You can pull this image at jonoh/plex-tellytv In my opinion this is preferable since it eases networking and means less to manage, and the two are very intertwined anyway. I decided to have Plex and tellytv/FFmpeg in the same Docker container. If you don’t, you’ll need to find a way to install FFMpeg and tellytv onto your Plex system - Download FFMpeg and try following the guides on tellytv’s Github wiki.
An important feature for us is that tellytv supports passing the streams via FFmpeg - Plex is quite fussy about the stream it gets so FFmpeg can sit in the middle to convert the Freeview HTTP live streams into plain mpegts streams without CPU intensive transcoding. There are a few different options out there (try Googling Plex IPTV) but I’ve found this one the most reliable and versatile. Tellytv emulates a physical TV tuner so that Plex thinks it’s talking to real hardware. The caveat is that not every channel is streamed online so you’ll find those are missing - Prime is the most obvious example. On the surface it’s actually quite simple! That’s a good thing, and so far I’ve also found it quite reliable.
If you’re in New Zealand, here’s a way to use Plex DVR without needing any physical hardware. The only problem is you need to have both a physical TV tuner and an aerial, both of which can be impractical depending on your setup. There are also other nice features, like automatic ad removal. Like everything Plex, its strength is in the number of ways you can watch - they have clients for any device you can imagine and you can easily share with people inside or outside your home. Plex DVR is a very nice way to view or record live TV content.
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