Since I haven’t done it in a while, I’m going through each of the clients that I have and see what the experience is. So far I’m having the same behaviours as those described in this post
So far, in a windows browser, as I said yesterday and confirmed again today, live tv sessions end after 3 or 4 minutes if you use PlexWeb 4.69.1 which is bundled in the server (problem since October). Fixed for me in PlexWeb 4.72.1 released a few days ago but some people still reporting the problem – difference might be due to that I use a PCIe tuner and others use HDHomeRun.
For Plex For Windows 1.39.1.2763, live tv is incredibly jerky if you play at original quality. This might have something do with the fact the client and server negotiated at 10 Gbps bitrate. Of course, that’s insane. Playback returns to normal if you select a sane 1080p quality. How long is Plex going to leave it like this?
I tried the 8,28.30077 app on a FireTV 4K stick. While recording a program, I picked “Play From Start” for that program in the guide. It played but went live, a problem that has existed for going on a year now. No words for how awful this is for watching sports. You try to play from the start and it goes live showing the score on the screen. How does Plex leave a spoiler creator in the app for a year? Extremely standard hardware and Plex’s server – As a 30-year programmer, I’m completed baffled why this can’t be fixed.
But I return to the main point of this thread. How long are customers supposed to wait for Plex to deliver Live TV/DVR that is fit for the purpose intended? Apparently 18 months is not long enough. If things don’t change, eventually lawyers are going to see this as an opportunity and we’ll start hearing the phrase “not fit for the purpose intended” a whole lot more.
