Hi
Struggling to find a comprehensive feature list of what tvheadend can and can't do.
At present I have a central server with TBS DVB-S2 quad tuner card running dvblink6
Media boxes connected to 6 TVs across the house. A combination of Intel NUCs, and Droidbox T8 SEs (where space is limited behind wallmounted Tvs). All running libreelec.
This setup runs flawlessly but as dvblink is going out of support, and tvmosaic is missing a web interface I'm looking at alternatives. tvheadend is spoken highly of across the web.
The features I need & have now with dvblink are:
IPTV (http streams) and DVB-S2 sources
Ability to save and transcode recordings to a custom path including variables of the shows title etc so I can scan and import into my libraries
EPG info linked to each channel, auto updating
Ability to merge channels from different sources into 1 channel.
Wife friendly Kodi plugin, i/e no random crashes, fastforward works as expected, smooth channel changes (3-4 seconds is acceptable so long as it's consistent)
Diagnostics - ability to monitor all the streams and any errors etc
Series link recordings - automatically record all new episodes of a show.
Feature i don't have now but are becoming more and more of an issue are:
Ability to automatically scan the satellite frequencies and add/remove channels as appropriate.
Ability to automatically scan the IPTV channels and add/remove channels as appropriate.
Rewind live TV - this works with DVB link, but only if you shift back by increments. If you use the rewind feature it is temperamental at best.
Will tvheadend be a good fit for me? I think the kodi plugin is the one that worries me the most, if it crashes all the time i'd hate to have wasted all the time setting it all up.
If I can get it to automatically update the channel lists with valid sources that would be amazing, particularly the IPTV as this is constantly changing and renaming channels.
Any info or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks