Tvheadend

Steve H wrote:

Hi, I have a couple of machines running Mint 18 x64 and have managed to successfully build tvheadend 4.1-2309~g0736ebc (runs fine from build dir)

How can I take the compiled software and create a Kodi .zip addon file which I can then install on my other Kodi machines ?
Is it something that is specified at build time, or is there a script or procedure to follow after compilation ?

Thanks

I think you're confusing the backend Tvheadend with the Kodi add-on front-end for Tvheadend pvr.hts. Most people only use one backend & connect all frontends to it.

If you're running Mint on all machines and want a separate backend per frontend, then you'll have to install & set-up both on each system. If you're running the same system/arch you can create a deb file using the Autobuild.sh script & install that on each.

Most Kodi installs include pvr.hts either by default or via the add-ons menu.

Thanks for your response.

I am referring to the backend. On platforms using OpenELEC or LibreELEC, the tvheadend service is available as a downloadable zip addon which can be installed like any other addon. I wanted to be able to bundle my compiled version in much the same way.

The deb file that the autobuild.sh creates can be used in the same way, you just install it like any other package (usually via dpkg -i <package> ) on Debian based systems.

If you want to control what gets included pass the configure arguments to the autobuild script using

AUTOBUILD_CONFIGURE_EXTRA=--arg\ --arg2\ --arg3 ./Autobuild.sh.

See ./configure --help for the options.