How to configure TVheadend as backend for Octopus NET / IPTV??

Wolfgang Kaiser

Hi guys,

I'm using an Intel D34010 NUC as HTPC with XBMC Gotham under OpenELEC 4.1.2.

TV signal is provided by an Octopus NET tuner that sends the signal as IPTV stream (SAT>IP) into my home network.

Now I want to configure LiveTV by setting up TVheadend as backend on the HTPC and then using the TVheadend addon from XBMC.

My problem is: How do I configure TVheadend in order to receive the IPTV stream?

The TVheadend webinterface just shows up two tabs under "Configuration": TV adapters and IPTV. Both show now entries.

The Octopus Net is otherwise working fine, there is a clear signal when using Browser TV for instance.

Can any of you guys help?

Thanks in advance!

HTPC: Intel NUC D34010 WYK
DVB: Digital Devices Octopus NET C/T-4
XBMC 13.2 / OpenELEC 4.1.2
TV: Philips PFL 9704

Hendrik Noack

I’m not sure which version of tvheadend is included in your openelec release, but if it is not a recent 3.9.xxxx beta build, it won’t work.

Wolfgang Kaiser

My Version of OpenELEC features tvheadend version 4.1.2 (backend?) and Tvheadend HTSP Client Version 1.9.27.7 (frontend?).

So the version shouldn't be the problem, should it?

How do I set it up for SAT>IP?

Hendrik Noack

I don’t think that 4.1.2 is the real tvheadend version number because the latest development build has 3.9xxxx.

Please have a look at the screenshot in the attachement. 4.1.2 sounds more like a plugin version number from openelec.

Can you please check the about tab in the web interface? What does it say there?

You could try it with a newer version of openelec, I read something about 4.2

The setup should be fairly easy, because the tuner will automatically be detected on the network and you should see the device and its tuners in the web interface. from there you create a network (DVB-S or whatever it is that you use) and let it scan for muxes. once the muxes are there you can define which channels you want to have and create a channel list.

Wolfgang Kaiser

You're right of course... I looked up the version no. under the addon entry, which states 4.1.2.

OpenELEC itself states version 4.2.1 under system info, so it's current.

The webinterface states I'm currently using Tvheadend 3.4.27~gfbda802.

How would I install a newer build of Tvheadend?

Hendrik Noack

As far as I can see you may have to compile openelec from scratch and then include a development build of tvheadend. I can't give you any advice on how that is done with openelec, as I do not use it. I'm a Debian user, where tvheadend is on a seperate home server and the frontend is on different devices with different operating systems.

On Debian or Ubuntu you can simply use the development package repository and you are done.

xb mc

hi ""How would I install a newer build of Tvheadend? "" chose from these tvheadend versions in my attach files (4.1.2.1 is new )and download it to usb first uninstall yours then connect the usb and install from zip file and you done