You could do either or. If you just want to use Tailscale with Channels then I would recommend the former...
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And would this be the way I should have it setup in Channels DVR?
If you only want the Channels DVR application to be part of your Tailnet, then yes -- that's the way to do it. Once you get more familiar with Tailscale, you'll probably find that having it running on the host computer itself (rather than just for the CDVR package) will be more desirable.
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When trying to connect remote with Tailscale you enable Tailscale on the device and then connect using the at home profile and type in the address that you have correctly blurred out. You may need to add :8089 at the end, I can’t recall.
If you're using the Tailscale daemon/driver on the DVR machine you do.
If you have the integrated Tailscale turned on in the Channels DVR Server, you don't add the port.
Well, I tried it both with and without the port number and I'm still struggling to get it to work. I don't have great mobile phone service where I live so I may have to try it when I'm closer to civilization to eliminate that variable...
Check the Tailscale app
Also make sure you choose Connect at Home when using Tailscale
Hmmmm....it's working now. Not sure what it was. Thank you everyone for the assistance.
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I put Tailscale on a Chromecast with GTV device and the Tailscale connection didn't stay active a day later. Does it not stay active all the time?
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Windows and Linux computers, yes Tailscale will be persistent.
Phones, tablets and streaming sticks, no. On Android and iOS devices, restarts require re-enabling Tailscale.
With a streaming stick, as long as there's power to it (typically recommended), and there are no OS updates, you can go for long periods with Tailscale remaining connected.
That's probably the issue. I will see what I can do to figure that out. Thanks!
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One request. Would it be possible for the client to store one or more ip addresses so that one could either select from stored ip addresses or enter a new one?
The reason is that the (android) client can sometimes be balky at connecting and each time through one has to enter an ip address. On some of my clients that means an on screen keyboard...
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Yeah, we’ve added this to the iOS/tvOS app. I’ll look at what it would take to do it on Android too.
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Latest beta should have that for you.
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You guys set the standard for both technical support and responsiveness to customer input. I can't think of anything I use that even comes close.
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Hi,
I have Channels DVR set up using the raspberry pi image and Tailscale enabled. Accessing over Tailscale using the channels apps is all happy and working.
What I don’t seem to have had any joy with is SMB over Tailscale. Can do it fine over local network.
I wonder if having Tailscale Serve as an option for the media directory could work? Alternatively if there is anything else to look out for, some pointers would be appreciated.
Could you elaborate on this a bit? Are you trying to use a remote SMB server as a source for Channels DVR?
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