Dvr dongle from different device from server installation

Live TV & DVR
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Hi

I have a synology nas ds416j that I am currently hosting my plex service from, The tuner dongle I have just purchased is not recognised. It seems to be a bit Russian roulette with these things despite researching before the purchase.

Is it possible to run the dongle from a pc that I have running on my lan and connect it to the plex service on the Linux nas?

Or shall I run the plex server from the pc and use the nas only as storage?

Thanks in advance

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You could set up a second plex server instance on the PC which only does live TV and DVR.

Or you avoid all of these driver issues by getting a Silicon Dust HDHomeRun device. It is connected to the network directly.

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Awesome thanks for the reply, much appreciated

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if the PC is switrched ON all the time, you might as well move your plex server fully there. It may be able to transcode video much faster than your NAS.

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That’s on the cards as some of my media files struggle at the moment, thanks for your help

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I’m in the process of moving the plex server, I deleted the instance of the nas server on the web gui. Despite doing this when I log on again on the pc with server installed it can’t find the new server and requires me to download. / restart etc etc. What am I doing wrong here?

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Which OS on the server?
Any containerization or virtualization used?

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its windows 10, basic install home pc

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the server install is the same machine im lauching the web gui from

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Initial setup must be done with a web browser from the same machine (or at least the same local network), using the “local” web app. ( http://127.0.0.1:32400/web )
Browser should be in ‘incognito’/‘privacy’ mode.
Disable all browser add-ins.

Additional hints here: Cant find library options so i can add my movie libary

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Boom! the registary sorted it, must have had some mess in there from old old install. thank you so much!

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According to our supported tuner article, https://support.plex.tv/articles/225877427-supported-dvr-tuners-and-antennas/, Hauppauge tuners are not supported on NAS devices.

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https://www.synology.com/en-global/compatibility?search_by=category&category=usb_tv_dongles&p=1

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I based my decision from the info on the synology site, the model I have didn’t support that model

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Starting from DSM 6.2, the USB device drivers, including printers, cloud printers, DAC/speakers, Wi-Fi dongles, DTV dongles, 3G/4G/LTE dongles, and Bluetooth dongles will no longer be updated.

So that’s apparently a dead end anyway.

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That is info on compatibility with their DiskStation software. That would not apply to other programs like Plex.

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