Tvheadend

Maughanorama Maughanorama wrote:

Hi all.
My setup is kodi android box's everywhere and my debian server.
My plan is to have my iptv service and freeview HD fed into the tvheadend server and obvs the client on the droid boxs.
i also intend on using 3 rtl282u usb dvb dongles that i play with sdr for a while

These aren't able to receive DVB-T2 streams. Not unless the device also contains another demod like the panasonic.

My questions are :
How do i use all 3 dvb dongles? Do you have to assign mux or is it on a round robin baSes.

I.e if one mux is recording and a viewer selects another mux would it auto use a free adaptor?

You add muxes to a network, you assign the network to tuners (or not in the case of IPTV), you then assign services to channels.

When a stream is requested tvh will use the next free available tuner, or if the service is on the same mux as a stream already being sent elsewhere it'll grab the stream from the already-in-use tuner.

Also im assuming i can separate the dvb and iptv via channel groups ?

Yes.

also if the dvb fails would it fall vack to an iptv channlel or is that kinder impossible?

You can do this, just map your IPTV services after your DVB services (to channels).

Thanks in advance

ok thanks.. im confused about the dvb-t2 these dongles i have can view the frequencies that hd channels reside so surely they can pick up thr channel ? When im back in the uk ill have a go and test

Maughanorama Maughanorama wrote:

ok thanks.. im confused about the dvb-t2 these dongles i have can view the frequencies that hd channels reside so surely they can pick up thr channel?

Nope, DVB-T2 is different to DVB-T, it requires a different demod to those used in DVB-T dongles.

Unless your device mentions, "Freeview HD" or "DVB-T2" then it won't pick up T2.

When im back in the uk ill have a go and test