Tvheadend
(c) 2006 - 2022 Tvheadend Foundation CIC
Status
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
Install instructions for various distributions can be found at the Wiki.
Further information
For more information about building, including generating packages, please visit:
