Our flexible, standalone DVR server that lets you schedule and watch recordings anywhere.
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Channels DVR Server runs on your computer or NAS device at home. There's no cloud to worry about. Your recordings and shows will always be available. Simply install Channels DVR Server on a device and Channels will magically see it from any TV or device you own.
As a Channels Plus subscriber, your first step is to simply install Channels DVR Server to let it power your new TV watching experience.
With minimum requirements of 1GHz CPU and 1GB RAM, it doesn't take a fast computer to run Channels DVR Server. Find an old computer and connect a big hard drive to it. You'll be running a DVR at home in minutes.
Minimum Requirements
- HDHomeRun network TV tuner
- 1GHz CPU (64-bit Intel, or 32-bit/64-bit ARM)
- 512MB RAM
- Large HDD for storing recordings
- HDTV is on average ~8GB per hour
Recommended Requirements
- HDHomeRun network TV tuner
- Intel CPU with Quick Sync for hardware transcoding
- 1GB RAM
- 2TB HDD for storing over 250 hours of recordings
Select a device
Computer
NAS
Software
Raspberry Pi
The new Raspberry Pi 4 makes for a great Channels DVR Server.
We recommend:- any 2TB+ USB3 drive (for example, from Seagate or WD)
Our OS image is designed to run directly off a USB hard-drive. Using an SD card is not recommended.
To enable USB boot on your Pi, you may need to update the EEPROM firmware on your Pi using a temporary SD card:
- Using the Raspberry Pi Imager, click Choose OS > Misc utility images > Pi 4 EEPROM boot recovery, then select your SD card and click Write.
- Boot your Pi using the SD card and wait until the green light on the front starts blinking rapidly.
- Unplug the power and remove the SD card.
Now that your Pi can boot directly from USB, simply prepare your USB drive with the Channels DVR Server software and plug it in:
- Using the Raspberry Pi Imager, click Choose OS > Use custom > ChannelsDVRServer_PI4.img.gz.
- Click Choose SD and pick your USB3 drive, then click Write.
- Attach the drive to your Pi using one of the BLUE USB3 ports, then plug in the power to boot up your new DVR.
- Wait for the light on the front of the Pi to turn solid green, then visit http://dvr-server to finish setup.
For more information, see this thread on our forum.
If you prefer to use Raspbian or other OS, refer to the standard linux install instructions.
macOS
Channels DVR Server can be installed on macOS Yosemite (10.10) or newer.
- The service runs on port 8089, and has a web interface available at http://localhost:8089 for configuration.
- Change your Energy Saver preference to 'Prevent computer from sleeping' to ensure the DVR does not miss any recordings.
- Run the installer again if you need to stop or uninstall Channels DVR Server.
- If you would like to run the DVR as a background service, open Terminal.app and paste: `~/Library/Application Support/ChannelsDVR/install.sh --system`. Note that the hardware transcoder is not available when running as a service.
Windows
Channels DVR Server can be installed on versions of Windows 7, 8 and 10.
- Channels DVR Server does not require administrator privileges, and installs into
c:ProgramDataChannelsDVR
. - The first time it runs, the Windows Firewall may ask for Administrator privileges to allow private network access.
- The service runs on port 8089, and has a web interface available at http://localhost:8089 for configuration.
- The service starts up automatically on login. Run
netplwiz.exe
to enable auto login and ensure the service is always running after a reboot. - Computers with modern NVidia or Intel HD Graphics cards can automatically utilize hardware accelerated transcoding. Use the Intel Driver Update Utility to make sure your drivers are up to date.
- We recommend the 64-bit version of Windows for optimal performance, but a 32-bit installer is also available.
Linux / FreeBSD
Channels DVR Server can be installed on Linux or FreeBSD by running a simple script.
SSH into your linux machine and use the following command to install Channels DVR Server:
- The setup script will create a
channels-dvr
directory in the current directory and download Channels DVR Server there. It will then detect if your linux distribution uses systemd, upstart or init.d, and will install the appropriate startup script. The script may ask forsudo
access during this process. - We recommend that you run the setup script in your home directory as your own user so Channels DVR Server is installed into
~/channels-dvr
. - If you prefer instead to install into
/usr/local
, run this before the setup script: - If you have an Intel processor, make sure you add your user to the
video
andrender
groups so the Channels DVR Server transcoder can use/dev/dri
for hardware acceleration:sudo adduser $(id -u -n) video
. - If your
/
and/home
mounts have limited space or i/o-throughput (for example, when using an SD card with the Raspberry Pi), install Channels DVR Server on an externally mounted USB HDD instead. - If you plan to use TV Everywhere, install your linux distrubution's chrome or chromium package. For example,
apt-get install chromium-browser
. - The service runs on port 8089, and has a web interface available at http://localhost:8089 for configuration.
- Bonjour (aka zeroconf) is used by the Channels apps to automatically discover your DVR on your network. If you have a firewall, ensure that port 5353 is whitelisted for TCP/UDP access.
Synology
Channels DVR Server can be installed by uploading our software into the Synology DSM Package Center.
For more information, see the DSM Documentation.
Navigate to the the manual install page
Upload
QNAP
Channels DVR Server can be installed by uploading our software into the QNAP App Center.
For more information, see the QNAP App Center documentation.
- QTS 4.2.0 or higher is required.
- To make sure your DVR recordings start on time, go to
Control Panel > General Settings > Time
and changeTime interval
to every6 hours
. - The service runs on port 8089. QNAP's Virtualization Station also uses port 8089 and will cause the installation of Channels DVR Server to fail. Please disable Virtualization Station if you have installed it, or change its settings to use a different port than 8089.
WD MyCloud
Channels DVR Server can be installed by uploading our software into the Apps tab.
OS5
OS3
Other
The single-drive WDMyCloud and WDMyCloudMirror (Gen1) are not compatible with Channels DVR Server.
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For more information, see the WDMyCloud documentation.
Netgear ReadyNAS
Channels DVR Server can be installed by uploading our software into the ReadyNAS Apps interface.
ReadyNAS OS 6.2 is required. For more information, see this tutorial.
Navigate to the upload page
Upload
Seagate/Lacie (NAS OS)
Channels DVR Server can be installed by uploading our software into the NAS OS App Manager
NAS OS 4.2 is required. For more information, see the NAS OS documentation.
Unraid
Channels DVR Server can be installed on the Docker tab using a template repository.
unRAID v6 is required. For more information, see the unRAID documentation.
![App App](/uploads/1/3/4/1/134119384/268049339.jpg)
Add the URL of the template repository
Create container
Channels DVR Server running
For hardware transcoding support, edit
/boot/config/go
to add the line modprobe i915
, and configure your container to pass-through the /dev/dri
device:FreeNAS
Channels DVR Server can be installed on FreeNAS 10 via our iocage plugin.
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Run the following command to install Channels DVR Server iocage plug-in:
Asustor
Channels DVR Server can be installed by uploading our software into Asustor App Central.
- To enable hardware transcoding, you may need to install the Asustor ffmpeg package.
NVidia SHIELD
Channels DVR Server can be installed on the NVidia SHIELD from the Google Play store.
SHIELD Experience 5.1 or higher is required.
After installing Channels DVR Server from the Google Play store, open it to receive installation instructions.
Docker
Channels DVR Server can be run as a Docker container.
Start up Channels DVR Server via Docker:
Or add this to your docker-compose.yml
:
- Use the
fancybits/channels-dvr:tve
image if you need TV Everywhere support - The
--net=host
option is required for the Channels apps to discovery your DVR via Bonjour. - Neither Docker for Mac nor Docker for Windows support
--net=host
. When running on these platforms, you'll have to connect to Channels DVR Server by IP address from Channels. You can do this in the Settings tab of the Channels Apps.
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