Muxes are locations at which services can be found. On traditional networks (DVB-C, -T and -S), these are carrier signals on which the individual channels are multiplexed, hence the name. However, Tvheadend also uses the term 'mux' to describe a source for multiple IP streams - so an IP address, in effect.
The columns have the following functions:
- Play
- Downloads a playlist file (M3U or XSPF, depending on your startup options) so you can tune to the mux from an external application.
- Enabled
- Whether or not the mux is enabled and thus available.
- EPG
- Whether or not to retrieve EPG information from the mux.
- Network
- The name of the network to which the mux belongs. Networks are defined in Configuration -> DVB Inputs -> Networks - DVB-S or ATSC, for example.
- Original Network ID
- The ONID is a code which uniquely identifies a network.
- Transport Stream ID
- The TSID is a code which identifies the network origination source or transmitter.
- CRID Authority
- The group responsible for the Content Reference Identifier for this mux. This is effectively a URL/URI to an authoritative source for programme data (e.g. series link).
- Scan Status
- Whether the mux is being scanned (ACTIVE), is planned to be scanned (PEND) or has reverted to idle scan (IDLE).
- Scan Result
- Whether there were any problems with the last scan of this mux.
- URL
- Mux URL.
- # Services
- The number of services found on this mux.
- Character Set
- The character encoding for this mux (e.g. UTF-8).
- Interface
- IPTV : the network interface/card on which the IPTV source can be found.
- ATSC
- whether or not this is an ATSC IPTV source.