Adding a remote Tablo or HDHomerun tuner as a Source

[rfojr]

We no longer can access OTA networks after we moved. A friend in another town is willing to take my Tablo 4 tuner unit and connect to his antenna and give me access. I am assuming we would set up a VPN with specific access to the port the Tablo is on. Would like it to function as if it were on our home network.

Or I suppose I could send him a CDVR setup on an RPI4 and connect the Tablo / HDHR that way then access remotely but not sure how to create a 2nd instance of the Channels app in out Firesticks.

Has anyone tried this? Need a little direction.

[Rice]

@rfojr

Or I suppose I could send him a CDVR setup on an RPI4 and connect the Tablo / HDHR that way then access remotely

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Interesting MiniPC with Linux

You can do all of this without any problems. It will work better than you expect. Instead of enabling remote on the new server, just enable Tailscale on it. Set it up like a normal dvr with the hdhr. Now you can use custom channel source in your home server and import the m3u playlist from the remote server via Tailscale ip. This will allow you to watch, record, and integrate the remote hdhr channels right in your guide. No need to fiddle with changing servers to watch/record remote hdhr. The r…

[rfojr]

Interesting, thanks Rice. Just googled Tailscales sounds like thats perfect. So would this also allow me to get full access to the CDVR UI for settings and configuration changes? I am assuming so.

[Rice]

@rfojr

So would this also allow me to get full access to the CDVR UI for settings and configuration changes?

Sure does. Also it is already part of channels you just have to turn it on and register the first time