Hi
I’ve been wondering about the Live TV stuff and am wondering if I would be able to watch Live TV channels in case I get an usb ISDB-T (it is the standard here) digital tunner.
How Live TV stuff works? Should I connect the tunner into my PC (where Plex server is set up) and then Plex would stream into my Shield TV?
Thanks for any clarifications you can give me
Not at this time.
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/225877427-Supported-DVR-Devices-and-Antennas
Plex only supports certain devices.
There is no current support for any ISDB-T devices.
I also request the same thing. I have lifetime plex pass , and I would like to use this new DVR functionality.
Me too…
It appears that Windows BDA standard (which Plex uses to interface with the tuner) does not support ISDB-T, just ATSC (North America) and DVB (Europe).
“The Broadcast Driver Architecture (BDA) is a Microsoft standard for digital video capture on Microsoft Windows operating systems. It encompasses the ATSC and DVB standards and gives developers a standardized method of accessing TV tuner devices (usually PCI, PCI-E or USB)”
If my understanding is correct, for Plex to support ISDB-T, first Windows needs to support it.
I live in Brazil (ISDB-T) and I’m also interested in the live tv feature. Almost purchased a HDHomerun (BR version), but I think it won’t work even being a theoretically supported device.
Not sure how Mac and Linux driver support is. Hope someone from Plex can chime in to help us on this matter.
If one is technical enough to setup TVHeadend, and setup tvhProxy, I’ve seen on the internet that TvHeadend has a bit more compatibility with various tuners, and tvhproxy allows Plex to access TVheadend as though it’s a tuner.
Though TVHeadend is only for Linux, Docker’s exist, and also, I just found this posting where someone got it running on Win10 subsystem for linux. - https://tvheadend.org/boards/5/topics/20574?r=31662#message-31662
I’m considering tinkering with Windows10 subsystem for linux and TVHeadend. Not because I need to, but just for IT geek entertainment.
If you have Node JS installed, there’s also Antennas, a NodeJS port of tvhProxy.
An update on this - HD Homerun is now available in Brazil (assuming this is where you wanted it) working with the ISDB-T M2 Play (official reseller)
I am not affiliated with this reseller, and have not tried it, but I was interested until I saw the price…
Personally, I am running TVHeadend with a TBS6814 ISDB-T Quad Tuner PCIe Card which I will be trying to setup so Plex sees it as my TV Channels.
I’m in Argentina and looking to add livetv to plex, did you manage to make the tbs6814 work with plex without tvheadend? I’m running a windows server 
Hi - no, I managed to get the card running with TV-Headend, but performance was so poor - channel changing speed was the main problem, but I also could not tune the one channel my wife actually wanted, so I put the project on hold. I found that a TV connected to the same roof-top antenna would get a near-pefect and stable signal, but when connected to the TBS card, the same channels would not work at all. I could only assume the TV, with their built in ISDB-T tuners were somehow better developed.
If you are using ISDB-T, and live in an area with good signal for the channels, I would suggest the HD Homerun ISDB-T solution, which is at least fully compatible with Plex. If the version of ISDB-T you have in Argentina is the same as Brazil and the other S.American countries, then you would be advised to find anywhere other than Brazil to buy it, where taxes make it really expensive - especially when the channel selection is so poor!
Good luck!
Hey! thanks for the heads up, you save me from buying that board I been looking everywere on the net for a homerun isdb-t but without any luck. I’ll keep looking I guess.
