Will using two channels Dvr (one remote site) and using the imbedded Tailscale (logged in to same account) allow me to use sources from the other channels Dvr ? Or will I require additional Tailscale users on system platform? Copying over the M3U to the other platform appears to work fine on local network, but attempting to remote one server to remote location doesn’t seem to work for me. Thanks in advance….
Absolutely yes.
Using the imbedded Tailscale is now considered bad practice. The devs recommend installing Tailscale on the host machine at an os level if at all possible.
Both dvr machines must have Tailscale installed and running. Are both yours?
Yes both instances have the built in Tailscale on, (not on the Mac’s themselves 2 Mac mini) copy M3U from one to the other, but unreachable source error. Works locally but when test on moving other mini to a different network along with streaming device - hotspot network test, doesn’t see remote source.
You are going to need to change them by putting in the tailnet ip. Remove the s in https as well.
Example.
http://100.x.x.x.x:8089/devices/M3U-ESPNSPLUS/channels.m3u?codec=copy
You also might want to add
?codec=copy
at the end for remux only
So, both sources (host M3U url as well to local tail IP) or just the remote location to reflect the source ip)? Will have to try at a later time, Pain to re-establish hotspot and reassign devices. If the original Dvr source ip changes too, wouldn’t that effect local users connection. Thanks for advice.
Server a is 100.1.1.1.55
Server b is 100.2.3.5.66
You want to watch a source from server a on server b
Create new source on server b using hls and url.
The url should be
http://100.1.1.1.55:8089/devices/M3U-ESPNSPLUS/channels.m3u?codec=copy
If you just want to import all sources from a to watch on b you can use this as a source in b
http://100.1.1.1.55:8089/devices/ANY/channels.m3u?codec=copy
While installing Tailscale on the host is perfectly fine, we certainly don’t recommend against using the built in Tailscale in Channels DVR Server.
If we thought this, we would remove it. It’s perfectly fine to use and easier for most people.
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Ok
Yeah my remote CDVR server is on Windows but that server also has other tasks like serving FileMaker that I wouldn’t want a Tailscale installation on the OS level interfering with? Or maybe that’s not an issue?
Anyway, the current built-in method that lets us link the two CDVRs is straightforward enough and perfect for my needs and I’m glad that functionality remains.
The only place I have tailscale installed is on my synology with subnets and exit node. I can access any other PC or device on home my network remotely this way.... without installing tailscale on them.
This way I use my home IP to my servers not the tailscale ip.
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