README.md

npvrProxy

A small flask app to proxy requests between Plex Media Server and NextPVR (based off tvhProxy by jkaberg).

tvhProxy configuration

1. In npvrProxy.py configure options as per your setup (leave npvrSID blank).
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 npvrProxy.py

Virtual host configuration

1. Add an entry in /etc/hosts file (or whatever your OS uses) on the machine running PMS, remember to change the IP if tvhProxy resides on another server:

   127.0.0.1	localhost
   127.0.0.1	npvrproxy
   

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, remember to change localhost if tvhProxy resides on another server.

   Nginx example:

   server {
       listen       80;
       server_name  npvrproxy;
       location / {
           proxy_pass http://localhost:5004;
       }
   }
   

   Apache example:

   <VirtualHost *:80>
       ServerName npvrProxy
   
       ProxyPass / http://localhost:5004/
       ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:5004/    
   </VirtualHost>
   

systemd service configuration

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

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

Plex configuration

Enter the virtual host name as the DVR device address when setting up Plex DVR: npvrproxy