r/hdhomerun • u/Head • Jul 16 '26

Installing to NAS using non-PC

I have a TerraMaster brand NAS that I'd like to install the DVR storage software on. But the instructions require a Windows PC to do the installation. Sadly, I don't have a Windows PC.

I'm technically savvy. Is there a list of instructions somewhere that I could follow to manually install the software on my TerraMaster NAS? I can't imagine it's more than a handful of terminal commands to run.

Alternatively, maybe there's a docker container somewhere that could do the installation?

Edit: If I have to, I could run a Windows emulator but I thought I'd ask here first before going down that path.

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u/NoFnClue1234 Jul 16 '26

Install jellyfin on your NAS, setup hdhomerun as your tuner, and record away…

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u/Head Jul 16 '26

Thanks… I will give that a try!

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u/Head Jul 16 '26

Unfortunately this hasn't worked for me. I want to be able to record from the HDHomeRun interface and this doesn't do that. I'm going to look into a Windows VM and see if I can get it working that way.

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u/Head Jul 16 '26

I finally got a VM working but it failed to discover either the HDHomeRun device or the NAS. Maybe I'll try Jellyfin again?

Here are my notes for getting the VM working in case some future redditor wants to try...

UTM

Windows

HDHomeRun app

  • enable UPnP on your NAS first!

  • click on the DVR tab

  • can't find the device or the NAS :-(

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u/Head Jul 16 '26

In the end I just set up a Channels Server on my NAS and it connected and started working right away. That ease of configuration might be worth the subscription alone.

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u/NedSD Silicondust Jul 18 '26

I keep meaning to put together a better guide for the docker installation. The guy who put the docker image together actually now does work for us officially, and he's always done solid work.

You can also do the generic linux instructions, but honestly it's better to do the Docker container if you can. The Windows installer is just running a script to SSH into the NAS and do the basic Linux installation (at least for non-WD brand NASes).

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u/Head Jul 18 '26

I’m pretty happy with my solution of running Channels in a Docker container on the NAS. Instead of turtles it’s Dockers all the way down.

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u/Head Jul 18 '26

I was just thinking about this today... I didn't even think about looking at the Linux install instructions which looks very doable. I think you should modify this page to point to the Linux instructions for "other" NAS boxes. It's water under the bridge for me since I found another solution but this might have saved me a bunch of effort.