SchedulesDirect does not support for-profit companies directly and doesn’t create and XML feed anyway. Apps that directly use SchedulesDirect have approved plugins to work (the plugin may even be an XML generator - I don’t know)…
That is why you would use it with NextPVR (for example). NextPVR can save to the same directory that Plex would have saved to, so the rest of Plex would work as normal, but you use NextPVR to manage your recordings.
However, you can use something like mc2xml (which does work with SchedulesDirect) to create your own XML feed that Plex can then use. You would need to run mc2xml daly and have it save its XML file to a location where Plex can then load it.
I’ve tried them all over the last 24 hours! Channels, Emby, NextPVR & Plex for playback only.
NextPVR was ok… Channels was better - fast tuning time and what I am currently using now. Just have to change client settings per device, and I don’t like the categories down the left hand side because I only use it for the handful of HD channels - the rest are disabled.
I just would have liked to use Plex if at all possible to be honest - the wife is used to Plex
It’s no good if it doesn’t record her programmes though!!
I would have liked to try out TVHeadend - but I couldn’t for the life of me figure out how to get the HDHomerun tuner to work with it, and internet searches proved fruitless which surprised me!
This is exactly what I do - SD previously fed WMC then Emby and now Plex. Works well for me, I can’t say I recall any issues occuring.
HD Homerun quattro, Plex server on Synology nas and Nvidia Shield for Plex front end to the TV.
Any chance of a walkthrough as to how to set this up so I do not have to use the horrible Plex EPG
I have a similar set up to you
Synology NAS, HD Homerun quad tuner. I use either Roku of Fire TV sticks as the front ends
I had a look at mc2xml when Plex first changed the EPG provider but could not seem to get it working
I am in the UK
I also have TVHeadend running on the server - This uses the EPG provided by the broadcaster and is very good - I have yet too find a way that Plex can use this EPG which would be the most ideal fix
You could setup this: https://hub.docker.com/r/huxy/xmltv-sd-json/
I have it running on my unraid machine but should also work on your Synology.
There is also this thread on the unraid forums for more information:
Plex server in on my QNAP NAS.
HDHomerun Duo (would prefer the Quatro).
mc2xml runs on my Mac (I have a script that runs it daily) and then uses curl to send the XML to my website where Plex can picks up as a URL (so works even if I/my Mac is away from home).
I must have not had my brain fully in gear on my original reply
Whilst I run Plex server on my NAS it is specifically for indexing Films and TV
I use a separate Plex server running on Windows which is my “recording and converting box”
On it I also run MCEBuddy and handbrake
To finalise I am replying to you via my Mac Mini which is my go to device for most things
So any scripts that work for your Mac could work for me so would be very interested in hearing more - My TV area is Sandy Heath
I must have not had my brain fully in gear on my original reply
Whilst I run Plex server on my NAS it is specifically for indexing Films and TV
I use a separate Plex server running on Windows which is my “recording and converting box”
On it I also run MCEBuddy and handbrake
To finalise I am replying to you via my Mac Mini which is my go to device for most things
So any scripts that work for your Mac could work for me so would be very interested in hearing more - My TV area is Sandy Heath
FYI I’m UK based too. The mc2xml (windows) application should suffice for your needs if you go down that route, though you do still need a schedules direct (yearly) subscription.
Once mc2xml is configured through the GUI to output the xmltv file you should then be able to setup a windows scheduled task to run the application as a command line on whatever schedule you want. Plex would then need to be configured to point at the file output by mc2xml.
Hmm, strange, I only setup my NAS 8-10 weeks ago and it was available to download then.
This (non-“official”) website looks like the one I downloaded from - its got the command line switches listed out: http://pages.citebite.com/a4n4e8o7c5nsb
I’ll see if I still have the downloaded files kept somewhere, and if I do I’ll share them with you.
It was me using Channels. I stuck with it. It grates that I have to pay circa £6 a month for it, but it just works, and I have it set to auto skip commercials, and that’s a nice feature. It’s been really reliable… but that subscription…
The problem is that you lose Channels TV guide metadata from a show or movie as soon as you put it in Plex; Plex will have to match using movie or tv database. And some shows are not in either of those. From a practical point of view, it would be best to just use Plex. But the guide data is not quite there: it should get better though from what I have read.
I don’t really watch live tv so its just a case of having reliable program data for series links. I so want to do everything in plex but the TV side is just so iffy. Works great for a bit then they update the app or change EPG data providers etc. My latest one is I actually can’t get to work at all at the moment (won’t get past initial setup of getting the guides).
Channels might be the way forward to do the record as you say but keep watching in the actual Plex eco system.
