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

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.
 
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.
Click to expand...

I'm definitely getting buffering - as previous post, I think I need to mess around with the network configuration.
 
String said:
The HDHomeRun CONNECT QUATRO looks interesting
Click to expand...

String said:
Example - HDHomerun app can't see the signal unless I plug it into the Google WiFi unit as opposed to the BT router.
Click to expand...
you're quoting someones review ? ... or you now have a HDhomerun.


String said:
Is there any way to watch the recordings on another device, through Plex or something?
Click to expand...
TV manufacturers have to encrypt the recordings (HD anyway) so they are only viewable on the recording device, thats part of an agreement with likes of the BBC,
had come up in earlier threads, but you can work around it on the older humax pvr linux based boxes.
 
(maybe it was a previous discussion with Andy)

The hdhomerun need, to transcode on the host server the interlaced sd mpeg2(and hd h264/mp4?) freeview transport streams, to enable these to be streamed by remote devices (which don't have mpeg2 licenses), was still a blocking point ...I'd like a usb tuner where this is built in.
I think he said he schedules a transcode of the recorded programmes to h264 progressive offline/overnight, too, for long term archiving.
 
@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.
 
Last edited:
below was an earlier thread..
- if you want to watch live or recorded homerun stuff via emby/plex you need to transcode (which you may do for keep recordings anyway to save space)
BUT apparently if you are able to use homerun app (will it run on an android/smart tv ?) then seems live + recordings will playback ok.
EDIT: they want to keep you in their ecosystem


jpaul said:
not sure if you can hook vlc into the stream from TBS tuners, but, I use it to playback mpeg-2 interlaced media on windows without hardware acceleration,
and (apparently) uses same algorithm as the shield, which you might want watching sport.

I don't see why plex dvr doesn't have the same mechanism as vlc, or the expensive dvr 'channels' app,
alternatively if player is on a smart tv, they can natively decode the freeview streams, so can't plex avoid a transcode there ?

Do you nonetheless store recorded live tv streams as h264 ? (offline it overnight ... think we may have discussed that with andy in earlier thread)

Also, saw below, I'm hoping roku does not impose an update, since I have had problems with radio plugins compatability, on the windows system I use for plex server.
Plex debuts redesigned TV app on Roku & Apple TV (beta)


[http://www.digitalfaq.com/forum/video-restore/7688-best-convert-mpeg2.html
https://www.reddit.com/r/PleX/comments/7smb36/why_does_plex_always_transcode_live_tv/
]
Click to expand...

my humax fox t2 hdr is still running so I haven't had to invest yet
 
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)
 
Ideally what you want is access to hdhomerun recordings and pvr by native apps on a smart tv, so you don't need an hdmi attached box/stick.

I often start recording something part way through on (hdmi connected) humax pvr, and may then continue playback half an hour later say ....
an extended pause ? .... so would hope that can be accomodated on the hdhomerun.
 
String said:
Could anyone help with a source for Freeview EPG that I could add to Plex. There's heaps of gaps on the default EPG.
Click to expand...
looks like plex obliges you to use gracenote in the uk and no access to try the xml option other countries can use.

jpaul said:
I often start recording something part way through on (hdmi connected) humax pvr, and may then continue playback half an hour later say ....
an extended pause ? .... so would hope that can be accomodated on the hdhomerun.
Click to expand...
reading a few threads on both emby and plex, although homerun recording capability is fine, there are a number of comments about the speed of changing channels, some people have 8s, others seems to have it down to 3s
.. I don't know if that would detract from its use - flicking from one channel to another and back, I assume you can't view two channels side by side.

A number of people seem to have bought the hdhomerun extended which has an inbuilt hardwarew h264 encoder (as good as handbrake?) but they have found transcoding still needed for plex clients anyway.

As such the humax 1800/2000's with dual tuners, and offloadable recording at ~£80 lstill look sweet .. a years subscription on homerun or plex pass, is going to come to near the same price
 
https://myhumax.org/forum/topic/how-to-copy-files-from-humax-2000-to-portable-hd

I could do that on the much older/soon-retiring humax T2 I have ... has a great windows remote control epg too and virtual remote ... but doubt successor will.

48792159621_7df875d745_z_d.jpg
 
Yes - 18/2000T, similar price to 2100T are last of a dying linux breed
... I don't remember if humax manufacture off shore now, too.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom