Editing Kodi (software) (section)

===Live TV with EPG and PVR/DVR frontend===

The TV feature allows users to watch some TV broadcasts that may be transmitted by a [[digital terrestrial television]], [[asymmetric digital subscriber line]] (ADSL), cable, or Internet streaming, depending on the chosen add-on.

From version 12.0 (Frodo), Kodi has a native Live TV with [[Electronic program guide|EPG (Electronic Program Guide)]] and [[Digital video recorder|DVR (Digital Video Recorder)]] features with a PVR (Personal Video Recorder) frontend GUI, which enables [[video capture]] and playback to and from a [[hard disk drive]] with PVR Client Addons for most popular PVR backends ([[TV tuner card]] server). These addons can be installed separately as plugins in Kodi.

The PVR backend can either be a DVR set-top box connected to the network or a PC with a digital video recorder software. This software can run on the same computer or on other computers on the same network. The PVR software can turn computers or other appliances into DVRs. The operating system can be [[Linux]], [[macOS]], [[Microsoft Windows]], and [[Android (operating system)|Android]] devices.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.techhive.com/article/2031217/htpc-showdown-which-front-end-interface-is-best-.html |title=HTPC Showdown: Which front-end interface is best? |website=TechHive.com |access-date=30 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141127211232/http://www.techhive.com/article/2031217/htpc-showdown-which-front-end-interface-is-best-.html |archive-date=27 November 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Several types of PVR Client Addons are available:
* addons used for many PVR software and hardware such as Argus TV, DVBLogic DVBLink, [[DVBViewer]], ForTheRecord, Tvheadend, [[MediaPortal]], [[MythTV]], [[NextPVR]] (formerly [[GB-PVR]]), [[Video Disk Recorder|VDR]], [[Windows Media Center]],
* addons used for [[Enigma (DVB)|Enigma2]]-based DVR set-top boxes such as [[Dreambox]], [[DBox2]], and [[Vu+]].,
* addons used for direct LAN connection to network-attached TV-Tuners such as [[HDHomeRun]], PCTV Systems Broadway, [[VBox Home TV Gateway]], and Njoy Digital AnySee N7 DVB-S2 Network-Tuner.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.tv2lan.com/page/show/faq-en#nil |title=Njoy N7 FAQ |publisher=Tv2lan.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201170152/http://www.tv2lan.com/page/show/faq-en#nil |archive-date=1 February 2014 |access-date=28 January 2013}}</ref>
* addons used for the Internet-based television providers [[FilmOn]] (FilmOn.TV Networks), and Stalker Middleware,
* addons used for [[IPTV]] in general, e.g. the simple PVR client addon.