![]() But you’d also need a second backend server at your house, to receive signals from your antenna (well, unless you are using networked tuners such as HDHomeRun devices from SiliconDust, but this is just an example). ![]() A better solution would be to place a backend server in some kind of climate controlled (or at least waterproof) enclosure near the dish, and then connect that server to your local network using a fiber optic cable. You don’t want to run several hundred feet of RG-6 cable if you can help it, because the signal loss would be quite significant. ![]() Maybe your antenna is located right next to your house, but in order to clear a hill or other obstruction, your dish has to be placed several hundred feet away. As just one example, say you want to receive terrestrial television signals using a TV tuner card or device, and also satellite signals from your satellite dish, but the two are nowhere near each other. ![]() Why would you want to run two different backends? There are many reasons, but a primary one is proximity to an antenna or satellite dish. Unfortunately, Kodi works best with a single PVR backend, although that seems to be less true in Kodi Isengard than in previous versions. ![]() Most people consider themselves lucky if they can get one PVR backend to work, but sometimes it makes things easier if you can run two different TVHeadEnd backends and let Kodi access both of them. ![]()
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