You can now Pause/FF/RW Live TV with HDHomerun tuners in the Live Channels app and their own app, without needing to subscribe to their DVR service

by Ekos640
Ekos640

Update notes say it needs 1.5 GB of RAM to do so - I haven't tested Live Channels on my Nexus Players yet (only have 1GB of RAM), but it's working on my SHIELD

compsmith

I can do this with my hdhomerun prime without the app and record. It's built into live channels app.

speakxj7

do you have to use the 'network tuner' source on live channels? or the hdhomerun source now works? because no matter what i do, can't get the network tuner source to show up.

iissmarter

What's the limit on how long a channel can be paused?

DaIntrawebz

Is the update for live channels or what? I have a shield I just checked it's still as it was.

cr08

As an aside, I have a Sony Bravia 700D and we use the built in TV and guide apps as the layout is more convenient for our household and it allows use of the Guide and TV buttons on the remote.

Just checked today and the timeshifting functionality is also enabled on Sony's apps using the HDHomeRun app as a tuner source. This is on the Nougat release on this TV. Also with just the built in storage, no external disk(s).

Glad they've finally added this. One of the biggest grips I've had with the Network Tuners app that never seems to have been resolved is proper audio bitstreaming to an external audio receiver. Always seemed to downmix to 2.0 PCM.