"Protected" Channels show up fine in other software

shaamoore · February 19, 2018, 3:11pm

Why is it that plex shows most of my channels as “protected” (70 of them) but in WinTV and NextPVR then show up and play just fine?

I have 74 channels that work great in WinTV and NextPVR, but plex shows them as protected and only 4 work. I have a WinTV-quadHD card/

shaamoore · February 21, 2018, 11:46pm

Also the channels show up as clear QAM in WinTv

bptrent · April 29, 2018, 5:29pm

I have notice this issue as well and am looking for a solution.

shaamoore · November 12, 2018, 9:00pm

Still no resolution in the latest version.

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