cschwarz007 / docker-tvheadend

Small and simple to set up TV-Headend server inside a docker container.

TV-Headend

Super small and simple tvheadend server.

Running the server

docker run --detach --name tvheadend --publish 9981:9981 --publish 9982:9982 hetsh/tvheadend

Stopping the container

docker stop tvheadend

DVB cards

Linux mounts DVB devices at /dev/dvb and /dev/dri, they can be passed to the container with two simple parameters:

--device /dev/dvb --device /dev/dri

Configuring

TVHeadend is configured via its web interface. A configuration wizard will guide you through the initial setup if you run the server for the first time. Remember to mount persistent storage if you want to keep the configuration.

Creating persistent storage

DATA="/path/to/configuration"
mkdir -p "$DATA"
chown -R 1359:1359 "$DATA"

1359 is the numerical id of the user running the server (see Dockerfile). The user must have RW access to the configuration and recordings directory. Start the server with the additional mount flags:

docker run --mount type=bind,source=/path/to/configuration,target=/tvheadend-data ...

Similarly, storage for recordings can be mounted. The path needs to be configured in TVHeadend beforehand:

docker run --mount type=bind,source=/path/to/recordings,target=/path/as/configured ...

Automate startup and shutdown via systemd

The systemd unit can be found in my GitHub repository.

systemctl enable tvheadend --now

By default, the systemd service assumes /apps/tvheadend for configuration and /etc/localtime for timezone. Since this is a personal systemd unit file, you might need to adjust some parameters to suit your setup.

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This is an open project (visit GitHub). Please feel free to ask questions, file an issue or contribute to it.