The NextPVR UI is the built-in Windows player (nextpvr.exe) that ships with the NextPVR Service and runs on the same machine. It provides a full 10-foot / remote-control interface for watching live TV, managing recordings, and browsing your media.

On other platforms? For the same look and feel on Linux, macOS, Android TV, LibreELEC, and Roku, use a UI Client instead. UI Clients connect to the NextPVR Service over the network and offer the same screens described on this page.

The NextPVR UI executable is at Program Files\NextPVR\Client\nextpvr.exe.

Settings are accessed by right-clicking anywhere in the NextPVR UI window and selecting Settings.

The settings include:

• Access the NextPVR Server settings and logs
• User Interface
• Picture and Video Folders
• Decoders — you must configure decoders before video playback will work

The Settings → About screen lets you access the NextPVR Server settings and logs directly from the UI.

Click General in the left-hand menu to access UI settings.

See Setup Main for a description of the general settings.

The default language for the NextPVR UI and UI Clients is English. Community-provided translations are also available. (The Kodi add-on supports many languages independently.)

To install another language:

1. Go to the user data folder.
2. Create a languages sub-folder, e.g. C:\Users\Public\NPVR-data\languages.
3. Download the appropriate XML file into that folder.
4. Edit config.xml to reference the filename (without the .xml extension):

<Language>Deutsch</Language>

Available translations:

• German — complete

The following files are incomplete (from version 4 — contributions welcome):

• Czech
• Finnish
• Greek
• Spanish

To update a file or contribute a new language, post in the NextPVR Documentation forum. Use generic.xml as your starting template.

Click Media Folders in the left-hand menu to configure local media sources.

The NextPVR UI includes a music player, video player, and picture viewer. See Additional Setup for details on configuring media folders.

The NextPVR UI does not include video or audio decoder software. You may need to download and install decoders separately — see Decoder Options for guidance.

Click Decoders in the left-hand menu to configure which decoders the UI will use.

The NextPVR UI (and UI Clients) provide the following screens:

• TV Guide — browse listings, schedule recordings, watch live TV
• Recordings — watch and manage your recordings
• Recording Schedule — view and manage pending, recurring, and conflicting recordings
• Search — search programme listings
• Live TV — watch live TV directly
• Music — browse and play your music library
• Video — browse and play video files
• Pictures — browse and view pictures
• Movies — poster-based browser for your movie collection (requires a Video Library folder named "Movies")

See the Keyboard Reference for a full list of keyboard shortcuts and remote control mappings.