Best Freeview Option/TV Capture - Pause/Record Live TV etc.

Dirk Diggler

Dirk Diggler

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I've just given Sky their 30 days notice and now looking into options. We're going to get box sets, kids TV and movies from Netflix, Amazon & Disney Life which is why I'm getting rid of the £70/month payment to Sky for a package that doesn't even include sports.

Anyway, one thing we're going to miss is being able to watch, pause and record live TV. What's the best options for that? I'm happy to integrate a PC/Plex solution if it's worth it.

TIA
 
Samsung recording from TV is limited; e.g. it can't play a recording of it's recording something else.

The HDHomeRun CONNECT QUATRO looks interesting - according to this thread.

It doesn't look like it plugs into the TV via HDMI; it streams over LAN? Is that how Plex records from it, over LAN? Are the recordings just normal MPV files? I'd like to be able to transfer the files to my tablet for work.

Is there a better PVR solution?
 
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HDHomeRun is not ideal as it's relying on network traffic, I think it'll be heading back for a refund.

Could anyone suggest a good TV capture card? Is a USB solution OK or would it have to be PCI?
 
Armageus said:
Usb and pcie aren't as well supported by Plex or emby. HDhomerun is the best option for either platform.

Not sure why network traffic is an issue?
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Hmm, I think it's because I have Google WiFi plugged into my BT Hub. I think I might need to persevere a little more and reconfigure the network.

Example - HDHomerun app can't see the signal unless I plug it into the Google WiFi unit as opposed to the BT router.
 
andy_mk3 said:
The HDHR Connect Quatro is what I have. Even 4 HD streams wont even come close to congesting a network. The device itself only has a 100mb ethernet port, assuming your network is gigabit, it's not even capable of anything beyond a tenth of that.

Plex or Emby will pick it up as well as Android TV's or Android TV boxes, there's various types of software you can use it with on a PC.
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I'm definitely getting buffering - as previous post, I think I need to mess around with the network configuration.
 
@jpaul do you mean I have to set it to transcode in order to stream? Live TV is available direct through the aerial to the TV so no need to stream live really - I'll skip that hassle.

I'm currently testing some recordings as that's essentially what I'll use this for, do I have to tweak to get the best recordings via Plex or do I just leave it on default settings?.

I'm happy to get Handbrake involved if it means better quality.
 
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Yea, I've recorded an episode to test and some strange stuff going on.
  • Episode won't play via Plex in Chrome
  • Episode will play via Plex in Firefox
  • Episode won't play if I double click the raw file (assuming this is because it's a TS file)
  • Episode will play by streaming to Plex apps (assuming it's encoding on the fly)
 
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