Channels Tuner Sharing - Sage on VMs.

[hb4]

I understand it's possible to use ChannelsDVR as a tuner for a Prime, OpenDCT for tuner pooling, and OpenDCT/Sage as the client to request a program from ChannelsDVR.

Is it also possible to have two instances of OpenDCT/SageTV, each on a separate Windows V10 Virtual Machine, each requesting programs from ChannelsDVR and OpenDCT running on a third VM or the native Windows OS?

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by hb4

I understand it's possible to use ChannelsDVR as a tuner for a Prime, OpenDCT for tuner pooling, and OpenDCT/Sage as the client to request a program from ChannelsDVR.

Is it also possible to have two instances of OpenDCT/SageTV, each on a separate Windows V10 Virtual Machine, each requesting programs from ChannelsDVR and OpenDCT running on a third VM or the native Windows OS?

This is my Setup ... this was made possible thanks to hvymetal XMLTV and boukmandutty

Channels DVR controls all tuners ... TVE OTA Cable and Pluto.
OPENDCT is Installed in the Channels DVR Server with 20 Pipe tuners. I can use as many SagetV servers as I like ... No pooling needed as Channels DVR will handle all the tuner sharing. The 20 pipe tuners are setup like this ....

sagetv.device.3572338.streaming_executable=/bin/ffmpeg -i http\://127.0.0.1\:8089/devices/ANY/channels/%c%/stream.mpg?format\=ts -c copy -f mpegts -

generic.pipe.device_names_csv=tve1,tve2,tve3,tve4,tve5,tve6,tve7,tve8,tve9,tve10,tve11,tve12,tve13,tve14,tve15,tve16,tve17,tv118,tve19,tve20

SageTV is setup with the tuners using OPENDCT on Channels Server ...

[nyplayer]

I also have EMBY using M3U from Channels DVR and their guide data..

Emby Tuner ... http://1.0.0.2:8089/devices/ANY/channels.m3u?format=ts
Guide Data ... http://10.0.0.2:8089/devices/ANY/gui...ration=1209600


ALL in all Channels DVR Emby and SageTV will share 1 tuner when recording or watching the same Channel.

[hb4]

Thanks once again for the info, great to know it's possible. I am fairly new to linux - if you don't count bringing the EE department's Unix system to its knees 40 years ago.

[Zogg]

Originally Posted by hb4

Thanks once again for the info, great to know it's possible. I am fairly new to linux - if you don't count bringing the EE department's Unix system to its knees 40 years ago.

System V Release 3? Or maybe SVR2?

[hb4]

Beats me; one of the guys that ran the system gave me an account and we ran a wire through the utility tunnels to my office. Hooked it up to a terminal and proceeded to try and document our campus energy management system. After a script with a bunch of greps and vi's I got a call... That was the end of my 'ix career and I went back to the Altair and SuperCalc.

[nyplayer]

I found out that WinSCP is a valuable to transfer and edit files from windows to linux.... this and putty makes it so easy ...'


https://sourceforge.net/projects/winscp/

[hb4]

Thanks for your info, nyplayer; I'm still trying to absorb all of this; knowing that you've done it gives me incentive.

[hvymetal]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

I found out that WinSCP is a valuable to transfer and edit files from windows to linux.... this and putty makes it so easy ...'


https://sourceforge.net/projects/winscp/

Try MobaXTerm it is free and replace WinSCP and Putty in one package

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by hvymetal

Try MobaXTerm it is free and replace WinSCP and Putty in one package

Thanks that is great all in one like it.

[wayner]

Putty isn't really needed anymore as you Windows now has a proper ssh client built in, although it may not get installed automatically. You can also edit files in Linux using a text editor in Windows, assuming that you create shares on your Linux machine.

Or you can use the SFTP process built into Notepad++ to directly edit files on a Linux box.

Speaking of Linux, you can now run pretty much a full featured install of Linux from within Windows using WSL2.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by wayner

Putty isn't really needed anymore as you Windows now has a proper ssh client built in, although it may not get installed automatically. You can also edit files in Linux using a text editor in Windows, assuming that you create shares on your Linux machine.

Or you can use the SFTP process built into Notepad++ to directly edit files on a Linux box.

Speaking of Linux, you can now run pretty much a full featured install of Linux from within Windows using WSL2.

I prefer WinSCP/Mobaxterm as I can drag and drop files into Linux without having to share any folders also has built in editors all in one. You can also create folders and change permissions. I like all in 1 rather than use 3 or 4 different apps to accomplish the same thing.

[hb4]

OK, I've looked into Dockers for Windows vs a Windows VM. The pros and cons seem to be..
Dockers; Pros: Uses less PC resources.
Windows; Pros: Easier for me to understand - linux is a mystery to my DOS brain.

So, I've installed Dockers... Is it true that there's a choice between, say, Ubuntu and linux Sage in a Docker versus a straight Sage Docker?

With a HD Homerun &TVE sources/ChannelsDVR/OpenDCT/Comskip/Sage setup in both Windows and Docker, where do the pieces go?

ChannelsDVR is running on Windows presently.
HD Homerun in Windows when I set it up in a month or so
OpenDCT ? Separate instances for Windows and Docker?
Comskip ? Same question.

I've had Channels running on a different PC than Sage, so keeping it on Windows seems logical. Running OpenDCT in Windows seems doable, but it seems I'd have more flexibility with it in Dockers as well. If it works, it seems like Comskip should be in Windows unless I'm experimenting with it - which I'm not planning to do.

[Striker:WG]

so I run Dockers on my Unraid server, so I haven't done this on Windows before, but I don't see why the same wouldn't apply.

A docker is like a mini virtual machine. It runs just enough to support a contained environment to perform the purpose it is designed for, eg. a SageTV server. So if you are getting a pre-made Docker that someone else has published (eg. Stuckless or Jusjoken), then you will get the environment they have setup (linux, java, etc.) plus the Sage files. I don't recall offhand the variant of Linux that is typically used, but I don't think it's Unbuntu. Long way of saying there isn't a straight Sage docker.

Jusjoken has released some new dockers that have OpenDCT and Sage in the same docker. Currently my Comskip already runs inside the Sage docker.

[jusjoken]

Originally Posted by Striker:WG

so I run Dockers on my Unraid server, so I haven't done this on Windows before, but I don't see why the same wouldn't apply.

A docker is like a mini virtual machine. It runs just enough to support a contained environment to perform the purpose it is designed for, eg. a SageTV server. So if you are getting a pre-made Docker that someone else has published (eg. Stuckless or Jusjoken), then you will get the environment they have setup (linux, java, etc.) plus the Sage files. I don't recall offhand the variant of Linux that is typically used, but I don't think it's Unbuntu. Long way of saying there isn't a straight Sage docker.

Jusjoken has released some new dockers that have OpenDCT and Sage in the same docker. Currently my Comskip already runs inside the Sage docker.

Docker on Linux is pretty mature. Docker on windows for windows containers is also pretty solid. Linux containers on Docker for windows works for some simple cases but seems to have a ways to go for sage.

The sagetv dockers run Ubuntu 20.04 internally. It is a paired down version.

K

[hb4]

Originally Posted by jusjoken

Docker on Linux is pretty mature. Docker on windows for windows containers is also pretty solid. Linux containers on Docker for windows works for some simple cases but seems to have a ways to go for sage.

The sagetv dockers run Ubuntu 20.04 internally. It is a paired down version.

K

How about Linux on Windows Hyper-V VM, with Docker on Linux, to get two instances of Sage on one PC?

[wayner]

It is pretty straightforward to have multiple dockers of SageTV running at least on unRAID. So you could probably run multiples dockers on your setup. On my unRAID server I have a few different dockers installed and I have a Win 11 VM. I guess for fun I could try installing SageTV in the Windows VM.

[jusjoken]

Originally Posted by hb4

How about Linux on Windows Hyper-V VM, with Docker on Linux, to get two instances of Sage on one PC?

I believe that will work fine, just have not tried it yet, but I can.

I run unraid and right now I have SageTV running in 7 dockers and 3 windows VMs... For testing of course.

K

[KeithAbbott]

Originally Posted by hvymetal

Try MobaXTerm it is free and replace WinSCP and Putty in one package

Thanks for posting about MobaXTerm. I like that it has a portable version, but I especially like that the built-in text editor has color-coding, and is language-aware. I probably will not be using WinSCP much anymore...