Tvheadend PVR

Tvheadend is a TV streaming server for Linux supporting DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T, ATSC, IPTV, and Analog video (V4L) as input sources and can be used as a PVR backend of XBMC. Version 3.4 and up also include support for timeshifting.

Preinstalled options
The following XBMC/OS distributions come with Tvheadend already installed, or easily installed as an option. These are great one-stop solutions that can greatly simplify the installation of the backend, as well as various other benefits unique to those distros.
 * OpenELEC - In addition to coming with Tvheadend software and a Tvheadend XBMC PVR add-on, OpenELEC has both current XBMC v12 builds (with native PVR support) as well as special XBMC v11 PVR builds.

Installing Tvheadend

 * Basic
 * Most Debian and Ubuntu installations can take advantage of the standard APT installation methods for getting Tvheadend installed, either using a GUI package manager, or from the command line using " ". The install procedure normally creates a user named "hts", which is the user Tvheadend will run as. You should check that the "hts" user has sufficient permissions to your tuner (usually /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0). Running the command " " should be sufficient.


 * For more info, see: https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/Download


 * Raspberry Pi
 * The easiest way to get Tvheadend on the Raspberry Pi is to use OpenELEC or Raspbmc. You can also use the Arch Linux ARM instructions below if you are using Arch Linux ARM on the R-Pi.


 * Arch Linux

(including PogoPlug)


 * Synology NAS
 * You can install Tvheadend from the Syno Community repo through the DiskStation Manager: http://www.synocommunity.com/repository

Connecting XBMC to Tvheadend

 * 1) Go to Settings -> Add-ons -> Enabled add-ons -> PVR Clients and select the Tvheadend add-on
 * 2) Select "Configure"
 * 3) By default, you should only need to fill in Tvheadend hostname or IP address.





Additional guides and links

 * Tvheadend website - https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend
 * Documentation
 * Support forum
 * Tvheadend backend for XBMC support forum - http://forum.xbmc.org/forumdisplay.php?fid=168
 * Using HDHomeRun products with Tvheadend - https://tvheadend.org/boards/14/topics/3368