README.md

tvhProxy

A small flask app to proxy requests between Plex Media Server and Tvheadend.

tvhProxy configuration

1. In tvhProxy.py configure options as per your setup.
2. Create a virtual enviroment: $ virtualenv venv
3. Activate the virtual enviroment: $ . venv/bin/activate
4. Install the requirements: $ pip install -r requirements.txt
5. Finally run the app with: $ python tvhProxy.py

Virtual host configuration

1. Add an entry in /etc/hosts file (or whatever your OS uses) on the machine running PMS:

   127.0.0.1	localhost
   127.0.0.1	tvhproxy
   

Configure web server (virtual host)

2. Configure a web server virtual host to listen for PMS on port 80 and proxy to tvhProxy on port 5004.

   Nginx example:

   server {
       listen       80;
       server_name  tvhproxy;
       location / {
           proxy_pass http://127.0.0.1:5004;
       }
   }
   

systemd service configuration

A startup script for Ubuntu can be found in tvhProxy.service (change paths to your setup), install with:

```
$ sudo cp tvhProxy.service /etc/systemd/system/tvhProxy.service
$ sudo systemctl daemon-reload
$ sudo systemctl enable tvhProxy.service
$ sudo systemctl start tvhProxy.service
```

Plex configuration

Enter the virtual host name as the DVR device address (port not required): tvhproxy