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Tanix Tx3 as TV backend server
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whiteley91 wrote: »It's a great setup you have! Trying to do the same through plex which is a pain! Can't get tvhproxy to work for me
Never used Plex so I can be of no help
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whiteley91 wrote: »Just wondering if you bought the UK model of hdhomerun or the European one? I see there is a few different types! Just want to make sure I get the right one! I presume it's the UK standard one?
Thanks
This is the one I bought
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B07BFPWBNS/ref=pe_3187911_185740111_TE_item
€183.24 delivered including VAT @ 23%
That is for the unit with 4 tuners.
The 2 tuner model is much cheaper which would suit people receiving only Saorview (2 muxes so max only 2 tuners needed).
I considered it a costly purchase (overpriced really) but it suits the way I am doing things presently, and hopefully for the future. 0 -
All has been working well to date.
The server OS and the few add-ons all get updated automatically ..... the Tanix does need to be rebooted to update the OS.
I administer it remotely so can see if there is an OS update waiting for a reboot.
I did get a couple of glitches from the Digibit R1 .... not sure why or how, but generally a withdrawal of power, wait a min or so and turn on again fixed it. It happened maybe three times in the last few months.
I guess I should note that all devices are left on 24/7.
The Sky box has a single channel on the TV listing, and there are 6 HD sports channels available. So I had to devise a means of channel selection for the Sky box.
I eventually did find a way - described in another thread - and created a small app for my PCs and other such devices to allow managing the Sky box.
This is what it looks like ....... basic but functional
I have not had the need to go near the Sky box since I began using this.
The only other item of interest might be I have tested making all the channels available to me when I am travelling.
Quite a simple set up ..... just forward two ports to the server and that is it. All my channels and stored media files available regardless where I am. (Well not all channels ... I have not made arrangements to manage the Sky box from a remote location
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I might rarely use these facilities, but it is nice to know that this system is so versatile and without limitations imposed by those who reckon they know what we want!
...... now if some commercial entity would package all that in one box (as I had intended originally) with just one power lead, two coax cables and an ethernet cable to be attached, it would be so much neater ..... hehehehehehe0 -
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Why not setup a piVPN ? I use one as a backup to my main vpn to remote to home services and manage them all as if you're there. Only needs one port open.
http://www.pivpn.io/
Why not? ....... mainly because I had not thought about this much at all, it not being a 'must have' function.
Thanks for the link ..... I have some reading to do 0 -
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Johnboy1951, great story so far.
Interested in doing something like this once some funds become available.
About your summary of inputs, you say that the output of the Edision HDMI to DVB-T converter is to the switch which doesn't seem right.
I'm guessing that the DVB-T output from the Edision is into the HDHomerun.
Do you use the RF In input of the Edision for the Saorview feed to merge them there on separate channels?
Or somehow join the two before they input to the HDHomerun.
Thanks.
You are of course correct, the output of the Edision is a coax to the HDHomerun device.
I never spotted that error and now am unable to edit the original post
The HDHomerun has one coax input so I have the Saorview aerial into the Edision and the two Saorview muxes are carried along with the Edision single channel mux to the HDHomerun. I had also used a coax joiner at one point while testing. So either would do.
If I did not require to have the capability of playing/recording such as
RTE1
RTE2
Skybox
concurrently, then two tuners would have sufficed. (I could do with only two now due to change in circumstances )
I just added the Edision mux to the DVB-T Network along with the two Saorview muxes so all tuners can use any of the three.
Oh yes one other thing ..... I have tested remote use, and the various limitations I can place on such use.
Only a single port is required to view the channels. The other port was for admin use.
The channel list can be limited if I choose simply by tagging the allowed channels and giving the remote user access only to those tagged channels.
Other than the above there is nothing I can think of that I have not already posted about.
The system is in use by multiple users daily.0 -
For clarity this is the way the devices are connectedUnicable coax from Sat dish to Digibit R1 Quad DVB-S tuner box
Digibit R1 quad DVB-S tuner box (€130) ..... ethernet cable to switch
Saorview aerial ....... to Edision coax input (its output then has aerial and DVB-T of HDMI)
Pre-owned Sky+HD box with eir sports card ..... its HDMI output to Edision HDMI to DVB-T converter
Edision HDMI to DVB-T converter ..... coax to HDHomerun (combined Saorview muxes and a separate mux of the Sky box)
HDHomerun quad DVB-T tuner box ..... via ethernet cable to switch
Tanix Tx3 (€40) running CoreELEC with tvheadend to manage tuners, recordings, etc ..... ethernet cable to switch
NAS/Server ..... ethernet cable to switch
Yes it involves multiple devices which will not suit many people I expect.
But with it all housed in a small media press, along with the internet (now have fibre) connection and router, in a reasonably central location in the house, it suits me fine.
In addition all that technology is well hidden, with only a small STB required at each TV ..... R-Pi, Tanix Tx3 or similar.
One of those 'TVs' is now a 37" monitor I picked up, working equally well.
I seem to have to power down the Digibit DVB-S device about once per month due to a lock up. I have no idea why this is happening, but it is not a huge problem.
Other than that all devices are on 24/7 since I connected them.0 -
This pic shown the various devices connected to provide service over the LAN
The layout is in 4 'layers'
Top layer is the 'over the air' input ..... aerial and satellite dish
The second layer shows the Edision HDMI>DVB-T device taking input from the Skybox HDMI output plus the Saorview signal from the aerial and feeding them both to the 3rd 'layer.
On the third layer is the HDHomerun DVB-T tuner box, and also the Sat>IP tuner box (Digibit) being fed signals from the Sat dish.
The outputs of the HDHomerun and the Sat>IP receiver are fed into the network switch via ethernet cable.
On the 4th 'layer' is the Tanix server, which manages all the media in the system.
What is not shown is a file storage (NAS) device which the Tanix can also address via the switch.
If any extra tuners are required in the system they can be added to the 3rd layer by the addition of further tuner boxes, and connected to the switch by ethernet cable.
Of course if the Skybox is not required (I use it for eir Sports ONLY), then the second layer disappears completely.
Hopefully the pic will help some to visualise things a bit easier. . 0 -
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I've just ordered a new network switch (TP-Link TL-SG108E) - it has IGMP Snooping so multicast with Dvblast will be a possibility.
I also snagged the EyeTV Netstream 4Sat on Amazon.de for €90 - I was looking at purchasing one a couple of years ago they were selling for over €200. Probably won't receive it by the weekend but it'll give me something to do the following weekend.
You can report what you needed to do to get the IGMP snooping working on that.
I have a bigger SG and recall trying it a long time ago and just gave up and used something else.
Enquiring minds ....... 0 -
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