diff --git a/contrib/redhat/tvheadend b/contrib/redhat/tvheadend
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+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# tvheadend    Start/Stop the hts tvheadend daemon.
+#
+# chkconfig: 345 90 60
+# description: Tvheadend is a TV streaming server for Linux supporting
+#              DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T, ATSC, IPTV, and Analog video
+#              (V4L) as input sources. It also comes with a powerful and
+#              easy to use web interface both used for configuration and
+#              day-to-day operations, such as searching the EPG and
+#              scheduling recordings.
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides: tvheadend
+# Required-Start: $local_fs $syslog
+# Required-Stop: $local_fs $syslog
+# Default-Start:  345
+# Default-Stop: 90
+# Short-Description: run tvheadend daemon
+# Description: Tvheadend is a TV streaming server for Linux supporting
+#              DVB-S, DVB-S2, DVB-C, DVB-T, ATSC, IPTV, and Analog video
+#              (V4L) as input sources. It also comes with a powerful and
+#              easy to use web interface both used for configuration and
+#              day-to-day operations, such as searching the EPG and
+#              scheduling recordings.
+### END INIT INFO
+
+[ -f /etc/sysconfig/tvheadend ] || { 
+    [ "$1" = "status" ] && exit 4 || exit 6 
+}
+
+RETVAL=0
+prog="tvheadend"
+exec=/usr/local/bin/tvheadend
+lockfile=/var/lock/subsys/tvheadend
+sysconfig=/etc/sysconfig/tvheadend
+
+# Source function library.
+. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions
+
+[ -e /etc/sysconfig/$prog ] && . /etc/sysconfig/$prog
+
+start() {
+    [ -x $exec ] || exit 5
+    [ -f $sysconfig ] || exit 6
+    echo -n $"Starting $prog: "
+    daemon $exec $OPTIONS
+    retval=$?
+    echo
+    [ $retval -eq 0 ] && touch $lockfile
+}
+
+stop() {
+    echo -n $"Stopping $prog: "
+	if [ -n "`pidfileofproc $exec`" ]; then
+		killproc $exec
+		RETVAL=3
+	else
+		failure $"Stopping $prog"
+	fi
+    retval=$?
+    echo
+    [ $retval -eq 0 ] && rm -f $lockfile
+}
+
+restart() {
+    stop
+    start
+}
+
+reload() {
+	echo -n $"Reloading $prog: "
+	if [ -n "`pidfileofproc $exec`" ]; then
+		killproc $exec -HUP
+	else
+		failure $"Reloading $prog"
+	fi
+	retval=$?
+	echo
+}
+
+force_reload() {
+	# new configuration takes effect after restart
+    restart
+}
+
+rh_status() {
+    # run checks to determine if the service is running or use generic status
+    status -p /var/run/tvheadend.pid $prog
+}
+
+rh_status_q() {
+    rh_status >/dev/null 2>&1
+}
+
+
+case "$1" in
+    start)
+        rh_status_q && exit 0
+        $1
+        ;;
+    stop)
+        rh_status_q || exit 0
+        $1
+        ;;
+    restart)
+        $1
+        ;;
+    reload)
+        rh_status_q || exit 7
+        $1
+        ;;
+    force-reload)
+        force_reload
+        ;;
+    status)
+        rh_status
+        ;;
+    condrestart|try-restart)
+        rh_status_q || exit 0
+        restart
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo $"Usage: $0 {start|stop|status|restart|condrestart|try-restart|reload|force-reload}"
+        exit 2
+esac
+exit $?
+
diff --git a/contrib/redhat/tvheadend.spec b/contrib/redhat/tvheadend.spec
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+Name: tvheadend
+Summary: TV streaming server
+Version: 2.12.cae47cf
+Release: 1%{dist}
+License: GPL
+Group: Applications/Multimedia
+URL: http://www.lonelycoder.com/hts/tvheadend_overview.html
+Packager: Jouk Hettema
+Source: tvheadend-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Prefix: /usr
+BuildRequires: avahi-devel, openssl, glibc, zlib
+
+%description
+Tvheadend is a TV streaming server for Linux supporting DVB-S, DVB-S2, 
+DVB-C, DVB-T, ATSC, IPTV, and Analog video (V4L) as input sources.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%configure --release --prefix=%{prefix}/bin
+%{__make}
+
+%install
+%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
+
+mkdir -p $RPM_BUILD_ROOT/%{prefix}
+
+%{__install} -d -m0755 %{buildroot}%{prefix}/bin
+%{__install} -d -m0755 %{buildroot}/etc/tvheadend
+%{__install} -d -m0755 %{buildroot}/etc/sysconfig
+%{__install} -d -m0755 %{buildroot}/etc/rc.d/init.d
+%{__install} -d -m0755 %{buildroot}%{prefix}/shared/man/man1
+
+%{__install} -m0755 build.Linux/tvheadend %{buildroot}%{prefix}/bin/
+%{__install} -m0755 man/tvheadend.1 %{buildroot}%{prefix}/shared/man/man1
+%{__install} -m0755 contrib/redhat/tvheadend %{buildroot}/etc/rc.d/init.d
+
+cat >> %{buildroot}/etc/sysconfig/tvheadend << EOF
+OPTIONS="-f -u tvheadend -g tvheadend -c /etc/tvheadend -s -C"
+EOF
+
+%pre
+groupadd -f -r tvheadend >/dev/null 2>&! || :
+useradd -s /sbin/nologin -c "Tvheadend" -M -r tvheadend -g tvheadend -G video >/dev/null 2>&! || :
+
+%preun
+if [ $1 = 0 ]; then
+	/sbin/service tvheadend stop >/dev/null 2>&1
+	/sbin/chkconfig --del tvheadend
+fi
+
+%post
+/sbin/chkconfig --add tvheadend
+
+if [ "$1" -ge "1" ]; then
+	/sbin/service tvheadend condrestart >/dev/null 2>&1 || :
+fi
+
+%clean
+%{__rm} -rf %{buildroot}
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%doc debian/changelog LICENSE README
+%dir %attr(-,tvheadend,root) %{prefix}
+%{prefix}/bin/tvheadend
+%{prefix}/shared/man/man1/tvheadend.1*
+%{_sysconfdir}/rc.d/init.d/tvheadend
+/etc/tvheadend
+%config /etc/sysconfig/tvheadend
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Feb 18 2011 Jouk Hettema <joukio@gmail.com> - 2.12.cae47cf
+- initial build for fedora 14