I have an over-the-air antenna connected to an RPi2 through a TV tuner. I use TVHeadEnd for both backend PVR and front end server.
I noticed today that if I remove the internet connection to the Pi, Live TV stops working. I was surprised, as I am not clear why internet would be needed for OTA TV. Can anyone clarify or point me to documentation? Thanks!
it does not…
but if you remove the network cable or shutdown network on osmc, and the pvr addon/kodi tvheadend client is using that same IP and not localhost/127.0.0.1, it would not work no ;
-H
Thanks @HarryL - I don’t think the Kodi client is using localhost (it connects on 192.168.0.110:9981). So is that what you mean that it would not work without a network connection?
I thought that would just limit ability to connect to the GUI. I didn’t realize it would stop the Pi from doing its thing (given that both the PVR add on and tvheadend client are both on the Pi).
Obviously, I am revealing my ignorance here! Out of curiosity, I would love a high-level description of how the interfaces all work together.
just try to change the tvheadend kodi addon/pvr connection to use 127.0.0.1 at least thats what i use locally on the same osmc box with tvheadend installed.
read more about tvheadend on www.tvheadend.org or just make a simple google search for it.
edit: link corrected, thx derek
-H