I am very impressed with the channels interface. I would like to know if it's possible to set up 2 different/distinct accounts on one computer. I would like my wife and myself to have the ability to watch/record our own shows and have individual access to the media. thank you
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You can but you’ll need to do it with Docker.
Channels DVR Server expects to be on port 8089. With docker you can run as many instances of Channels DVR Server by telling it to expose its port 8089 as another port on the host system.
The alternative is to run it on another computer.
It is possible to run two instances on a PC now, with the -port 8090 option. It is still experimental, but to try it you would:
- use the installer to convert to a windows service
- duplicate the service, add
-port 8090and change-dirto point to a different directory likec:\programdata\channelsdvr\data-seconduser\
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Aman, can you please expand on those 2 instructions a bit? Maybe explain them more with exact steps assuming I just have Channels DVR installed once (or maybe it only needs to be installed once and then run multiple instances is what you're getting at)? Do I have to run the latest installer, or the one I used to install Channels originally, and is that step just taken far enough to change to software to service mode?
When a client connects on the LAN how does it know which instance to connect to? When a client connects remotely how does it know which instance to connect to (or are we assuming that the second instance is not a second purchased subscription and can only be accessed inside the LAN)?