Work Environment

NAS:  Synology DS216+II with DSM 6.1.7-15284

Before you begin:

Enable SSH.

If you have a battery backup unit then enable UPS.

You will need to donate $20 to http://mc2xml.awardspace.info to get a version of the software that will run on your Synology if it uses an ARM processor and won’t run the standard x86 version that you can download from the site. The DS216+II in this tutorial has an Intel x86 / x64 processor so the standard x86 version will work just fine.

You will also need a subscription to Schedules Direct.

Add SynoCommunity to your package sources. Install the latest version of Tvheadend. You might need to enable beta versions to get the latest version of the software.

Create a Windows Share folder on your Synology called “public” and make sure the “sc-media” user has read/write access to it.
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