Tvheadend

(c) 2006 - 2016 Tvheadend Foundation CIC

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What it is

Tvheadend is a TV streaming server and digital video recorder.

It supports the following inputs:

• DVB-C(2)
• DVB-T(2)
• DVB-S(2)
• ATSC
• SAT>IP
• HDHomeRun
• IPTV
  • UDP
  • HTTP

It supports the following outputs:

• HTTP
• HTSP (own protocol)
• SAT>IP

How to build for Linux

First you need to configure:

$ ./configure

If any dependencies are missing the configure script will complain or attempt to disable optional features.

Build the binary:

$ make

After build, the binary resides in build.linux directory.

Thus, to start it, just type:

$ ./build.linux/tvheadend

Settings are stored in $HOME/.hts/tvheadend.

How to build for OS X

Same build procedure applies to OS X. After build, the binary resides in build.darwin directory.

Only network sources (IPTV, SAT>IP) are supported on OS X. There is no support for DVB USB sticks and PCI cards. Transcoding is currently not supported.

Packages

The latest official packages can be downloaded from:

• Debian/Ubuntu : https://bintray.com/tvheadend/deb

Further information

For more information about building, including generating packages, please visit:

https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/AptRepository https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/Building
https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/Packaging
https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/Git https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/Internationalization