TVHeadend Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Deploy TVHeadend hosting and run your own TV streaming server and DVR on your domain. xCloud runs the pinned official TVHeadend image as a single container, generates the admin password, mounts persistent volumes for configuration and recordings, and publishes the web UI over HTTPS. It works with IPTV, SAT>IP and HDHomeRun sources and serves Kodi clients over HTSP. It has no tuner card access.

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What is TVHeadend?

Tvheadend is a TV streaming server and digital video recorder for Linux. Upstream lists inputs including ATSC, DVB-C, DVB-S, DVB-T, HDHomeRun, IPTV over UDP or HTTP, SAT>IP and Unix pipes, and outputs over HTSP, its native protocol, plus HTTP and SAT>IP. A self-hosted TVHeadend is the alternative to a hosted live TV service when you have your own legitimate sources, under the GPL-3.0 licence.

On xCloud it is the official image tracking upstream master, pinned by digest, as one container with tvheadend_config for configuration, users and the EPG and tvheadend_recordings for recordings. The container has no DVB tuner hardware access, so use IPTV, SAT>IP or HDHomeRun inputs. HTSP is plain TCP without TLS on a public port, so restrict it with your own firewall.

From Sign-Up to a Live TV Server In Just 3 Easy Steps

A TVHeadend server normally means a container, a superuser login, two volumes, a domain and a certificate before the first channel. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick TVHeadend from the OneClick catalog. Choose your domain and target server — there are no extra fields to fill in, because xCloud generates the credentials.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We start the official TVHeadend image, pinned by immutable digest, as a single container with no separate database, mount the tvheadend_config and tvheadend_recordings volumes, generate the admin password, and publish the web UI over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Sign In And Add Sources
Open your HTTPS TVHeadend URL and sign in as admin with the generated password. Create your own named users under Configuration > Users, then add IPTV networks, SAT>IP servers or HDHomeRun devices under Configuration > DVB Inputs.

Everything TVHeadend Does, On Your Own Server

TVHeadend runs here as one container with its web UI, guide and recorder, working with network TV sources.

IPTV, SAT>IP And HDHomeRun Sources
Manage IPTV playlists and URLs, SAT>IP servers and HDHomeRun devices added by IP address, plus pipe inputs, from one web UI.
Guide And Recorder In One Server
An electronic programme guide (EPG) and a digital video recorder (DVR) run in the same server, with recording profiles you can configure.
Streams To Kodi And Other Clients
Clients connect over HTSP or HTTP with a TVHeadend user. HTSP is plain TCP, so open its port only to the addresses that need it.
Login Required For Every Request
The web UI is served over HTTPS and shows only a login prompt until you sign in; anonymous requests and wrong passwords were refused in QA.
Persistent Config And Recordings
Configuration, users, EPG and the DVR database live in tvheadend_config; recordings live in tvheadend_recordings. Both survived a container restart in QA.
A Very Light Footprint
Measured idle use in QA was about 6 MiB, and about 10 MiB after scanning six muxes.

Everything You Need To Run Your TV Server 24/7

Managed hosting for TVHeadend, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

TVHeadend deployed instantly
Official image pinned by digest
Admin password generated for you
Kept behind xCloud nginx
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
Choose your server region
Unused balance refunded

What You Can Do With TVHeadend

Record programmes from a network source
Schedule DVR recordings from an IPTV, SAT>IP or HDHomeRun input and keep them on your own server's disk.
Watch in Kodi over HTSP
Connect Kodi or another HTSP client to the server address and published port with a TVHeadend user.
Serve one source to the whole household
Let several clients stream the same channels over HTTP or HTSP, each with its own named user.
Keep schedules and the guide in one place
Map channels from a bouquet and load an XMLTV or other guide source so the EPG lists what is on.

TVHeadend vs Alternatives

Hosted live TV services: A hosted live TV service streams from a vendor's servers. A self-hosted TVHeadend runs on your own Cloud VPS and works with the sources you configure, and you are responsible for using only sources you may access.
Jellyfin: Jellyfin has its own OneClick page as a media server. TVHeadend is a TV streaming server and recorder that works with live TV sources and streams to clients over HTSP or HTTP.
Dispatcharr: Dispatcharr has its own OneClick page for managing IPTV playlists and streams. TVHeadend is a TV streaming server with its own EPG, DVR and HTSP streaming to Kodi.
A tuner card in a home server: A card in a local machine needs hardware and a local network. TVHeadend on a Cloud VPS has no tuner access, so it suits IPTV, SAT>IP and HDHomeRun network sources instead.

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for TVHeadend hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

More headroom if TVHeadend sits alongside other media apps.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. TVHeadend itself is licensed by its maintainers under GPL-3.0.

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Ready To Run Your Own TV Server?

TVHeadend on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

Can you self-host TVHeadend with Docker?

Yes. Upstream publishes an official container image, and this template is TVHeadend Docker hosting set up for you: the image pinned by digest, two volumes, a generated admin login, HTTPS for the web UI and a published HTSP port. It is your own TVHeadend cloud TV server.

How much RAM does TVHeadend need?

The xCloud template asks for 512 MB memory, 1 core and 5 GB storage; idle use in QA was about 6 MiB. We start at 6 GB here. Recordings are the real cost, so size the disk for how much you plan to keep.

Is TVHeadend free?

Yes, GPLv3 open source with no software fee. The charge is the Cloud VPS and its disk, cancellable any time. Any IPTV or guide subscription you add is billed separately by that provider, not by xCloud.

How do I sign in to TVHeadend?

Use the admin username and the generated password from the installation credentials. Then create your own named users under Configuration, Users, and keep the admin login for recovery. After signing in you have full administrator control, including streams, recordings and server settings.

Can I use a TV tuner card with TVHeadend in a container?

No. The container has no DVB hardware access. Use IPTV, SAT>IP or HDHomeRun network sources, added by IP address under Configuration, DVB Inputs; automatic network discovery does not work inside the container. Add only sources you are authorized to use.

How do Kodi and other clients connect to TVHeadend?

Over HTSP, Tvheadend's native protocol, at the server address and the published HTSP port, with a TVHeadend user. Upstream also lists HTTP and SAT>IP outputs. Open the HTSP port only to the addresses that need it.

Is TVHeadend HTSP encrypted?

No. HTSP is plain TCP without TLS and the port is reachable from the internet, so credentials and streams travel unencrypted. xCloud does not open firewall ports for you; restrict the port with your own firewall, and prefer a private network or tunnel.

Why are there no channels after I add an IPTV network in TVHeadend?

A newly created IPTV network does not create channels by itself in QA; enable map to channels on the bouquet. The programme guide also stays empty until you configure an XMLTV or over-the-air source, so add one if you want listings.

How do I change the TVHeadend admin password?

Edit ADMIN_PASSWORD in the Environment editor and Save and Redeploy. The password is rewritten into the server's superuser file at each start, so changing it anywhere else will not persist. Users you created yourself are managed inside TVHeadend.

How do I back up TVHeadend?

Back up tvheadend_config, which holds configuration, users, the EPG and the DVR database, and tvheadend_recordings if you want to keep recordings. Recordings fill the disk, so set a retention policy in the DVR profile and expect that volume to be large.

Backups in xCloud

How do I upgrade TVHeadend?

The install stays on its pinned image digest until you adopt a newer template version; upstream publishes no version tags for the container, so the template tracks master by digest. Back up both volumes, read upstream's changes, then redeploy and open a channel.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.