[cronx]

I have an ASUS Chromebox with Openelec 5.0.6/Kodi 14.2.

I am trying to decide between MythTV and TVHeadEnd.
I have iptv with no need for extra hardware. (Iprefer not to buy something else to have mythTV backend unless you can convince me that it's cheap)

Can I use Openelec/Kodi as a frontend to use the PVR add-on AND also use Openelec/Kodi as a backend to receive the iptv using MythTV or TVHeadEnd.

Does this backend software exist for Openelec? or do I need to have a different linux or windows operating system so i can run kodi and backend at the same time?

[StrvnMrvn]

RaspBMC had an integrated TVHeadend option. You might check into it's successor, OSMC. Try hopping into their irc channel and asking as the new website is pretty thin on features.

[nickr]

Openelec has a tvheadend addon, and tvh does iptv. Openelec does not have a mythtvbackend addon. So your choice is Tvheadend

[nickr]

Having said that, separating backend and frontend to different machines is better and enables you to choose any backend.