diff --git a/packages/addons/service/tvheadend42/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/service/tvheadend42/changelog.txt
index 41aa2a3535..bc57820813 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/tvheadend42/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/service/tvheadend42/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+113
+- update to 4.2.6-7
+- full transcoding support
+
 112
 - update to 4.2.3-20
 - changed name
@@ -46,4 +50,4 @@
 - fix the XMLTV import script
 
 100
-- initial LibreELEC version
\ No newline at end of file
+- initial LibreELEC version
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/tvheadend42/package.mk b/packages/addons/service/tvheadend42/package.mk
index ee67034227..8289d0edd3 100644
--- a/packages/addons/service/tvheadend42/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/service/tvheadend42/package.mk
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="tvheadend42"
-PKG_VERSION="407c8a3"
-PKG_VERSION_NUMBER="4.2.3-20"
-PKG_REV="112"
+PKG_VERSION="5613551"
+PKG_VERSION_NUMBER="4.2.6-7"
+PKG_REV="113"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.tvheadend.org"
 PKG_URL="https://github.com/tvheadend/tvheadend/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_SOURCE_DIR="tvheadend-${PKG_VERSION}*"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain curl dvb-tools libdvbcsa libiconv openssl pngquant:host Python:host yasm"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain avahi curl dvb-apps ffmpegx libdvbcsa libiconv openssl pngquant:host Python:host"
 PKG_SECTION="service"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="Tvheadend: a TV streaming server for Linux"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Tvheadend ($PKG_VERSION_NUMBER): is a TV streaming server for Linux supporting DVB-S/S2, DVB-C, DVB-T/T2, IPTV, SAT>IP, ATSC and ISDB-T"
@@ -35,19 +35,38 @@ PKG_IS_ADDON="yes"
 PKG_ADDON_NAME="Tvheadend Server 4.2"
 PKG_ADDON_TYPE="xbmc.service"
 
-# transcoding only for generic
-if [ "$TARGET_ARCH" = x86_64 ]; then
-  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="$PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET libva-intel-driver"
-  TVH_TRANSCODING="--enable-ffmpeg_static --enable-libav --enable-libfdkaac --disable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-libvpx --enable-libx264 --enable-libx265 --disable-qsv"
-else
-  TVH_TRANSCODING="--disable-ffmpeg_static --disable-libav"
+# basic transcoding options
+PKG_TVH_TRANSCODING="\
+  --disable-ffmpeg_static \
+  --disable-libfdkaac_static \
+  --disable-libopus_static \
+  --disable-libtheora \
+  --disable-libtheora_static \
+  --disable-libvorbis_static \
+  --disable-libvpx_static \
+  --disable-libx264_static \
+  --disable-libx265_static \
+  --enable-libav \
+  --enable-libfdkaac \
+  --enable-libopus \
+  --enable-libvorbis \
+  --enable-libvpx \
+  --enable-libx264 \
+  --enable-libx265"
+
+# specific transcoding options
+if [[ "$TARGET_ARCH" != "x86_64" ]]; then
+  PKG_TVH_TRANSCODING="$PKG_TVH_TRANSCODING \
+    --disable-libvpx \
+    --disable-libx265"
 fi
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--prefix=/usr \
                            --arch=$TARGET_ARCH \
                            --cpu=$TARGET_CPU \
                            --cc=$CC \
-                           --disable-avahi \
+                           $PKG_TVH_TRANSCODING \
+                           --enable-avahi \
                            --enable-bundle \
                            --disable-dbus_1 \
                            --enable-dvbcsa \
@@ -57,9 +76,9 @@ PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--prefix=/usr \
                            --enable-epoll \
                            --enable-inotify \
                            --enable-pngquant \
+                           --disable-libmfx_static \
                            --disable-nvenc \
                            --disable-uriparser \
-                           $TVH_TRANSCODING \
                            --enable-tvhcsa \
                            --enable-trace \
                            --nowerror \
@@ -76,30 +95,21 @@ pre_configure_target() {
   cd $PKG_BUILD
   rm -rf .$TARGET_NAME
 
-# transcoding
-  if [ "$TARGET_ARCH" = x86_64 ]; then
-    export AS=$TOOLCHAIN/bin/yasm
-    export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lX11 -lm -lvdpau -lva -lva-drm -lva-x11"
-    export ARCH=$TARGET_ARCH
-  fi
+# pass ffmpegx to build
+  PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$(get_build_dir ffmpegx)/.INSTALL_PKG/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig"
+  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$(get_build_dir ffmpegx)/.INSTALL_PKG/usr/local/include"
+  LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L$(get_build_dir ffmpegx)/.INSTALL_PKG/usr/local/lib"
 
-  export CROSS_COMPILE=$TARGET_PREFIX
+  export CROSS_COMPILE="$TARGET_PREFIX"
   export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include/iconv -L$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib/iconv"
 }
 
-# transcoding link tvheadend with g++
-if [ "$TARGET_ARCH" = x86_64 ]; then
-  pre_make_target() {
-    export CXX=$CXX
-  }
-fi
-
 post_make_target() {
   $CC -O -fbuiltin -fomit-frame-pointer -fPIC -shared -o capmt_ca.so src/extra/capmt_ca.c -ldl
 }
 
 makeinstall_target() {
-  : # nothing to do here
+  :
 }
 
 addon() {
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/tvheadend42/patches/tvheadend42-01_makefile.patch b/packages/addons/service/tvheadend42/patches/tvheadend42-01_makefile.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index b1ad8ebf86..0000000000
--- a/packages/addons/service/tvheadend42/patches/tvheadend42-01_makefile.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,89 +0,0 @@
-From: Team LibreELEC - https://LibreELEC.tv
-Subject: adjust Tvheadend ffmpeg build to work with LibreELEC (transcoding) 07.05.2016
-
----
-
-diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
---- a/Makefile
-+++ b/Makefile
-@@ -97,50 +97,65 @@ FFMPEG_CONFIG := \
-     PKG_CONFIG_LIBDIR=$(FFMPEG_LIBDIR)/pkgconfig $(PKG_CONFIG) \
-     --define-variable=prefix=$(FFMPEG_PREFIX) --static
- 
-+CFLAGS  += -I${FFMPEG_PREFIX}/include
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libavfilter.a
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libswresample.a
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libavresample.a
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libswscale.a
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libavformat.a
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libavcodec.a
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libavutil.a
-+
- ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIBX264_STATIC),yes)
- FFMPEG_DEPS += libx264
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libx264.a
- endif
- 
- ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIBX265_STATIC),yes)
- FFMPEG_DEPS += libx265
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libx265.a
- endif
- 
- ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIBVPX_STATIC),yes)
- FFMPEG_DEPS += libvpx
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libvpx.a
- endif
- 
- ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIBOGG_STATIC),yes)
- FFMPEG_DEPS += libogg
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libogg.a
- endif
- 
- ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIBTHEORA_STATIC),yes)
- FFMPEG_DEPS += libtheoraenc libtheoradec libtheora
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libtheora.a
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libtheoradec.a
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libtheoraenc.a
- endif
- 
- ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIBVORBIS_STATIC),yes)
- FFMPEG_DEPS += libvorbisfile libvorbisenc libvorbis
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libvorbis.a
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libvorbisenc.a
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libvorbisfile.a
- endif
- 
- ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIBFDKAAC_STATIC),yes)
- FFMPEG_DEPS += libfdk-aac
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libfdk-aac.a
- endif
- 
- ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIBMFX_STATIC),yes)
- FFMPEG_DEPS += libmfx
-+LDFLAGS += ${FFMPEG_LIBDIR}/libmfx.a
- endif
- 
--LDFLAGS += $(foreach lib,$(FFMPEG_LIBS),$(FFMPEG_LIBDIR)/$(lib).a)
--LDFLAGS += $(foreach lib,$(FFMPEG_DEPS),$(FFMPEG_LIBDIR)/$(lib).a)
--
- else # !FFMPEG_STATIC
- 
- FFMPEG_CONFIG := $(PKG_CONFIG)
- 
- endif # FFMPEG_STATIC
- 
--CFLAGS  += `$(FFMPEG_CONFIG) --cflags $(FFMPEG_LIBS)`
--LDFLAGS += `$(FFMPEG_CONFIG) --libs $(FFMPEG_LIBS)`
--
- endif
- 
- # LIBAV ########################################################################
-@@ -613,7 +628,7 @@ reconfigure:
- 
- # Binary
- ${PROG}: .config.mk make_webui $(OBJS)
--	$(pCC) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
-+	$(CXX) -o $@ $(OBJS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
- 
- # Object
- ${BUILDDIR}/%.o: %.c
diff --git a/packages/addons/service/tvheadend42/patches/tvheadend42-02_makefile_ffmpeg.patch b/packages/addons/service/tvheadend42/patches/tvheadend42-02_makefile_ffmpeg.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c011dd2cbe..0000000000
--- a/packages/addons/service/tvheadend42/patches/tvheadend42-02_makefile_ffmpeg.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-From: Team LibreELEC - https://LibreELEC.tv
-Subject: adjust Tvheadend ffmpeg build to work with LibreELEC (transcoding) 07.05.2016
-
----
-
-diff --git a/Makefile.ffmpeg b/Makefile.ffmpeg
---- a/Makefile.ffmpeg
-+++ b/Makefile.ffmpeg
-@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ FFMPEG_HOST   := $(ARCH)-linux-gnu
- FFMPEG_TARGET := x86-linux-gcc
- endif
- 
-+FFMPEG_HOST   := $(ARCH)-libreelec-linux-gnu
-+FFMPEG_TARGET := $(ARCH)-libreelec-linux-gnu
-+
- unexport CFLAGS
- unexport LDFLAGS
- 
-@@ -145,7 +148,7 @@ $(LIB_ROOT)/$(YASM)/.tvh_download:
- 
- $(LIB_ROOT)/$(YASM)/.tvh_build: \
- 		$(LIB_ROOT)/$(YASM)/.tvh_download
--	cd $(LIB_ROOT)/$(YASM) && $(CONFIGURE)
-+	cd $(LIB_ROOT)/$(YASM) && $(CONFIGURE) CC=$(HOST_CC)
- 	DESTDIR=$(EBUILDIR) \
- 		$(MAKE) -C $(LIB_ROOT)/$(YASM) install
- 	@touch $@
-@@ -238,6 +241,7 @@ $(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBX265)/.tvh_build: \
- 	cd $(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBX265)/build/linux && cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" \
- 		-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/ffmpeg" \
- 		-DENABLE_SHARED:BOOL=OFF \
-+		-DEXTRA_LINK_FLAGS="-ldl" \
- 		../../source
- 	DESTDIR=$(EBUILDIR) \
- 		$(MAKE) -C $(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBX265)/build/linux install
-@@ -271,7 +275,7 @@ endif
- ifeq (yes,$(CONFIG_LIBVPX_STATIC))
- 
- ifneq (,$(FFMPEG_TARGET))
--LIBVPX_TARGET := --target=$(FFMPEG_TARGET)
-+LIBVPX_TARGET := --target=generic-gnu
- endif
- 
- $(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBVPX)/.tvh_download:
-@@ -283,7 +287,7 @@ $(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBVPX)/.tvh_build: \
- 		$(LIB_ROOT)/$(YASM)/.tvh_build \
- 		$(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBVPX)/.tvh_download
- 	cd $(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBVPX) && \
--		ASFLAGS="-DENABLE_PIC=1 -DPIC=1" $(CONFIGURE) \
-+		ASFLAGS="-DENABLE_PIC=1 -DPIC=1" CROSS=$(FFMPEG_TARGET)- $(CONFIGURE) \
- 		--extra-cflags="$(CFLAGS_PI)" \
- 		--disable-examples \
- 		--disable-docs \
-@@ -359,7 +363,8 @@ $(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBTHEORA)/.tvh_build: \
- 		$(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBTHEORA)/.tvh_download
- 	cd $(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBTHEORA) && \
- 		CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS_PI)" $(CONFIGURE) \
--		--with-ogg=$(EPREFIX) \
-+		OGG_CFLAGS=-I$(EPREFIX)/include \
-+		OGG_LIBS=-L$(EPREFIX)/lib \
- 		--disable-examples \
- 		--disable-spec \
- 		$(LIBTHEORA_HOST)
-@@ -406,7 +411,8 @@ $(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBVORBIS)/.tvh_build: \
- 		$(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBVORBIS)/.tvh_download
- 	cd $(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBVORBIS) && \
- 		CFLAGS="$(CFLAGS_PI)" $(CONFIGURE) \
--		--with-ogg=$(EPREFIX)
-+		OGG_CFLAGS=-I$(EPREFIX)/include \
-+		OGG_LIBS=-L$(EPREFIX)/lib
- 	DESTDIR=$(EBUILDIR) \
- 		$(MAKE) -C $(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBVORBIS) install
- 	@touch $@
-@@ -559,6 +565,8 @@ $(LIB_ROOT)/$(FFMPEG)/.tvh_build: \
- 		$(LIB_ROOT)/$(LIBMFX)/.tvh_build \
- 		$(LIB_ROOT)/$(FFMPEG)/.tvh_download
- 	cd $(LIB_ROOT)/$(FFMPEG) && $(CONFIGURE) \
-+		--cc=$(FFMPEG_HOST)-gcc \
-+		--cxx=$(FFMPEG_HOST)-g++ \
- 		--disable-all \
- 		--enable-gpl \
- 		--extra-cflags="$(ECFLAGS)" \