Tvheadend

I cannot update the 4.2.8 package to the newer one 4.3 on my Synology 916+. It stays in an update loop and doesn't do anything. Cannot abort it too.
Even tried to update it via SSH with root: synopkg install /volume1/cache/tvheadend.v17.f15047.spk but not response.

The logfiles in /volume1/@appstore/tvheadend/var does not show anything.

Anything else i can try?

When deleting the older version i can install the newer version.

So upgrading does not work but clean install does.

Thanks for the info, but not an option for most of the users, I'd say. Especially because it's hard to backup all the TVH stuff properly and a full re-config by hand takes a lot of time...

Really looking forward to the new version once an update from 4.2.8 is possible.

Cheers!

Updating from 4.2.8 should overall work although there where many changes from 4.2 vs 4.3 which may break your configuration.
As for the issue found by MJ Derksen it's the first time I hear about it, capturing logs or status would have helped debugging.

Overall I'd say better backup your configuration before upgrading.
And restarting clean ain't a so bad idea, subsequent updates from the 4.3 branch should be easier afterwards.

BTW, updated packages periodically made available on my github at:
https://github.com/th0ma7/synology/tree/master/packages

th0ma7 ^ wrote:

Updating from 4.2.8 should overall work although there where many changes from 4.2 vs 4.3 which may break your configuration.
As for the issue found by MJ Derksen it's the first time I hear about it, capturing logs or status would have helped debugging.

Overall I'd say better backup your configuration before upgrading.
And restarting clean ain't a so bad idea, subsequent updates from the 4.3 branch should be easier afterwards.

BTW, updated packages periodically made available on my github at:
https://github.com/th0ma7/synology/tree/master/packages

Is there any way to backup actual v4.2.8 networks/muxes/channel and Recording config and to import these after 4.3 has been installed from scratch? Because these are the most time consuming items.

Thanks.

th0ma7 ^ wrote:

Updating from 4.2.8 should overall work although there where many changes from 4.2 vs 4.3 which may break your configuration.
As for the issue found by MJ Derksen it's the first time I hear about it, capturing logs or status would have helped debugging.

Overall I'd say better backup your configuration before upgrading.
And restarting clean ain't a so bad idea, subsequent updates from the 4.3 branch should be easier afterwards.

BTW, updated packages periodically made available on my github at:
https://github.com/th0ma7/synology/tree/master/packages

Do you have any Bromolow builds? I've got a DS3615xs which I use as my tv server but I can't find an updated build with that name...

With latest version 4.3 I still have an issue which started with 4.2.8: After a restart of TVHeadend (and also of the whole NAS) my Cardreader reports an "empty slot" for the CAM.
After a manual disable/enable of the ca0 device it recognises the CAM correct.
I am using a Synology DS418play and a the TechnoTrend TT-connect CT-3650 CI USB Tuner with integrated CardReader.

Edit: It seems that this got worse with 4.3 - In 4.2 this problem only occured once after a restart.
Now (4.3) the "empty slot" occurs randomly during operation.
I already tried different CAM-Modules and Smartcards which did not help.

Br,
Christian

I do have the following questions to make an update easyer:

1. Will it be possible to implement constantly the Sundtek recognition in the start-stop-status script?
2. Will it be possible to still have the channel logos after an update?

Thanks

For build/change requests and issues related to SynoCommunity build/releases feel free to open-up an issue on the project home page at: https://github.com/SynoCommunity/spksrc

Note that some bugs may requires you to be able to reproduce them on officially supported builds provided by tvheadend.org. Look for https://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/download for supported platforms.

Hey Th0ma7,...
do you have any solution for synology DSM 7.0 beta? There is no going back to DSM 6.3.2.
FFmpeg and also TVHeadend is not working.

Please... I need it daily for TV.

Mitcho Klem wrote:

Hey Th0ma7,...
do you have any solution for synology DSM 7.0 beta? There is no going back to DSM 6.3.2.
FFmpeg and also TVHeadend is not working.

Please... I need it daily for TV.

Updating to new DSM major releases is not something you should do when it's just out. DSM 7 is just in beta.
There is a status page where SynoCommunity is updating their packages for DSM 7: https://github.com/SynoCommunity/spksrc/projects/9

Since you cannot roll back, the only options for you are;
1: Waiting for DSM7 package but that can some time because it's just in beta.
2: Use Docker and search for the tvheadend image there.

OK i'll try docker if I manage it through.

Thanx for quick answer, MJ

I tried Dreamcat4/Tvheadend and marcoh00-tvheadend-sundtek docker... its working on 9981 port but have problems with driver or my Sundtek Tuner.
Now its little late, but I'm sorry to rush to beta state.

I tried Dreamcat4/Tvheadend and marcoh00-tvheadend-sundtek docker... its working on 9981 port but have problems with driver or my Sundtek Tuner.
Now its little late, but I'm sorry to rush to beta state.

Mitcho Klem wrote:

Hey Th0ma7,...
do you have any solution for synology DSM 7.0 beta? There is no going back to DSM 6.3.2.
FFmpeg and also TVHeadend is not working.

Please... I need it daily for TV.

It is on my todo list but don't expect this anytime soon. This will take me a few weeks+++ (if not months) to tackle.

Mitcho, are your problems resolved?

DSM7 is not recommended at this time, our driver won't install due to package issues (when installing our driver manually on the console manually it works (just copying files), so no binary incompatibilities but package parameters have changed somewhat).

The tvheadend start-stop script would need following check in order to support our units automatically:

if [ -e /var/packages/sundtek/target/opt/lib/libmediaclient.so ]; then
export LD_PRELOAD=/var/packages/sundtek/target/opt/lib/libmediaclient.so
fi

Actually our installer is modifying the tvheadend start-script; that's why we recommend to install our driver after tvheadend is installed, and restart tvheadend once the installation is done.

in case multiple preloads are needed for other things just build up a variable and export it before starting the tvheadend binary.

Hi Markus,
Your driver still works no problem (it was installed already on DSM6), but its problem with ffmpeg and Tvheadend which dont work yet with DSM7. In DSM6 everything from Th0ma7 worked great!

Marcus:
docker marcoh00-tvheadend-sundtek1 is yours?
When I run it I cant find any channel. I tried and stoped Sundtek driver in DSM packages but no luck. How must Docker package be configured?

Thanx, Mitcho

Hi Markus,

If you open-up an issue on github spksrc repo with a bit of details related to the `libmediaclient.so` (where to find the code, what's for, etc) I could probably figure out something and compile & package the library part of the default tvheadend native package.

Just a thought, cheers!

- th0ma7

Marcus:
docker marcoh00-tvheadend-sundtek1 is yours?
When I run it I cant find any channel. I tried and stoped Sundtek driver in DSM packages but no luck. How must Docker package be configured?

no that's not mine.

We have some documentation online about docker:

https://sundtek.de/wiki/index.php?title=Docker

Hi Markus,

If you open-up an issue on github spksrc repo with a bit of details related to the `libmediaclient.so` (where to find the code, what's for,
etc) I could probably figure out something and compile & package the library part of the default tvheadend native package.
Just a thought, cheers!
- th0ma7

libmediaclient is just an emulation layer for the dvb framework, it redirects the datastream from the mediasrv (driver process on ring 3) to tvheadend. Our driver runs on application level, rather than in kernelspace.
It really has nothing to do with tvheadend and should not be part of it, if there are any questions just let me know.
There are other ways to get the tuners integrated in tvheadend, we're also working on that (and it will make the tuners even more valuable due to the high compatibility with so many architectures)

I took a rather different approach where I'm about to release DVB kernel driver packages for Synology NAS that uses LinuxTV backport over 3.10 and 4.4 kernels in usage.
Sadly not all arches will be available but, for a start, packages for apollolake are available here:
https://github.com/th0ma7/synology/tree/master/packages/inogueira82
Package will soon be made available on SynoCommunity for x86_64 arches mainly, and DSM-6.2.3 only for a start.

th0ma7
I can test TVheadend in DSM7 and DS918+. I use Sundtek USB DVB-C tuner.
Now I run it in Docker.

Mitcho Klem wrote:

Hey Th0ma7,...
do you have any solution for synology DSM 7.0 beta? There is no going back to DSM 6.3.2.
FFmpeg and also TVHeadend is not working.

Please... I need it daily for TV.

Hello,

I'm using DSM 6.2.4 on a Synology DS620 slim
I have 2 USB TV Tuner dongles (Elegato EyeTV).
None is found by my Tvheadend server.
Obviously, I notived that Synology no more offer, maintain or guarentee TV usb stick usage since DSM 6.
However, I understood that it may be possible to manually install drivers for those kind of hardware.
I must admit that I'm not really fluent in Linux commands but I can follow recommandation in SSH mode.
I would highly appreciate advices about all this.

Thank you in advance for you help.
Joaquim

From few hour I've been struggling to configure TVH on my DS720+ on previous DS218+ everything worked fine.
On remote site I've TVH on LXC proxmox with two TSB6902, now I'd like connect via SAT>IP my DS720+ (through internet)
I think that I succeed connected to SAT>IP server because on Synology TVH I'see SAT>IP DVBS2 Tuner, but I cannot find any channels.
Here is what I see on log's on DS720+

2021-04-18 21:06:37.574 subscription: 04D7: "scan" subscribing to mux "10892H", weight: 6, adapter: "SAT>IP DVB-S Tuner #1 (XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:9983@TCP)", network: "Hot Bird", service: "Raw PID Subscription"
2021-04-18 21:06:37.672 satip: SAT>IP DVB-S Tuner #1 (XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:9983@TCP) - RTSP SETUP error -5 (Input/output error) [6-400]
2021-04-18 21:06:47.574 mpegts: 10892H in Hot Bird - scan no data, failed
2021-04-18 21:06:47.574 subscription: 04D7: "scan" unsubscribing

Here is a log's from SAT>IP server
2021-04-18 21:06:37.654 http: XX.XX.XX.158: RTSP/1.0 SETUP rtsp://XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX:9983/?src=1&fe=1&freq=10892&sr=27500&msys=dvbs&mtype=qpsk&pol=h&fec=34&ro=0.35&pids=0 -- 400

I've no idea where is the issue

New beta packages of ffmpeg + tvheadend now available for testing on my github.
Pending official release.
https://github.com/th0ma7/synology/tree/master/packages/dsm7-beta