Why do you need the TV Tuner

Craig Jodoin

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!!

ProfYaffle

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.

Craig Jodoin

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

Thanks!

ProfYaffle

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!