class PVRCapabilities

Detailed Description

PVR add-on capabilities
This class is needed to tell Kodi which options are supported on the addon.

If a capability is set to true, then the corresponding methods from kodi::addon::CInstancePVRClient need to be implemented.

As default them all set to false.

Used on kodi::addon::CInstancePVRClient::GetCapabilities().

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The following table contains values that can be set with class PVRCapabilities :

Name	Type	Set call	Get call
Supports EPG	boolean	SetSupportsEPG	GetSupportsEPG
Supports EPG EDL	boolean	SetSupportsEPGEdl	GetSupportsEPGEdl
Supports TV	boolean	SetSupportsTV	GetSupportsTV
Supports radio	boolean	SetSupportsRadio	GetSupportsRadio
Supports recordings	boolean	SetSupportsRecordings	GetSupportsRecordings
Supports recordings undelete	boolean	SetSupportsRecordingsUndelete	SetSupportsRecordingsUndelete
Supports timers	boolean	SetSupportsTimers	GetSupportsTimers
Supports providers	boolean	SetSupportsProviders	GetSupportsProviders
Supports channel groups	boolean	SetSupportsChannelGroups	GetSupportsChannelGroups
Supports channel scan	boolean	SetSupportsChannelScan	GetSupportsChannelScan
Supports channel settings	boolean	SetSupportsChannelSettings	GetSupportsChannelSettings
Handles input stream	boolean	SetHandlesInputStream	GetHandlesInputStream
Handles demuxing	boolean	SetHandlesDemuxing	GetHandlesDemuxing
Supports recording play count	boolean	SetSupportsRecordingPlayCount	GetSupportsRecordingPlayCount
Supports last played position	boolean	SetSupportsLastPlayedPosition	GetSupportsLastPlayedPosition
Supports recording EDL	boolean	SetSupportsRecordingEdl	GetSupportsRecordingEdl
Supports recordings rename	boolean	SetSupportsRecordingsRename	GetSupportsRecordingsRename
Supports recordings lifetime change	boolean	SetSupportsRecordingsLifetimeChange	GetSupportsRecordingsLifetimeChange
Supports descramble info	boolean	SetSupportsDescrambleInfo	GetSupportsDescrambleInfo
Supports async EPG transfer	boolean	SetSupportsAsyncEPGTransfer	GetSupportsAsyncEPGTransfer
Supports recording size	boolean	SetSupportsRecordingSize	GetSupportsRecordingSize
Supports recordings delete	boolean	SetSupportsRecordingsDelete	SetSupportsRecordingsDelete
Supports multiple recorded streams	boolean	SetSupportsMultipleRecordedStreams	GetSupportsMultipleRecordedStreams
Recordings lifetime values	PVRTypeIntValue	SetRecordingsLifetimeValues	GetRecordingsLifetimeValues

Warning

This class can not be used outside of kodi::addon::CInstancePVRClient::GetCapabilities()

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Function Documentation

SetSupportsEPG()

void SetSupportsEPG ( bool supportsEPG )

inline

Set true if the add-on provides EPG information.

GetSupportsEPG()

bool GetSupportsEPG ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsEPG changed values.

SetSupportsEPGEdl()

void SetSupportsEPGEdl ( bool supportsEPGEdl )

inline

Set true if the backend supports retrieving an edit decision list for an EPG tag.

GetSupportsEPGEdl()

bool GetSupportsEPGEdl ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsEPGEdl changed values.

SetSupportsTV()

void SetSupportsTV ( bool supportsTV )

inline

Set true if this add-on provides TV channels.

GetSupportsTV()

bool GetSupportsTV ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsTV changed values.

SetSupportsRadio()

void SetSupportsRadio ( bool supportsRadio )

inline

Set true if this add-on provides TV channels.

GetSupportsRadio()

bool GetSupportsRadio ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsRadio changed values.

SetSupportsRecordings()

void SetSupportsRecordings ( bool supportsRecordings )

inline

true if this add-on supports playback of recordings stored on the backend.

GetSupportsRecordings()

bool GetSupportsRecordings ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsRecordings changed values.

SetSupportsRecordingsUndelete()

void SetSupportsRecordingsUndelete ( bool supportsRecordingsUndelete )

inline

Set true if this add-on supports undelete of recordings stored on the backend.

GetSupportsRecordingsUndelete()

bool GetSupportsRecordingsUndelete ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsRecordings changed values.

SetSupportsTimers()

void SetSupportsTimers ( bool supportsTimers )

inline

Set true if this add-on supports the creation and editing of timers.

GetSupportsTimers()

bool GetSupportsTimers ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsTimers changed values.

SetSupportsProviders()

void SetSupportsProviders ( bool supportsProviders )

inline

Set true if this add-on supports providers.

It uses the following functions:

• kodi::addon::CInstancePVRClient::GetProvidersAmount()
• kodi::addon::CInstancePVRClient::GetProviders()

GetSupportsProviders()

bool GetSupportsProviders ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsProviders changed values.

SetSupportsChannelGroups()

void SetSupportsChannelGroups ( bool supportsChannelGroups )

inline

Set true if this add-on supports channel groups.

It use the following functions:

• kodi::addon::CInstancePVRClient::GetChannelGroupsAmount()
• kodi::addon::CInstancePVRClient::GetChannelGroups()
• kodi::addon::CInstancePVRClient::GetChannelGroupMembers()

GetSupportsChannelGroups()

bool GetSupportsChannelGroups ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsChannelGroups changed values.

SetSupportsChannelScan()

void SetSupportsChannelScan ( bool supportsChannelScan )

inline

Set true if this add-on support scanning for new channels on the backend.

It use the following function:

• kodi::addon::CInstancePVRClient::OpenDialogChannelScan()

GetSupportsChannelScan()

bool GetSupportsChannelScan ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsChannelScan changed values.

SetSupportsChannelSettings()

void SetSupportsChannelSettings ( bool supportsChannelSettings )

inline

Set true if this add-on supports channel edit.

It use the following functions:

• kodi::addon::CInstancePVRClient::DeleteChannel()
• kodi::addon::CInstancePVRClient::RenameChannel()
• kodi::addon::CInstancePVRClient::OpenDialogChannelSettings()
• kodi::addon::CInstancePVRClient::OpenDialogChannelAdd()

GetSupportsChannelSettings()

bool GetSupportsChannelSettings ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsChannelSettings changed values.

SetHandlesInputStream()

void SetHandlesInputStream ( bool handlesInputStream )

inline

Set true if this add-on provides an input stream. false if Kodi handles the stream.

GetHandlesInputStream()

bool GetHandlesInputStream ( ) const

inline

To get with SetHandlesInputStream changed values.

SetHandlesDemuxing()

void SetHandlesDemuxing ( bool handlesDemuxing )

inline

Set true if this add-on demultiplexes packets.

GetHandlesDemuxing()

bool GetHandlesDemuxing ( ) const

inline

To get with SetHandlesDemuxing changed values.

SetSupportsRecordingPlayCount()

void SetSupportsRecordingPlayCount ( bool supportsRecordingPlayCount )

inline

Set true if the backend supports play count for recordings.

GetSupportsRecordingPlayCount()

bool GetSupportsRecordingPlayCount ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsRecordingPlayCount changed values.

SetSupportsLastPlayedPosition()

void SetSupportsLastPlayedPosition ( bool supportsLastPlayedPosition )

inline

Set true if the backend supports store/retrieve of last played position for recordings.

GetSupportsLastPlayedPosition()

bool GetSupportsLastPlayedPosition ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsLastPlayedPosition changed values.

SetSupportsRecordingEdl()

void SetSupportsRecordingEdl ( bool supportsRecordingEdl )

inline

Set true if the backend supports retrieving an edit decision list for recordings.

GetSupportsRecordingEdl()

bool GetSupportsRecordingEdl ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsRecordingEdl changed values.

SetSupportsRecordingsRename()

void SetSupportsRecordingsRename ( bool supportsRecordingsRename )

inline

Set true if the backend supports renaming recordings.

GetSupportsRecordingsRename()

bool GetSupportsRecordingsRename ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsRecordingsRename changed values.

SetSupportsRecordingsLifetimeChange()

void SetSupportsRecordingsLifetimeChange ( bool supportsRecordingsLifetimeChange )

inline

Set true if the backend supports changing lifetime for recordings.

GetSupportsRecordingsLifetimeChange()

bool GetSupportsRecordingsLifetimeChange ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsRecordingsLifetimeChange changed values.

SetSupportsDescrambleInfo()

void SetSupportsDescrambleInfo ( bool supportsDescrambleInfo )

inline

Set true if the backend supports descramble information for playing channels.

GetSupportsDescrambleInfo()

bool GetSupportsDescrambleInfo ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsDescrambleInfo changed values.

SetSupportsAsyncEPGTransfer()

void SetSupportsAsyncEPGTransfer ( bool supportsAsyncEPGTransfer )

inline

Set true if this addon-on supports asynchronous transfer of epg events to Kodi using the callback function kodi::addon::CInstancePVRClient::EpgEventStateChange().

GetSupportsAsyncEPGTransfer()

bool GetSupportsAsyncEPGTransfer ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsAsyncEPGTransfer changed values.

SetSupportsRecordingSize()

void SetSupportsRecordingSize ( bool supportsRecordingSize )

inline

Set true if this addon-on supports retrieving size of recordings.

GetSupportsRecordingSize()

bool GetSupportsRecordingSize ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsRecordingSize changed values.

SetSupportsRecordingsDelete()

void SetSupportsRecordingsDelete ( bool supportsRecordingsDelete )

inline

Set true if this add-on supports delete of recordings stored on the backend.

GetSupportsRecordingsDelete()

bool GetSupportsRecordingsDelete ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsRecordingsDelete changed values.

SetSupportsMultipleRecordedStreams()

void SetSupportsMultipleRecordedStreams ( bool supportsMultipleRecordedStreams )

inline

Set true if this add-on supports multiple streams for recordings at a time.

GetSupportsMultipleRecordedStreams()

bool GetSupportsMultipleRecordedStreams ( ) const

inline

To get with SetSupportsMultiRecordedStreams changed values.

SetRecordingsLifetimeValues()

void SetRecordingsLifetimeValues ( const std::vector< PVRTypeIntValue > & recordingsLifetimeValues )

inline

optional
Set array containing the possible values for PVRRecording::SetLifetime().

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The following table contains values that can be set with class PVRTypeIntValue :

Name	Type	Set call	Get call
Value	int	SetValue	GetValue
Description	std::string	SetDescription	GetDescription

Remarks

Further can there be used his class constructor to set values.

GetRecordingsLifetimeValues()

std::vector< PVRTypeIntValue > GetRecordingsLifetimeValues ( ) const

inline

To get with SetRecordingsLifetimeValues changed values.