I hoping I can get some guidence on setting up TVH.
About a year ago I consolidated my home setup and moved to a single computer running ESXi with virtual servers. In the process I switched from MythTV to TVH.
The plan when I started was to get TVH up and running with my OTA antenna, then look at either, a) replacing my Satelitte subscription with an IPTV subscription or b) integrating my Satelittle sub with TVH and getting rid of my Satelitte DVR. So far I've failed on all tasks.
Now that my Home Assistant setup is solid, and with winter coming I thought it would be a good time to get back to TVH.
So I have some questions before I go chasing shadows.
1) Can I record shows from IPTV?
2) What kind of nightmare is connecting a Satelitte receiver to TVH? I seem to recall an issue with the tuner cards not allowing the HDMI signal to be recorded? I can't even remember what the protection is called.
3) I have a Pinnacle 800i? PCI card. The hardware is assigned to the TVH VM. I've read that this isn't a recommended setup for MythTV as there are timing issues. Does TVH have the same issue?
4) Is there a better tuner card/device I should look at. Maybe 4 tuners that won't break the bank? I don't want to have to fiddle with too much shit to get it to work.
5) Can I integrate my IP Cameras in TVH as channels?
6) Is there a dummies guide to setting up TVH? By the time I'm done resolving computer/user issues at work I have little energy to spend troubleshooting issues at home.
7) Any issues with using Kodi running on a RPi 3B+ as the frontend?
8) Can I compress and export TVH recordings easily? I'm looking at setting up a RPi Kodi box for my kids when we can do road trips again. I'd like to be able to copy their favs to an SD card and play them with Kodi in the van.
Thanks