I just bought an HD homerun 4k tuner and signed up for Plex Pass. Can I watch live. TV from the tuner directly or do I need a Plex media server and a dedicated server hardware?
Thanks
Larry
After you have completed the setup on the HD Homerun box.
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On your smart TV, you can go to Source and select the HD Homerun and watch from there.
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You can configure DVR services on Plex Media server and run from the server.
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If you have a compatible smart TV, you can load the HD Homerun app on the TV and channel surf from there.
I hope this helps!
–Brad
You can also download a software from the Silicondust website to watch TV.
Why did you think this was necessary?
If you want to configure this in Plex to watch and record, you need to Plex Pass.
OP hasn’t made that clear.
I thought that was needed for DVR support, ultimately to record from the HDHomeRun tuner.
So I need an external server to watch and record the HDHomeRun tuner I guess?
That is correct, but you didn’t mention recording in your first post.
If you have a machine which is powerful enough, it can run the server and the player at the same time on it.
Thanks. Yes, DVR is needed. I assumed that paying for PlexPass DVR service included the storage for the DVR, even for the external tuner, but I guess not.
My player is Roku, so that’s gonna work for a server.
I shouldn’t have thrown out my Windows Media Center PC!
You think a RasPi 3 with Ubuntu would work for a server just to record?
Larry
Probably not, because the data format of live TV often requires transcoding, when played on a range of playback device types. Particularly when we’re talking about higher than SD resolution.
Your Plex Media Server should have direct attached storage (internal HDD) or network attached storage (something like Synology or TrueNAS).
The server should have a good processor to effectively transcode the TV program to an MP4 or MKV file. If not, you will end up with very large files.
The nice part is, skip intros and skip credits.
On reading this topic, what strikes me as odd is that the OP apparently does not have a Plex server at all. Somehow though, they assumed that Plex and the HDHomeRun tuner are linked, company-wise.
While Plex does recommend the HDHR tuner, it’s mostly because they support it the best, and can see the video stream from it. Aside from that, the two companies really don’t have anything to do with each-other. If you wish to use the HDHR tuner standalone, there are apps for TVs and other devices (as mentioned earlier).
FYI, Plex Pass is used to unlock additional functionality for Plex servers. Without a server, it’s pretty much pointless to have a Plex Pass or even a Plex account (with some exceptions not too important to point out right now).
