Open Source
Tvheadend is open-source software, meaning its source code is freely available for users to inspect, modify, and distribute, promoting transparency and community-driven development.
Versatile Support
It supports a wide range of network interfaces, including DVB, ATSC, IPTV, and SAT>IP, providing flexibility in how users can access and record live TV content.
Web-based Management
The web-based user interface makes it easy to manage Tvheadend settings, configure channels, and schedule recordings, enhancing user accessibility and convenience.
Multi-user Environment
Tvheadend can handle multiple users and stream to various devices simultaneously, which is ideal for households with multiple viewers with different needs.
EPG (Electronic Program Guide) Support
It supports multiple EPG sources for obtaining program listings, allowing for advanced scheduling and better viewing experiences.
Here's how I configured Tvheadend for ATSC (North America). - Source: dev.to / about 1 month ago
I posted this yesterday on the tvheadend.org board, but it's silent so far. I thought I'd try here:. Source: over 1 year ago
Fwiw, Xbox One Digital TV Tuners and some RTL-SDRs (with an extra decoder chip) are able to pick up DVB-T2 and are usually £10~20 on eBay. https://tvheadend.org/ can be useful for interfacing with the tuners over USB and exposing web streams. - Source: Hacker News / about 2 years ago
If your USB tuner works with Linux, you can use it with TVHeadend, and connect it to Jellyfin via the official plugin. I use it here and it works fairly well. Source: about 2 years ago
They're expensive for what they are, though. If you're techy minded you can make your own using something like a Raspberry Pi, some USB TV tuners and TVHeadend. Source: about 2 years ago
TVheadend (or the convenient linuxserver docker container). Source: about 2 years ago
Investigate replacing pushing an RTSP stream with OBS without the RTSP plug-in or find out if "TVHeadend" **can be of use. Source: over 2 years ago
Personally I use a Internet Router with 4 DVB-Tuners inside (Fritz!Box 6660 Cable), connect them to a tvheadend (https://tvheadend.org/) instance which is then proxied to plex using a docker image of Antennas (https://github.com/jfarseneau/antennas). If I didn't have that Internet Router, I would probably connect a DVB-Tuner card compatible with tvheadend into a pc and do the same thing. You could probably also... Source: almost 3 years ago
I have an Ubuntu-based NAS device on which I was able to plug in two USB DVB tuners and install tvheadend software. So I can use dream Player TV for TVheadend – Apps on Google Play on CCwGTV to watch TV digital channels. Source: about 3 years ago
I connected my USB tuner to a Raspberry Pi with tvheadend installed, works fine and records directly to a network share on the NAS. Tvheadend has way better features than the Synology native offering had. Source: about 3 years ago
Here's my setup for reference: HDHomeRun Connect (the ollllld model, replacing with an HDHomeRun Connect 4K soon) backed by a Raspberry Pi 4 running LibreElec and a 6 Tb USB 3 external drive. I use tvheadend (built in to LibreElec) for DVR duties and Comskip (also included with LibreElec) for post-recording commercial analysis. The setup is connected directly to my main TV via HDMI, and for secondary devices... Source: about 3 years ago
I do this daily with a Hauppauge wintv-dualhd and Tvheadend on a linux laptop. It's a pretty good setup. Source: over 3 years ago
There are other options besides Plex - I run LibreElecon a Raspberry Pi 4 w\ 4 GB RAM and a 6 TB USB 3 drive. LibreElec includes tvHeadendand comskip so you can schedule recordings, do post-recording commercial skip analysis, pull down guide data OTA, and transcode streams. LibreElec also has all the necessary addons for HDHomeRun devices, and the 10.0.0 update (to Kodi Matrix) supports 4kp30 output, H264 and H265... Source: over 3 years ago
Hello, I have a Sat>IP server in private use, which packs analog satellite signals from the satellite dish into RTSP-like packets. Now to your question. I have connected the Sat>IP server to a Raspberry Pi 4 via Ethernet. The Pi4 is running a tvheadend server (https://tvheadend.org/) . The software can be installed with apt (https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/AptRepositories). After installation you can... Source: over 3 years ago
Yeah but you gotta build it yourself I’m affraid https://tvheadend.org/. Source: over 3 years ago
I run TVHeadend on my Synology to do the background work (providing multiple streams, running the DVR, etc.) and use Kodi with a Fire TV and the native TVHeadend app for our iOS devices to watch the streams. Source: over 3 years ago
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