How to Build a Whole-Home IPTV DVR

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Originally published at: How to Build a Whole-Home IPTV DVR

This video tutorial will teach you how to build a whole-home IPTV DVR system. One major drawback of using unverified IPTV services is the lack of recording capabilities. Even when IPTV recording does work, there are two major limitations. The first is lack of internal storage on most streaming devices. The popular Amazon Fire TV…

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Remember to leave you pc on for this as it powers the storage.

This a good option for anyone who wants to record a lot.

And when you use your computer as a whole home dvr the upgrades to storage are easy. Can get huge ssd drives and lots of space this way.

Thank you for the review. It’s what everyone needed who was asking about major storage when cord cutting.

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I am struggling with something that I am hoping someone can shed some light on for me. IPTV recording has been my biggest goal. I jumped on the Zima board after Troy’s post and have set it up per his instructions.

For some reason the recording folder setup works flawlessly for a brief period of time then suddenly the folder cannot be found. This does not seem to be a hardware or network setup issue as I can find files on the network storage via Plex both on local and remote. I have gone through the setup process three times now and every time the same issue occurs after a brief period of success.

  • Zima board has a static ip on the network.
  • SSD is connected via USB (possible issue?)

Any ideas on how to fix this would be appreciated.

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The first thing that comes to mind is a permisiions setting, but as I have not acquired the parts and built one yet, am not positive about it. It’s worth checking i’d say; readng about how much you have dealt with gettng it configured correctly.
Best of Luck and please keep us posted.

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are you using the casaos interface?

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I am.

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Could be several issues and the ssd via usb might be the problem. To save yourself lots of time try another device even another usb if you have nothing else. Also from your casaos web ui make sure the device is shown and shared, try creating a new folder with shared permissions etc. post back…but for now…night night time :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye:

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The issue seems to be a Tivimate problem. I setup and tested recording with Sparkle and have found the folder, recorded multpile, and have watched succesfully varying shows/sports without issue.

I have reached out to Tivimate support and they have opened a ticket to help identify the problem.

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I followed the instructions, and it worked fine. but i miss place my casaos password. Are there any instructions to recover or reset password?

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You might ask on their support forum(discord). The password is stored locally

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Just to provide follow-up on the issue. I have successfully eliminated the issue by bypassing the VPN for Tivimate. For some reason having Tivimate running through the VPN is causing the issue, although through Sparkle and others I do not have the same issue. Hopeful someone here can shed light on what is happening and how to fix it.