I have an HD Homerun Prime and NVidia Shield Pro. I am kind of new to Plex on the NVidia and can't figure out if this is possible. Any ideas?
I have an HD Homerun Prime and NVidia Shield Pro. I am kind of new to Plex on the NVidia and can't figure out if this is possible. Any ideas?
No, Plex cannot currently display live TV, although my understanding is that they are considering adding that functionality in the future since they now offer DVR features so that you can record (but not watch) live TV in Plex Media Server and then play back those recordings later (only after the show has completely finished recording) in any Plex app.
To watch live TV, you should install the HD HomeRun VIEW app, then you can watch live TV in either that app or in Google's Live Channels app. (But the Live Channels app won't be able to get the video streams from your HD HomeRun Prime tuner if their VIEW app isn't installed.)
There's a "HDHR Viewer" Plex channel which supposedly does exactly what you describe. I tried it several months ago but it didn't work well for me -- been too long to remember the specifics but IIRC it was clunky and the stream frequently locked up (YMMV).
Now using Kodi's Live TV functionality with IPTV Simple to define channels. I pull guide data via zap2xml every few days. Couldn't be more satisfied.
Could use the official app but my channels are clear QAM, thus no channel or guide data available from SiliconDust. If you don't have this issue (i.e. you're using a CableCard or an antenna), seconding NashGuy's suggestion, why not use the official app (or just install it and then use built-in "Live Channels")?
No, Plex can't display live TV. But you can get the HD Homerun Prime app to watch TV live on the Shield TV or on tablets/computers. Or you can use Kodi (since the Shield supports Kodi quite well).
Make sure you get the beta hdhomerun view app. The original app no longer provides EPG support.
yes plex can stream tv. i use the tablo tv addon and stream live tv from time to time. tablo tv is a competitor of hd homerun, allowing you to stream ota channels.
HDGrandSlam will stream live TV as a Plex channel.
Catch is, I don't believe you can install unofficial channels to the Android version of the Plex Server.
The beta app doesnt support DRM currently. So be aware of this too.
The built in Live Channels app works the best for me for watching live TV. If there was a way to use that interface to tell the Plex DVR what to record that would be sick.
Edit: I was referring to the Live Channels app for Android TV on the shield - outside of Plex.