How to install Tvheadend (open source TV streaming server) on Ubuntu

BY RASHO · 19/04/2015

Tvheadend is open source TV streaming server and digital video recorder for Linux based systems.

Tvheadend features

SDTV and HDTV support
Input sources
- DVB-T, DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-S2 and ATSC.
- Multicasted IPTV.
- Analog TV
Output targets
- HTSP (Home TV Streaming Protocol)
- The Built-in Digital Video Recorder
- RTSP server
Modern web user interface – Entire application loaded into browser
Easy to administrate and configure – All setup and configuration is done from the built in web user interface.
Electronic Program Guide
Easy DVB setup
Multi-user support

More about Tvheadend see on the official page.
In this guide I’ll try to explain to you how to install Tvheadend (open source TV streaming server) on Ubuntu 14.04 Linux.

Installing Tvheadend

First add Tvheadend repository in /etc/apt/sources.list

# nano /etc/apt/sources.list

And add the following line:

deb http://apt.tvheadend.org/stable trusty main

After adding Tvheadend repository to apt sources, we need to update apt manager first:

# apt-get update

Now, install Tvheadend:

# apt-get install tvheadend

Install Tvheadend

On next Screen set Tvheadend admin username and password and hit “OK”.

Set Tvheadend admin username and password

Next screen, it will let you know how you can access your Tvheadend after installation is successful, by using http://localhost:9981 or http://ip.add.re.ss:9981/ in the web browser