Television streaming server and recorder software
TVHeadend, sometimesTVH for short, is aserver application that reads video streams fromLinuxTV sources and publishes them asinternet streams. It supports multiple inputs, aDVB-TUSB tuner stick and aSat>IP tuner for instance, combining them together into a single channel listing. TVH servers are themselves IP signal providers, allowing networks of TVH servers to be combined.
TVH is typically used to send video to receiver devices likesmart televisions andset top boxes throughout a household network, but is also used to forward signals over long distance links, even between countries. It also includeselectronic program guide information (if available) and the ability to record programs like aDVR, including the ability totranscode fromMPEG2 toh264 andh265.
