NOT SPECIFIED
Use simplified (flattened) file hierarchy	When set to ON only the base path will be searched for Edit Decision List (EDL) files. When set to OFF Edit Decision List (EDL) files must be located in a subdirectory that matches the series name as displayed in Kodi.	OFF
Report CUT indicators as COMBREAK indicators	When set to ON Edit Decision List (EDL) CUT indicators will be treated as COMSKIP indicators.	OFF
CUT indicator start time padding	Specifies the amount of time to artificially add to each entry present in the Edit Decision List (EDL) file.	0
CUT indicator end time padding	Specifies the amount of time to artificially subtract from each entry present in the Edit Decision List (EDL) file.	0

Advanced

Configures advanced PVR settings

Setting	Description	Default
Use HTTP cloud-based device discovery	When set to ON the PVR will use the cloud-based backend to discover available HDHomeRun devices instead of a UDP broadcast on the local network.	OFF
Stream Live TV channels directly from tuner device(s) 1	When set to ON Live TV channels will be streamed directly from an available HDHomeRun tuner device instead of the HDHomeRun RECORD device. Enabling this option will also disable Kodi's ability to perform seek operations.	OFF
Preferred tuner streaming protocol	Specifies the preferred network protocol to use when streaming directly from HDHomeRun tuner device(s). When set to HTTP the modern HDHomeRun streaming protocol will be used. When set to RTP/UDP the legacy HDHomeRun streaming protocol will be used.	HTTP
DVR stream read operation minimum size	Specifies the amount of data Kodi will request as a single chunk of Live TV or Recorded TV streams.	4 KiB
Invalidate tuner device authorization codes after	Specifies the amount of time after which cached HDHomeRun tuner device authorization strings will be considered invalid.	20 Hours

¹ HDHomeRun "Demo" channels, when available, are always streamed directly from the HDHomeRun tuner device(s), this option has no effect for those channels