# Minisatip

Minisatip is a lightweight, multi-threaded SAT-IP server for Linux that exposes DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, DVB-C, ATSC, and ISDB-T tuner cards to network clients such as Tvheadend, DVBViewer, VDR, and VideoLAN. It is open source and self-hosted, installable on TrueNAS, Unraid, ZimaOS and Docker Hub.

Canonical page: https://ourlocalhost.com/app/819/minisatip

## Description

Minisatip is a lightweight, multi-threaded SAT-IP server for Linux that exposes DVB-S/S2, DVB-T/T2, DVB-C, ATSC, and ISDB-T tuner cards to network clients such as Tvheadend, DVBViewer, VDR, and VideoLAN. Designed for embedded systems, it needs no additional libraries for basic functionality and can also act as a SAT-IP client to reach remote tuners.

## Platform availability

Available on 3 of 9 platforms: Unraid, TrueNAS, ZimaOS.

## Health score

73/100 (Good), based on 3 of 4 factors.
- Maintained: 100 (last commit 13 days ago)
- Popular: 51 (372 GitHub stars)
- Easy to install: 45 (2 install platforms, install notes, Docker image)

## Links

- TrueNAS: https://apps.truenas.com/catalog/minisatip/
- Unraid: https://ca.unraid.net/apps/minisatip-0s7xuf810gzwww?q=minisatip
- ZimaOS: https://github.com/bigbeartechworld/big-bear-casaos/tree/master/Apps/minisatip
- Docker Hub: https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/minisatip
- GitHub: https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-minisatip
- Official website: https://minisatip.org

## Common questions

### Can minisatip serve multiple clients from one DVB card?

Yes. It is designed to stream requested data to multiple clients at the same time using one DVB card while opening different PIDs.

### Can minisatip connect to SATIP servers on other networks?

Yes. Minisatip can act as a SATIP client to connect to SATIP servers from different networks.

### What did one minisatip user report seeing with an “Insufficient bandwidth” log message?

They reported freezes accompanied by a log entry containing a socket overflow byte count. The user asked for a workaround to increase bandwidth.

### What did one user observe when using two tuners and two transponders with minisatip?

They could watch streams on two transponders with their two tuners, but only individual channels or channel groups had problems.

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