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Why do you need the TV Tuner

Added by Craig Jodoin about 11 years ago

Hello Everyone,

I am new to this and will be setting up a Raspbery Pi with Tvheadend shortly but I am just confused about the reason for the TV Tuner.

If anyone could shed some light on this it would be awesome!

Thanks!!


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RE: Why do you need the TV Tuner - Added by Prof Yaffle about 11 years ago

It's the TV tuner that receives the TV signal (e.g. satellite or terrestrial) - it's the hardware that plugs into the wall. No tuner = no TV signal = not much need for tvheadend.

RE: Why do you need the TV Tuner - Added by Craig Jodoin about 11 years ago

Thanks for the answer...I sorta figured but thought that TVheadend may have been more web TV than actuall analogue signal.

Thanks!

RE: Why do you need the TV Tuner - Added by Prof Yaffle about 11 years ago

Tvheadend can work with IP streams, but it's mostly used for digital TV services. But yes, it can be used to pick up IP streams (if you know the URL) and relay those to e.g. XBMC clients.

From the main page:

Tvheadend is a TV streaming server for Linux supporting DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T, ATSC, IPTV, and Analog video (V4L) as input sources.

You take your pick, really!

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