Of course if the Raspberry Pi performs well enough for you, than you could just get a couple more of those. There are a lot of relatively inexpensive Android-based boxes that run Kodi (but I would look for recommendations on the Kodi forum). But even if you plan on doing it the way you are thinking about, TVHeadEnd is going to take the signal from the tuners and change them to a digital stream that is then sent via Ethernet, and at your TV's you will need some type of media center box (could be a Raspberry Pi 2 but you might want something with just a bit more CPU power) at each TV, in order to run Kodi or VLC (I'd suggest Kodi). You can get away with less tuners but it'll limit the number of people able to watch and record at the same time.ĭo you have wired ethernet and power available in the Attic? If so I'd consider putting a HDHomeRun Dual up there (assuming it doesn't have extreme temperatures, otherwise on the floor below as close to the antenna as you can get) to minimize the coax run from the antenna. Generally people have 1 tuner per multiplex this allows receiving and recording of all available services at the same time. Yes Ethernet (or Wifi if you really must) I'm afraid, you'll also need something at each end able to interact with Tvheadend, Kodi, Movian or another client.
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How do I get the signal from my server to all the TVs/Raspberry pi? I thought I could have a cable out from the tv tuner and broadcast the tv signal through coax like a normal tv service but I believe that is not possible? Or maybe ethernet? It's best to try and keep all tuners in one location you don't have to but it saves running cables EVERYWHERE. I plan on running the coax cable from the antenna to my media server with an hauppauge dual tv tuner. 1 TV equipped with raspberry pi B+ (with usb tv tuner if needed).Media server in basement equipped with dual tv tuner.I'm looking at cancelling my cable service and use TvHeadEnd.