On Sat, 25 Feb 2023 15:08:20 +0000 Dave Howorth <dave@howorth.org.uk> wrote:
FWIW, I use TVHeadend to record programmes from Freeview (UK DVB-T2) and I know it can also record from satellite and cable and IPTV. It can also restream to other instances of itself etc (MPEG-TS I think but I've never tried to use it).
I control which programmes to record and manage them using TVH's JS-based webui (there are actually a couple of other versions as well as the official one). I watch the programmes using Kodi, sometimes running on the same openSUSE box that TVH is running on, and started by clicking on TVH's UI.
Oops, my fingers got ahead of my brain and I told a lie :( When I watch on my PC I use VLC for playback rather than Kodi (I like to be able to speed up the playback whilst keeping the sound on and intelligble :) I do use Kodi with the TV though.
In that case Kodi is controlled using the keyboard and mouse of my computer. Other times I use Kodi installed on a Fire TV connected to my TV. It gets access to the programmes via an NFS mount exported from the openSUSE box to the Fire TV. In this case Kodi is controlled using the Fire TV's remote and its UI is used to select the programme to play.
Given that mythtv doesn't build for e.g. leap15.4, and probably isn't receiving the necessary care and attention, I have to be open to other options, but it's just a bigger project that I don't really want to take on right now.
Right, so keep the server as is. No problem :-)
I found TVH pretty straightforward to set up. I have a TBS DVB-T2 card which is a pain because its drivers need to be built out-of-tree. I recently bought a Hauppage card to replace it, which is supported in tree, but I haven't got around to replacing the TBS yet. (if it ain't broke don't fix it excuse for laziness :)