Help install Tvheadend For newbie on windows or ubuntu 16 on virtual box

Engelbert Mifsud

hi guys this is my first time installing tvheadend and i tried to search and search but nothing has come up :( is there any one ho can help me install the tvheadend please ?

Fred Fred

If you have Windows 10 you can activate Hyper-V on your Windows installation and on Hyper-V create a machine that you install Debian on, this is how I run my tvheadent. I wrote a guide and exactly how I did that along with some other goodies.
This is the thread I posted: https://tvheadend.org/d/5182-hyper-v-debian-stretch-tvheadend

Large parts of that guide is specific to Debian and Hyper-V, but parts of it is useful if you use something else like Virtual Box, VMware or whatever you like.

To active Hyper-V on you Windows computer and create a virtual machine, just google for it and try it out. When you are comfortable with that give my guide a go and have some fun :)

g p

I have Tvheadend running under Ubuntu 16.04 running under Virtualbox 5.2 on a Windows 7 host (should be the same for Windows 10).

I followed these instructions to install the stable version for Xenial (16.04):

http://tvheadend.org/projects/tvheadend/wiki/AptRepository

I'm using an older Silicondust HDHomeRun HDHR-US dual tuner. The Ubuntu guest running under Virtualbox needs to be on the same subnet as the tuner. In the Virtualbox Manager, configure that guest's network settings to have a Bridged Adapter so that it won't be using NAT. Not using NAT also allows systems on your network access (if you install a TVH iOS or Android client, or access Tvheadend from a browser elsewhere). You just need to know the IP address of the guest. If you don't have a network tuner or need access to Tvheadend elsewhere, you may be able to get by just using the default NAT setting.

It's been over a year since I set it up so I don't recall all the details, but its been working very well for what I use it for.