Add a TV aerial tuner (admins, web app)
- 1Connect your HDHomeRun to the same network as your server and run its channel scan once (in the HDHomeRun app).
- 2In the web app, open Settings → Live TV and choose Find tuners.
- 3Choose Add next to your tuner, then Save. The number of channels found is shown, and Live TV appears in every app.
Add your TV provider's channel list
- 1Open Settings → Live TV → Add a source.
- 2Paste the channel list (M3U) address from your provider — or the path of a channel list file on the server — and, if you have one, the TV guide (XMLTV) address.
- 3Choose Save.
Watch
- Open Live TV: each channel shows what's on now and next.
- Choose a channel. Change channel with ▲ / ▼ (Up/Down or Channel +/− on a remote; swipe up/down on Apple TV).
- Pick 720p, 480p (saves data) or 360p (weak signal).
Record
In the web and phone apps, choose Record to record what's on now, or Record next for the following programme. The server does the recording, so your devices can be switched off; recordings appear under Recordings and in your library.
How it works
Your server re-encodes each channel to H.264/AAC at the size you pick, only while someone is watching it, and stops a minute after the last viewer leaves. Each channel being watched or recorded uses one of your tuner's tuners.
Questions
Which tuners work?
HDHomeRun network tuners are found automatically. Any tuner or service that gives you a channel list (M3U) address works too.
Do I need a tuner?
Not if your TV provider gives you a channel list (M3U) address. For free-to-air TV from your aerial, you need a network tuner such as an HDHomeRun.
Is there a TV guide?
Yes, when your source includes one (XMLTV). Most TV providers' channel lists come with a guide address.
Last updated 2026-11-13.