Tvheadend: Self-Hosted IPTV Server • Hacker News Board

Re: Tvheadend: Self-Hosted IPTV Server

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Post by sarah-robiin » Sat, May 02, 2026, 10:40 AM UTC

I use it since countless years. Works very reliable, supports all kind of complex configurations, best way of receiving OTA TV and radio.

Just the ext.js UI is a bit dated and buggy, but it works. And we still got TvhClient on mobile...

Also great integration into Kodi and Jellyfin. Or simply use custom hook scripts or its API.

Re: Tvheadend: Self-Hosted IPTV Server

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Post by simonjgreen » Sat, May 02, 2026, 3:43 PM UTC

predakanga wrote: post #10

simonjgreen wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Streaming, not DVR. Think TV to IP

It does include a fairly full-featured DVR system - I used to use it with Kodi to record shows off DVB-T.

Oh, I must be misremembering. I also used to use it with XBMC/Kodi, but I recalled kodi itself being the dvr element. Or maybe I’m even conflating it with plex. It has been a minute :D

Re: Tvheadend: Self-Hosted IPTV Server

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Post by hbogert » Sat, May 02, 2026, 5:40 PM UTC

Sean-Der wrote: post #6

What USB Tuners do people like? I have a Hauppauge WinTV-dualHD Dual Tuner - 955D and I have to restart server every 3 days because it deadlocks. Do any alternatives to TvHeadEnd exist? I looked a bit and seems like it’s the best. So much customization it would be hard to reach it’s quality

Anysee 30 something. It's USB but I have uptimes close to a year

Re: Tvheadend: Self-Hosted IPTV Server

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Post by alexdevphp » Sat, May 02, 2026, 5:45 PM UTC

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Re: Tvheadend: Self-Hosted IPTV Server

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Post by [deleted] » Sun, May 03, 2026, 2:59 AM UTC

stavros wrote: post #2

I wish projects would have a short "what this is" paragraph. Right now, the front page is a forum, "docs" says the documentation is maintained by users and links to the changelog, and there's nothing anywhere that tells me what this project does.

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