On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 19:13:24 +0100 "Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@telefonica.net> wrote:
On 2023-02-26 19:00, Per Jessen wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 10:14:39 +0100 Per Jessen <> wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:29:25 +0100 Per Jessen <> wrote:
Using the wizard, I think I managed to do a scan of Astra 26.2 - 83 new muxes found, but they all failed scanning :-(
I dunno anything about satellite TV sorry. I'm sure people on the TVH forum do if you get stuck.
I was a little disappointed to see that there is no mailing list.
Yes, me too, but the forum is fine and has a post-by-post RSS feed so it's fairly easy to follow. There's apparently also an IRC channel.
As an old greybeard, I am allergic to projects without mailing lists. It just makes me uneasy.
{chuckle}
I expect I'm older than Per and almost as allergic but when needs must ...
I find the web interface to be a little overwhelming, way more complex than mythtv, but perhaps mostly because they have mixed operations and configuration.
Yes there are a lot of screens, all slightly different :) For normal operation DVR/Finished-Reordings, DVR/Upcoming & EPG are the main ones. Configuration & Status I use when I need to and then find the Help button on the right-hand side is very useful, plus a browser on the out-of-date docs. :( http://docs.tvheadend.org/
I admit my initial impression is a bit mixed. I was gobsmacked to find there is a man page for 'tvheadend'. Very positive sign.
I am less enthused by (apparently) having to use a web interface for everything except watching telly. Today, I never use a browser, all I need to do is run a re-scan of configured satellites, maybe every couple of months. Tonight I might watch a couple of new episodes of "Silent Witness" and I might notice the teaser for <the next big thing>, coming up in two weeks. Quickly set a bookmark (hit space), exit and go to "Search titles" - title found, edit recording schedule, record all, done. Resume watching "Silent Witness". No browser, no mouse(!). Having to use the mouse would be - disastrous. (okay, maybe just ridiculously uncomfortable).
:-D
I write the name in paper, then search for it later. I have to type the name using the IR tv controller. If not found, I also search using a tablet for Prime.
Here in the UK we have published TV guides, so most of the time I mark up what I'm interested in watching in that then use the PVR remote to set that and use the keyboard and mouse on my main computer to set up TVH as a backup. But we just watch terrestrial or else we buy DVDs occasionally - we don't have any subscriptions.
One thing I'm about to go and study is whether TVH supports multiple instances. I will probably have/need five.
I believe it does and you can connect them together. I've no need though so have never tried.
We'll see how far I get - for now, I am reverting my new backend installation to openSUSE 15.1, to avoid a database schema upgrade. I can't quite tell what the impact of an upgrade might be.
Huh.