Talk:Comparison of DVR software packages

I've improved this important page today.. but there is much to be imporoved yet.. any help would be appriciated. Acidburn24m 04:57, 14 November 2007 (UTC)

edited mythtv teletext support ;) little help only lol :) 02:06, 7 January 2008 (UTC)~ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 85.179.68.168 (talk)

Me TV ?
I think that Me TV should be included in this list. This program is available in Ubuntu Linux 8.10 as 'me-tv' from the command line, 'Digital Television' from the menus.

The project web page can be found at https://launchpad.net/me-tv

I use the program; it definitely works as a DVR/PVR as well as a TV for ATSC transmissions. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Gdimike (talk • contribs) 15:33, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

PowerCinema ?
Should Power Cinema be included into the list? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.101.126.214 (talk) 14:07, 16 February 2008 (UTC)

Xlobby
Has been removed from the list. Only retail and free software is elibible for comparison. Xlobby has moved to the installers only market. —Preceding unsigned comment added by GrantPitel (talk • contribs) 19:31, 29 March 2008 (UTC)

external device
it ll be nice if we could know if driver install for external capture box is support by PVR software ( think of box that have stereo RCA box  of DV RCA video connector )  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 90.58.227.135 (talk) 20:46, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

MSI hyperMedia center
This is included with all MSI tv tuner cards i think. These cards seem to be popular, as i when i tried to buy one ther e were none left in my country. I can't find this product on the page, if it's there then it's labled poorly. If not there then maybe it should be? --Oxinabox (talk) 04:29, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

DRM
This page needs a column for DRM. One of the biggest problems with MS MCE is that it installs DRM on its recordings, and then they are unusable on other machines and many times unusable on the original machine. I would most certainly not have bought MCE if I knew any of this. A quick google for DRM and VISTA and MCE can explain it.--96.225.102.44 (talk) 04:17, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * added. Acidburn24m (talk) 15:38, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Given that presence of DRM is an anti-feature, I propose that the associated colors for the DRM column are swapped: instead of "positive green" and "negative red" as for the other columns, "negative green" and "positive red" would make more sense here. The most desirable entries then simply have the most green cells. 91.86.49.113 (talk) 21:49, 28 May 2011 (UTC)

Nero Home
Nero bundles Nero Home programs which is very similar to Windows MCE. Please consider adding it to this list. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.19.186.97 (talk) 18:23, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

Scope?
I'm a little confused at the scope of this list. People seem to have a difference of opinion on the definition of "PVR". e.g. I would have assumed that a PVR would have to record. However, at least one entry (Tvtime) explicitly disavows recording in its FAQ. I think this article should be clearer as to what, exactly, qualifies a program for listing here. -- 174.24.195.56 (talk) 06:08, 16 July 2010 (UTC)

Program for adding to list
a suggest this program to comparison + The KMPlayer + ProgDVB + VLC Media Player —Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.241.152.1 (talk) 21:25, 12 September 2010 (UTC)

DVBViewer added!
Hi, I added DVBViewer, propably the most popular PVR software (includes good support for TV cards and pictures/movies viewing options). Is that OK? 82.128.224.59 (talk) 17:07, 14 August 2011 (UTC)
 * Of course it's OK. I wouldn't go so far as to say "probably the most popular PVR software" without data to back it up, but having it in the article is fine. You might want to add it to the other tables too though (features, supported formats etc).  Alphathon  /'æl.f'æ.θɒn/ ( talk ) 17:27, 14 August 2011 (UTC)

Compression/Transcoding column
I would suggest that a column be added about if a program supports transcoding. By that I mean what BeyondTV does. It records the stream in MPEG2, then during scheduled times it will transcode it to DivX to reduce the size of the file. I'm worried about the future of BeyondTV and it would be nice to see what PVR programs do this as well.--108.28.98.59 (talk) 22:17, 18 September 2011 (UTC)


 * You won't get any objections from me. I don't know one way or another whether any other PVR/DVR packages can do it, but if you can find the info, go right ahead (note, the column/row doesn't have to be complete, you could add it with just BeyondTV for now if that's all you know).  Alphathon  /'æɫfə.θɒn/ ( talk ) 22:38, 18 September 2011 (UTC)

Updated media portal table.
Someones very anti-media portal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.178.59.67 (talk) 04:02, 2 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Care to elaborate?  Alphathon  /'æɫfə.θɒn/ ( talk ) 18:28, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

NextPVR
NextPVR seems to be active, last updated October 2012. It is a continuation of GB-PVR, not an entirely separate project. It is free, but not open source. It was listed in the table as NextPVR/GB-PVR, but has been deleted. I would suggest that it be reinstated, and either the GB-PVR article amended to include NextPVR, or a new NextPVR article created - it seems at least as notable as GB-PVR. I don't know enough about it to do anything useful myself. I don't have any connection with the subject beyond seeking PVR software. Pol098 (talk) 19:43, 15 January 2013 (UTC)
 * Its best to Write the article first. "Comparison of.. " and lists are used in Wikipedia to organize information, and for internal navigation. Lists should only contain internally linked articles, thus serving as natural tables of content and indexes of Wikipedia. Redlinks are unhelpful to readers and external links are not a substitute for articles as Wikipedia is not a Repository for links. Thank you.--Hu12 (talk) 23:41, 15 January 2013 (UTC)

XBMC?
With Windows Media Center reported to being abandoned by Microsoft, those of us who've used it will be looking for alternatives for an HTPC (as opposed to hardware based DVRs like Boxee). The XBMC page links to this table, but there's no entries for it here. Could someone familiar enough with it please add details? --Trep26 (talk) 02:25, 3 April 2013 (UTC)

More programs
—  Ark25  (talk) 13:50, 22 September 2013 (UTC) 82.196.88.60 (talk) 00:21, 27 March 2014 (UTC)
 * PowerVCR, by Cyberlink, the creator of PowerDVD
 * Virtual VCR - http://sourceforge.net/projects/virtualvcr/
 * iuVCR - http://www.iulabs.com
 * ChrisTV - http://www.chris-tv.com - review - review
 * ProgDVB
 * SmartDVB
 * MPC-HC
 * VLC

Cablecard Suppport
As a correction, NextPVR has the same level of cablecard support as MediaPortal ("partial"/copy-freely).

To elaborate, only WMC had full cablecard support, as the article already says. HDHomeRun DVR is expected to be the next software package with full cablecard support. Just as a heads up since I'm already here. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2601:190:4001:1FA9:1D75:A304:4EEB:91E1 (talk) 01:39, 25 August 2015 (UTC)

TVHeadEnd
It seems to me that TVHeadEnd is a glaring omission. It is one of the most popular PVR backends on non-Windows systems, although I believe it only runs on Linux.

Why is Kodi here?
Kodi is not properly categorized as a PVR software package. It does have the ability to interface with PVR backends, but only through the use of PVR addons. Kodi by itself is NOT a full PVR program. [unsigned]

I completely agree. It's one thing to call it a media center or portal, though it is not a PVR. PVR 'frontend' is a confusing term to many. If nothing else, it needs to be clear in the table. Skyemoor (talk) 16:12, 30 November 2015 (UTC)

I agree also. Kodi's single biggest failing is its complete lack of a built-in PVR. Configuring external backends has a limited degree of success. Even with popular solutions like Argus, setup is complicated and operation is unreliable. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kevwag (talk • contribs) 04:11, 4 August 2016 (UTC)

list of video recording?
The first line states "This is a comparison of digital video recorder (DVR), also known as personal video recorder (PVR), software packages."

Many of these packages lack recording capabilities! Isn't this extremely misleading? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Djk44883 (talk • contribs) 12:39, 8 September 2018 (UTC)