

You can either subscribe to Schedules Direct for $25 per year, or try to compile your own data in the XMLTV format. The last piece to consider is TV guide data, as Jellyfin doesn’t provide any on its own. Unlike Plex, Jellyfin does not support any USB or PCI tuners. SiliconDust’s tuners start at $110 for a dual-tuner model and scale up to $200 for four tuners with ATSC 3.0 support. This is a solution for tech-savvy users rather than beginners.įor tuner support, Jellyfin works with SiliconDust’s HDHomeRun to capture over-the-air broadcasts from an antenna, and this tuner must be hardwired to your home router. But like any media server software, it does require putting together some pieces.įor starters, you need a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer-ideally a desktop that’s always on-to run the server software, with ample storage for recordings. To be clear, this review will focus on Jellyfin’s DVR features rather than its broader media server capabilities. SiliconDust’s HDHomeRun tuner can be used to bring local channels into Jellyfin.
