aptalca Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 I've been using subzero since its release and it's a God send. I believe it is now in the plex channel store so it is as close as it gets to official. I'll talk to the lsio team and we will look into adding unrar support Quote Link to comment
panni Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Thanks for the praise! Wait til you see 2.0 Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 16 minutes ago, aptalca said: I've been using subzero since its release and it's a God send. I believe it is now in the plex channel store so it is as close as it gets to official. I'll talk to the lsio team and we will look into adding unrar support Oh yeah, I meant to bring this up but I forgot.... Quote Link to comment
chopeta Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Thanks for the support guys! Quote Link to comment
hernandito Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Did you guys hear about new live tv feature in Plex???!! For us yanks, this could be a nice thing. you need to buy a USB tuner device and an antenna. And you can tune to your local channels from anywhere. https://www.plex.tv/features/live-tv-dvr/ I guess the hard part for us Dockers is how to connect/pass the USB tuner to the plex docker. Any thoughts or ideas? Quote Link to comment
Gog Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 17 minutes ago, hernandito said: Did you guys hear about new live tv feature in Plex???!! For us yanks, this could be a nice thing. you need to buy a USB tuner device and an antenna. And you can tune to your local channels from anywhere. https://www.plex.tv/features/live-tv-dvr/ I guess the hard part for us Dockers is how to connect/pass the USB tuner to the plex docker. Any thoughts or ideas? I use the plex DVR with the linuxserver docker. My tuner is a HdHomeRun, it is network based so no issue configuring it with the docker I haven't tried live TV yet but I'm very happy with the DVR. Plex doesn't have a real TV schedule though, some patent troll has a hold of that so you can only search and see the list of what's playing now. Nothing in a grid view. Quote Link to comment
hernandito Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Gog said: I use the plex DVR with the linuxserver docker. My tuner is a HdHomeRun, it is network based so no issue configuring it with the docker I haven't tried live TV yet but I'm very happy with the DVR. Plex doesn't have a real TV schedule though, some patent troll has a hold of that so you can only search and see the list of what's playing now. Nothing in a grid view. Hi Gog, looks like the beauty of this NEW feature is the live tv with the program guide etc. watch the video from my link above. Edited June 1, 2017 by hernandito Quote Link to comment
Gog Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 1 hour ago, hernandito said: Hi Gog, looks like the beauty of this NEW feature is the live tv with the program guide etc. watch the video from my link above. The video talks about a program guide but the images only show what I have now with the DVR. Playing now, upcoming, movies... No grid view. I think they are playing with words a bit using the expression "program guide" Quote Link to comment
hernandito Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 (edited) Well they made a big new announcement today...Before it was DVR only, and now they have Live TV as well. Also, no need for tuner card. Just an antenna...yet I wonder if connecting a coax line from my cable provider would alloww me to watch the non-drm channels. Edited June 1, 2017 by hernandito Quote Link to comment
JonathanM Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 8 minutes ago, hernandito said: Also, no need for tuner card. Just an antenna. Plugged into what? Quote Link to comment
saarg Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 4 minutes ago, hernandito said: Well they made a big new announcement today...Before it was DVR only, and now they have Live TV as well. Also, no need for tuner card. Just an antenna...yet I wonder if connecting a coax line from my cable provider would alloww me to watch the non-drm channels. You either need a tuner card or a hdhomerun. It's not many tuners support as of now, but they might support others later. This is also only for free to air channels, so no encrypted channels. I have no idea if it supports cable card in the states, I'm in Europe so I don't follow that stuff very close. Quote Link to comment
saarg Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 1 minute ago, jonathanm said: Plugged into what? You should be able to squeeze it into the network port Quote Link to comment
hernandito Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 (edited) Into something like this: https://www.amazon.com/AVerMedia-AVerTV-Volar-Hybrid-H837/dp/B006PU81QE Also works with any HDHomeRun. But how is the USB connect and seen by the Docker? Edited June 1, 2017 by hernandito Quote Link to comment
saarg Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 (edited) 3 minutes ago, hernandito said: Into something like this: https://www.amazon.com/AVerMedia-AVerTV-Volar-Hybrid-H837/dp/B006PU81QE Also works with any HDHomeRun. But how is the USB connect to the Docker. The device have to be supported by Plex as far as I understand it. If they would have supported dvb, all cards working with @CHBMB's dvb build would work in Plex. You might be able to pass through the USB device by the bus and the device number if no driver is installed. If you need to install a driver, then passing through the /dev/dvb device is enough. Edited June 1, 2017 by saarg Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Pretty poor support of USB devices and no PCIe device support as far as I can tell. Quote Link to comment
hernandito Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 The new Plex Live TV thing lists the supported compatible devices: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/225877427-Supported-DVR-Devices-and-Antennas What keeps me from buying the $50 USB Adapter is how to bridge the USB into the Docker.I know all you in Europe have it really handy... us in the US are not so lucky. Quote Link to comment
saarg Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 4 minutes ago, hernandito said: The new Plex Live TV thing lists the supported compatible devices: https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/225877427-Supported-DVR-Devices-and-Antennas What keeps me from buying the $50 USB Adapter is how to bridge the USB into the Docker.I know all you in Europe have it really handy... us in the US are not so lucky. I know they have a list of supported devices. It looks like Plex needs the driver installed, so then you need a device that is supported by @CHBMB's dvb build. Then passing it through is as simple as adding a device and specifying /dev/dvb. Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 (edited) http://www.hauppauge.com/site/support/linux.html Hauppage have always been useless at Linux support. We're way past kernel 4.4 on Unraid so not even sure those will work. I can try at some point, but I certainly wouldn't be rushing out to buy one at the moment. Edited June 1, 2017 by CHBMB Quote Link to comment
jevans04 Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Buy a network based HdHomeRun, and you don't have to worry about pass thru, and drivers, and configuration, etc... Not worth trying to save a few bucks to use a USB tuner with unRAID if you are buying something new anyways. Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 1 minute ago, jevans04 said: Buy a network based HdHomeRun, and you don't have to worry about pass thru, and drivers, and configuration, etc... Not worth trying to save a few bucks to use a USB tuner with unRAID if you are buying something new anyways. Yeah, that's great if you're Stateside, not so good if you're in Europe or the Antipodes. Quote Link to comment
hernandito Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 But wouldn't all these drivers be included with the latest version of Plex which are compatible? From the Hauppauge site: 13 minutes ago, saarg said: It looks like Plex needs the driver installed, so then you need a device that is supported by @CHBMB's dvb build. Then passing it through is as simple as adding a device and specifying /dev/dvb. How does one pass a USB device to a Docker with the /dev/dvb? Is that unique only to @CHBMB docker? Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Just now, hernandito said: But wouldn't all these drivers be included with the latest version of Plex which are compatible? Drivers have to be installed in the OS, not in the application. 1 minute ago, hernandito said: How does one pass a USB device to a Docker with the /dev/dvb? Is that unique only to @CHBMB docker? It's not a docker I produce, it's special Unraid builds with DVB drivers. So they're installed in the OS. You then passthrough the devices to the docker container. Quote Link to comment
hernandito Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Thank you Mr. N.... It looks like I am going to throw in the towel.... an HDHomeRun is too much $$ for just watching over-the-air channels IMHO. Quote Link to comment
TheDragon Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 39 minutes ago, CHBMB said: Yeah, that's great if you're Stateside, not so good if you're in Europe or the Antipodes. Im based in Europe (UK) and there is a HDHomerun device capable of Freeview HD channels. I have to admit I'm not actually using it anymore as I'm addicted to unsupported protected channels on sky! ? Quote Link to comment
CHBMB Posted June 1, 2017 Share Posted June 1, 2017 Yeah but only dual tuner DVB-T or quad DVB-C..... Quote Link to comment
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