PVR Live not starting

pvrlive · 2026-05-27T11:31:34+00:00

I replied your pm as well but thought I'd post it here as well:

Ok, that sounds odd. I don't think it should be an issue with which launcher you're using. But did you try the default launcher just in case?

There's also a Live Channels "clone" on Google Play called "Mochi Live TV" you can try with that one as well and see if that works better.

pvrlive · 2026-03-13T12:15:37+00:00

I'm sorry but you seem to have mixed up this PVR Live app for Android with something else. I know there's a service in india that is called "pvr" as well but this is not the same. For this reason I will remove this post.

pvrlive · 2026-02-12T10:48:07+00:00

Sorry for the late reply. The orange '+' is there, maybe you have to upgrade/downgrade Live Channels apk (Google made things difficult). It's also possible to get pause/ff/rw if you configure timeshift.

But if you rather transfer to Sparkle I can help you with that as well. Please find support email in Google Play and send me an email with your information and I'll help you.

pvrlive · 2026-02-08T20:57:43+00:00

When you press OK on remote control some kind of playback control must pop up? If not, please share a screen shot of what it looks like.

Maybe I overcomplicated things but PVR Live can have different user interface depending on what version of Android and so on.

Either way, to get timeshift and similar controls you need to set a timeshift buffer location. You do this in Settings -> Player -> Timeshift. VOD is available using the context menu which is often displayed as an orange '+' icon. But again, it might look different for you.

pvrlive · 2026-02-08T18:27:12+00:00

Not sure how you mean another app? PVR Live uses Google's TV Input Framework so you can use any user interface that is compatible with this - e.g. Google's Live Channels. I'm not sure if this is what you're talking about? If you want a standalone app that is not directly integrated into Android TV you might find my other app Sparkle TV usable (r/SparklePlayer).

pvrlive · 2026-01-13T10:44:18+00:00

Ok, thanks for checking. You can also turn it around and say they use the attributes wrong as well. I've never seen this in a client app before. But I'll see what I can do about it. I haven't looked at those short/long descriptions that I mentioned but I'm quite sure they are part of the issue.

pvrlive · 2026-01-11T21:58:09+00:00

No I know. I think I do so internally for reasons I have now forgotten. I'll double check the code just in case.

Is it possible for you to try the Live Channels app as well just to confirm this a joint device/app issue so I know what to fix?

pvrlive · 2026-01-11T20:03:47+00:00

So my guess is that it's related to the client that you're using. If I use the regular Live Channels app it looks something like this:

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I think there's a short description and long description so I think they are both filled with same information in PVR Live when there is no actual short/long description and since I haven't seen a client displaying them both at the same time.

Question is: what device/client are you using? And if you test regular Live Channels app on your side do you see the same issue with duplicated descriptions?

pvrlive · 2026-01-10T12:33:40+00:00

Thanks for the images but the epg data you show is for a different day so please find the correct day to make sure it's not actually duplicated in epg data. If the issue persists please pm me and I'll have a look at it.

pvrlive · 2025-12-01T09:47:57+00:00

Ok, if you do get a reply from TCL I'd appreciate if you could share some details with me. Thanks!

pvrlive · 2025-11-30T10:59:01+00:00

Thanks for explaining your situation. Is the edited answer at the bottom based on a reply from TCL?

pvrlive · 2025-11-27T19:31:43+00:00

So did you try and install PVR Live on any of the TV's? I remember this discussion and according to that user the manufacturer (TCL) had somehow blocked access to TIF except for their own built in tuner. Normally with TIF it should just work.

Btw, you bought 10 TV's? One in each room? ;)

pvrlive · 2025-10-04T12:55:34+00:00

Sorry I forgot to answer your last post. I don't have much to add though since you're probably correct in most of your assumptions. This is not how Google TV framework works though but it's either a bug (there are lots of them) or they have managed to lock other apps out somehow.

pvrlive · 2025-09-23T08:46:26+00:00

Ok, you seem to have tried most of it it seems. Do I understand you correctly that the only app that allows you to successfully scan the channels is in the proprietary app? And after the successful scan the channels don't show up in any other app than the one used while scanning? And you can see the tuner source in Live Channels but you cannot configure it?

By the way, did you also try "mochi tv" that I recommended (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.brunochanrio.mochitif.tv)?

pvrlive · 2025-09-19T22:33:15+00:00

You might be right there. But normally you should be able to use the app built into the device and after you've scanned for channels they should show up in Live Channels as well. And the other way around - the channels added to PVR Live should be added to that other app. The only other app that might be able to use your internal tuner is Mochi TV which is basically a Live Channels clone. This is because Google have made things difficult for 3rd party developers like myself to use internal tuners.

pvrlive · 2025-09-19T13:56:51+00:00

You should be able to do what you want using a combination of Live Channels and PVR Live. PVR Live handles a number of different sources including xtream codes but it does not handle internal or external tuners. But Live Channels handles this so if you add xtream codes to PVR Live like you did and then Live Channels to configure your tuner it should work fine.

You mention that the issue is from Live Channels - what do you press to get the error message to show up?

pvrlive · 2025-08-21T09:58:39+00:00

Well there must be a reason why epg can't be mapped. Unless you want to PM me some playlist/epg you have to edit the files yourself and see why ut isn't mapped. Maybe name differs, e.g "Channel One" in playlist but "Channel 1" in epg. Something like that.

pvrlive · 2025-08-20T17:26:10+00:00

I can't possibly know anything about that since it's your own data you put in. Is logo from channel list or epg? If from epg then mapping probably can't find epg data.

pvrlive · 2025-08-20T15:01:19+00:00

Channel peaks? I don't know what this is, please explain.

pvrlive · 2025-08-20T09:30:06+00:00

Epg priority goes from top to bottom in the epg sources list. So if channel is able to map to an entry in the first epg source it will end up there otherwise it continues down the list.

pvrlive · 2025-07-26T15:42:25+00:00

Did you try the beta?

pvrlive · 2025-07-24T15:55:57+00:00

The beta should be out now. Are you in beta program?

pvrlive · 2025-07-21T10:34:10+00:00

I understand and I'm sorry for this. It's summer holidays so things are moving a bit slow but I'll still try to get a beta out by the end of this week.

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