Dave Howorth wrote:
On Sun, 26 Feb 2023 10:14:39 +0100 Per Jessen <per@jessen.ch> wrote:
Dave Howorth wrote:
On Sat, 25 Feb 2023 19:29:25 +0100 Per Jessen <per@jessen.ch> 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.
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).
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. -- Per Jessen, Zürich (0.3°C) Member, openSUSE Heroes (2016 - present) We're hiring - https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Heroes