chip Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 What options are available to setup PVR on unraid? linux based ones I see available are: http://kodi.wiki/view/PVR_backend Tvheadend VDR MythTV DVBLink What about Argus TV Quote Link to comment
saarg Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 In theory you can use everything that works on Linux. Either installed directly on unraid, a VM or a docker container. If you want a ready to use solution, you will have to use one of the four you listed. If you're not afraid of getting your hands dirty, you could use a VM or build yourself a docker container. Quote Link to comment
hugenbdd Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 SageTV There's an unraid docker, supports almost everything you would want in a DVR (Extenders, conversion, commercial skip), recently open sourced, and still has an active community. Quote Link to comment
chip Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 Ok I will look into those. Any recommendations if I want similarities to WMC? Quote Link to comment
trurl Posted September 13, 2016 Share Posted September 13, 2016 plexpass DVR beta works in LSIO docker. Start reading here Quote Link to comment
chip Posted September 13, 2016 Author Share Posted September 13, 2016 Yes plexpass is an option but further on the bottom of my list as I don't have it and it is in beta. Quote Link to comment
chip Posted September 16, 2016 Author Share Posted September 16, 2016 Is it best if I setup a docker/etc on Unraid and use a drive I have in Unassigned Devices for TV Recordings? Quote Link to comment
meep Posted September 16, 2016 Share Posted September 16, 2016 I previously ran ArgusTV in a Windows 7 VM. I've since replaced it with TvHeadEnd plug-in in UnRaid as I got fed up with no support for Series Record from Kodi for ArgusTv (plus development on Argus has slowed to a crawl). TvHeadEnd has been super stable for me for the past 6 months or so, Peter Quote Link to comment
chip Posted September 19, 2016 Author Share Posted September 19, 2016 Yeah I was looking at Argus after I came across this article - http://mymediaexperience.com/dvr-guide/ I guess I really want something that can look like WMC and have same recording capabilities. So something that offers the following - Enable Timeshift Group Recordings Series Recording New and rerun - Records all episodes of the selected show. New only - Skips recording episodes marked as repeats in the EPG Live only - Records the episode ONLY if marked as "live" in the EPG. On the Fly recording Support multiple HDHomerun tuners Quote Link to comment
chip Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Anyone have an opinion on this.... I guess I really want something that can look like WMC and have same recording capabilities. So something that offers the following - Enable Timeshift Group Recordings Series Recording New and rerun - Records all episodes of the selected show. New only - Skips recording episodes marked as repeats in the EPG Live only - Records the episode ONLY if marked as "live" in the EPG. On the Fly recording Support multiple HDHomerun tuners Quote Link to comment
phbigred Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I'm personally loving the hdhomerun DVR. $60 works with cable card and OTA but no DRM as of current. Have the engine running in a docker container available in CA. Part of the $60 is 1 year of guide ($35 I think) and early access. The DVR is supposed to go release candidate soon for non-DRM affected folks. Thus meaning the clock on the 1 year begins. I manage the PVR through Xbox 1, Windows 10, kodi, etc. Quote Link to comment
chip Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 wasn't part of that so need to look at other ideas. Quote Link to comment
jevans04 Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 I using Tvheadend running in a docker, with a HDHomerun tuner. I use an older 2 TB hard drive (pulled from my array when I upgraded that slot to an 8 TB drive) with Unassigned Devices as temporary recording space. Works great and runs solid. Quote Link to comment
chip Posted January 17, 2017 Author Share Posted January 17, 2017 Ok so Tvheadend as docker. HDHomerun tuner - which one? Is it internal or external? Use 2tb drive in Unassigned Devices as recording space. That could work though my only concern of lately is my server is crashing randomly so worried about crashes and shows not recording. As of right now my current HTPC is still running right now for recording purposes only. I than have MCEBuddy cut out commercials and they land on my server and updated in Plex for playback on my Nvidia Shield. Quote Link to comment
phbigred Posted January 17, 2017 Share Posted January 17, 2017 Ok so Tvheadend as docker. HDHomerun tuner - which one? Is it internal or external? Use 2tb drive in Unassigned Devices as recording space. That could work though my only concern of lately is my server is crashing randomly so worried about crashes and shows not recording. As of right now my current HTPC is still running right now for recording purposes only. I than have MCEBuddy cut out commercials and they land on my server and updated in Plex for playback on my Nvidia Shield. So hdhomerun DVR uses the hdhomerun tuners by silicondust. Network based tuners. Silicondust.com is the site with info. Quote Link to comment
blontic Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 I using Tvheadend running in a docker, with a HDHomerun tuner. I use an older 2 TB hard drive (pulled from my array when I upgraded that slot to an 8 TB drive) with Unassigned Devices as temporary recording space. Works great and runs solid. Hi, just wondering what tvheadend docker you are running? I found one the other day but can't work out how to install it in unraid without the docker template file. thanks Quote Link to comment
meep Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Do you run community applications plug-in? It makes finding compatible dockers very easy and facilitates easy installation etc. I run the TvHeadEnd plugin so can't comment on Dockers version. I've intended to migrate but the hassle of moving settings etc. is putting me off. Quote Link to comment
wayner Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 You should really consider SageTV as it is a very mature PVR software that was, at one time, one of 3-4 options for PVR recording along with MCE, BeyondTV and MythTV. Sage kind of went dormant when it was bought by Google to be used as the PVR engine for Google Fiber but it was open sourced a couple of years ago and has come back to life. There is a client that works well with AndroidTV boxes like the MiBox or Shield. Or you can import the recordings into other media software like Plex. It works very nicely with the HDHR and also works with the HDHR Prime for cable channels. Or you can use a Hauppauge HD-PVR to capture HD video from component cables. Many of the main SageTV developers are now also using the Docker version on unRAID so it is getting lots of attention and improvements. Quote Link to comment
chip Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 Guys with fall tv season coming up I am looking at this again. I still use my windows 7 box with mce as my dvr, rip the shows with MCE Buddy and play through plex on Nvidia Sheild. Is there a better way to handle this? Quote Link to comment
wayner Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 There is a docker version of SageTV that runs beautifully on unRAID and there is an AndroidTV client of SageTV built for the Shield or MiBox. Quote Link to comment
chip Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 Which docker as I thought there was two last I checked. Quote Link to comment
wayner Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 I think the only difference is that one uses Java version 7 and one Java 8. Use the Java 8 version. Quote Link to comment
BobPhoenix Posted September 19, 2017 Share Posted September 19, 2017 Definitely use the Java 8 version. Quote Link to comment
chip Posted September 19, 2017 Author Share Posted September 19, 2017 Ok I will try that out this weekend hopefully. Quote Link to comment
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