Anyone on here using TVHeadend as a Docker container (or anyone who considered it and decided against it)?

A L

After a lot of research and effort I have finally reinstalled TVHeadend on Debian server via Docker (using Portainer).

I originally had it installed directly on Debian and I cannot tell any real difference (other than I have lost the ability to use the tv_grab_az_sdjson_sqlite external grabber).

I was just wondering why other had gone down this route (or decided not to).

Is there any real benefit?

paul griffiths

I have been using it from linuxserver/tvheadend for a couple of years on a pi3 and more recently pi4 with 3 tuners.
without problems. It has the added advantage that comskip is included and configured.

A L

Thanks very much for that Paul.

What was your motivation for using Docker in the first place (rather than directly on your OS)?

The reason I ask is that everyone is talking about Docker at the moment and I have switched to do the same without really understanding the pros/cons - i.e. I figuratively jumped off the cliff just because everyone else was.