# roboTV

**Repository Path**: Android-TV/roboTV

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: roboTV
- **Description**: Android TV frontend for VDR
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: Apache-2.0
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 1
- **Forks**: 1
- **Created**: 2020-06-23
- **Last Updated**: 2025-06-12

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: tv-devel

**Tags**: None

## README

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# roboTV

roboTV is a Android TV based frontend for VDR.
Now you can use your Android TV Box (or your TV running Android) to stream LiveTV channels from your VDR backend (robotv-plugin must be installed).

## Screenshots
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|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/livetv.jpg" width="200" />|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/livetv-shortcuts.jpg" width="200" />|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/livetv-timeshift.jpg" width="200" />
|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/epg.jpg" width="200" />|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/epg-genre.jpg" width="200" />|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/multiaudio.jpg" width="200" />
|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/homescreen.jpg" width="200" />|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/movies-folders.jpg" width="200" />|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/movies-all.jpg" width="200" />
|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/movies-details.jpg" width="200" />|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/movies-details2.jpg" width="200" />|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/movies-playback.jpg" width="200" />
|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/movies-series.jpg" width="200" />|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/movies-series-detail.jpg" width="200" />|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/movies-timers.jpg" width="200" />
|<img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pipelka/roboTV/master/media/screenshots/setup.jpg" width="200" />| | |

## System requirements

* [Android TV](https://www.android.com/tv/) (minimum API Level 22 Android 5.1 Lollipop)
* [VDR 2.2](http://www.vdr-wiki.de/)
* [vdr-plugin-robotv](https://github.com/pipelka/vdr-plugin-robotv)
* [vdr-epgsearch](http://www.vdr-wiki.de/wiki/index.php/Epgsearch-plugin) (recommended)

The Google [Nexus Player](https://www.google.com/nexus/player/) and the NVIDIA [Shield Android TV](https://shield.nvidia.com/android-tv) are used for development.

### Server Deployment

The roboTV server (VDR, plugins, configuration) can be deployed easily with the "robotv-server" docker image:
https://github.com/pipelka/docker-robotv-server

## Building

1. Download [Android Studio](https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html)
2. Download the [Android NDK 12](https://developer.android.com/ndk/downloads/index.html) (or higher).
3. Set the SDK and NDK location in Android Studio (Project Structure) or "local.properties".
4. ./gradlew assembleDebug

# Current Features

- [x] Watching Live TV
- [x] Channel Icons
- [x] EPG
- [x] H264 Video support
- [x] MPEG2 Video support
- [x] decoding of AC3 streams
- [x] EAC3 support
- [x] MPEG Audio support
- [x] Movie Database integration for EPG
- [x] AC3 passthrough
- [x] Watch Recordings
- [x] Timeshift support
- [x] Schedule Recordings (create timers)
- [x] Edit timers
- [x] Delete recordings
- [x] Move recordings between folders
- [x] Cover Artwork browsing
- [x] Timeshift Reverse Play
- [x] Management of TV shows (Season / Episode)
- [x] Notifications about timers / recordings
- [ ] H265 (UHD) Support (VDR 2.3.x)

# Planned Features

- [ ] enriched EPG information for TV shows
- [ ] full epgsearch support
- [ ] Teletext support