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ChannelsDVR

Unofficial Debian-based Docker container for Channels DVR, a third-party live television and DVR streaming client.

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Unofficial Debian-based Docker container for Channels DVR, a third-party live television and DVR streaming client. Provides PUID/PGID file permissions, TV Everywhere (TVE) support, Intel QuickSync and NVIDIA GPU transcoding, and automatic monthly base image rebuilds for security patches. Optimised for Unraid but compatible with any Linux host. Fancy Bits LLC is not affiliated with this package and does not provide support.

    Platform availability

    Available on 2 of 6 install platforms

    • Unraid
    • TrueNAS
    • Umbrel (not listed)
    • ZimaOS (not listed)
    • Proxmox (not listed)
    • Helm (not listed)

    Health score

    61/100 Good

    Maintained
    100last commit 8 days ago
    Popular
    102 GitHub stars
    Easy to install
    302 install platforms, Docker image
    Light to run
    85512 MB minimum RAM
    How is this calculated?

    A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

    Availability: platform listings confirmed today

    GitHub stars
    2
    Open issues
    0
    Last commit
    2026-09-28
    License
    MIT
    Activity
    steady

    Checked 7 days ago - source: GitHub (mackid1993/channels-dvr)

    Resources & Compatibility

    Minimum requirements: 512 MB RAM, 1 CPU core(s).

    Checked 7 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

    First-install notes

    • GPU Transcoding Setup For Intel QuickSync, set the Intel GPU variable to /dev/dri. For NVIDIA, install the Nvidia-Driver plugin from Community Apps, add --runtime=nvidia to Extra Parameters, set NVIDIA Visible Devices to all in Advanced View, and remove the Intel GPU variable. Do not set the Intel GPU variable if not using Intel QuickSync. source
    • Network Configuration The --net=host option is required for Channels to discover your Channels DVR Server via Bonjour. Docker for Mac and Docker for Windows do not support --net=host; on those platforms, connect to the DVR server by IP address instead. source

    Fetched today - each note links to its source

    Alternatives (3)

    • Emby - Emby(https://emby.media/) organizes video, music, live TV, and photos from personal media libraries and streams them to smart TVs, streamin…
    • Plex - Plex(https://plex.tv) organizes video, music and photos from personal media libraries and streams them to smart TVs, streaming boxes and mo…
    • nextPVR - NextPVR is a personal video recorder application, with the goal making it easy to watch or record live TV

    Checked 7 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

    Common questions

    How do I make recordings deletable from a Windows SMB share?

    Set PUID and PGID to your intended share permissions and use UMASK=0000 so the container writes files with Windows-compatible permissions.

    What network mode does the container expect?

    Use host networking, as the example and Docker Compose set network_mode to host.

    Does the container update itself?

    The Channels DVR app updates itself like the official image, including pre-releases, while the base image is rebuilt monthly on the 1st for security patches.

    How do I enable NVIDIA GPU transcoding?

    Use nvidia-container-toolkit and set NVIDIA_DRIVER_CAPABILITIES to compute,video,utility.

    What volumes should I persist?

    Map a config directory to /channels-dvr and a recordings directory to your DVR share path.

    Answers sourced from github.com

    Community

    Collected 6 days ago - public community threads