I have Optimum Silver, which should get me a few hundred channels (excluding on demand/interactive stuff), but I only found 78 channels with the channel scan. Also from a quick glance, none of the channels seem to be premium channels (e.g. I feel like I would get most of these from an OTA antenna). I’m running an HDHomeRun Prime and Plex 1.4.4 on FreeNAS.
P.s. Is there a way to sort Plex Live TV by channel?
P.p.s How come I don’t see a play button (only a record button) when I click on a show that’s “now airing”?
Optimum Silver:
Includes Optimum Preferred, Optimum Value and Broadcast Basic, plus:
Chiller
HBO2 West HD
Showtime Too West HD
HBO HD
LMN
Showtime West HD
HBO Comedy HD
Showtime HD
Showtime Women
HBO Family HD
Showtime Beyond
Starz HD
HBO Family West HD
Showtime Extreme HD
Starz Cinema
HBO Latino HD
Showtime Family Zone
Starz Comedy HD
HBO On Demand
Showtime Next
Starz Edge HD
HBO Signature HD
Showtime On Demand
Starz in Black
HBO Signature West HD
Showtime Showcase HD
Starz Kids & Family HD
HBO West HD
Showtime Showcase West HD
Starz On Demand
HBO Zone HD
Showtime Too HD
Starz West HD
HBO2 HD
Optimum Preferred:
Includes Optimum Value and Broadcast Basic, plus:
American Heroes Channel
FX Movie Channel
POP
BBC America HD
FYI HD
Science Channel HD
BBC World News
The Golf Channel HD
Smithsonian Channel HD
BET Soul
Great American Country
Sprout
BTN HD**
Hallmark Channel
Starz Encore HD
CBS Sports Network HD
Hallmark Movies & Mysteries HD
Starz Encore Action
Centric
i24NEWS HD
Starz Encore Black
CMT HD
IFC HD
Starz Encore Classic
Cooking Channel HD
Logo
Starz Encore Family
Destination America HD
MLB Network HD
Starz Encore On Demand
Discovery Family Channel
MTV Classic
Starz Encore Suspense
Discovery Life SD
MTV Live (HD only)
Starz Encore West
Disney XD HD
MTV Tr3s
Starz Encore Westerns
DIY Network HD
Nat Geo Wild HD
SundanceTV
English Premiere League HD
NBA TV HD
Teen Nick
ESPNEWS HD
NBC Universo
TV One
ESPNU HD
NFL Network HD
Univisión Deportes Network HD
ESPN Deportes
Nick Jr.
UP
Euronews
NickMusic
Viceland HD
FOX Deportes
Nicktoons TV
Z Living
FOX Sports 2
OWN HD
Optimum Value:
Includes Broadcast Basic, plus:
A&E HD
EWTN
ReelzChannel HD
AMC HD
Food Network HD
Religious Programming
Animal Planet HD
FOX Business Network HD
Spike TV HD
ASiPRE
FOX News Channel HD
SportsNet New York HD
BET HD
FOX Sports 1 HD
Sports Overflow HD
Bloomberg TV HD
Freeform HD
Syfy HD
Boomerang
fuse HD
TBS HD
Bravo HD
FX HD
Telecare
Cartoon Network HD
FXX HD
TLC HD
Classic Arts Showcase
Galavisión HD
TNT HD
CNBC HD
HGTV HD
Travel Channel HD
CNN HD
History HD
truTV HD
CNN Headline News
Investigation Discovery HD
Turner Classic Movies HD
Comedy Central HD
Jewish Broadcasting Service
TV Land HD
Crime & Investigation Network
Lifetime HD
Universal (HD only)
C-SPAN3
MSG HD
USA Network HD
Daystar
MSG Plus HD
Velocity (HD only)
Discovery Channel HD
MSNBC HD
VH1
Disney Channel HD
MTV HD
WE tv HD
Disney Junior HD
MTV2 HD
WGN HD
E! HD
National Geographic Channel HD
The Weather Channel HD
ESPN HD
NBCSN HD
YES Network HD
ESPN2 HD
Nickelodeon HD
Optimum Broadcast Basic:
50 channels of digital music, access to Pay Per View, On Demand, interactive and enhanced TV services, plus:
ABC HD
HSN
Optimum Channel Guide
Antenna TV
ION HD
Public Access
Movies! Network
JewelryTelevision
QVC HD
C-SPAN
Kids Thirteen
Thirteen (PBS) HD
C-SPAN2
Leased Access
This TV
CBS HD
Live Well HD
Trinity Broadcasting Network
Cozi TV HD
Local Programming
UniMÁS HD
CW HD
My9 HD
PBS HD
Educational Access
News 12 HD
WLIW World
Estrella TV
News 12 Traffic & Weather HD
WLNY HD
EVINE Live
NBC HD
WMBC
ExitosTV
NYC Life HD
Telemundo HD
FOX HD
Optimum Channel HD
Univisión HD
Government Access
@JeffCrum said:
So, first question is can you get all those channels from the HDHR app? If not, then you won’t get them anywhere else.
No, the channel scan only detects 78 channels. But why wouldn’t it get all the channels that I would get with the Cable card if I were to use Tivo or something like that? The cablecard is capable of delivering every channel I pay for.
@JeffCrum said:
I agree. My point is you need to work with your cable company and SD to figure that out.
I can’t imagine what help my cable company will be since it’s a third party box that they don’t support. And I’d love to get on the SD forums, but they require an activation email, which I’ve been waiting days for them to send. That’s why I came here in the first place.
Have you activated the cable card with Optimum? Until you activate the card you probably won’t receive all the channels. When you activate the card they will ask you for some information about your Prime and the cable card you have.
@johnm_ColaSC said:
Have you activated the cable card with Optimum? Until you activate the card you probably won’t receive all the channels. When you activate the card they will ask you for some information about your Prime and the cable card you have.
Yeah, I had to bind the card to HDHomeRun in order to receive any channels at all. I sent SD a support ticket and hopefully they’ll be able to help. I’ll also double check with optimum that the card is set to receive all the channels I’ve paid for and that they didn’t accidentally mess that up.
@johnm_ColaSC said:
Have you activated the cable card with Optimum? Until you activate the card you probably won’t receive all the channels. When you activate the card they will ask you for some information about your Prime and the cable card you have.
As it turns out they messed something up in the activation process, so a channel scan on the HDHomeRun now gives me 400~ channels, however when I go into Plex it says a lot of those channels are “protected”.
Is there any news if Plex plans on adding support for DRM protected content?
Seriously doubt it. CableLabs certification is required to allow recording of DRM protected content. Requires payment to CableLabs and submission of program for their testing/verification. Any future revisions to program must be resubmitted to CableLabs.
@johnm_ColaSC said:
Seriously doubt it. CableLabs certification is required to allow recording of DRM protected content. Requires payment to CableLabs and submission of program for their testing/verification. Any future revisions to program must be resubmitted to CableLabs.
The only way I can see Plex making this work is if the DRM protected path code can be placed in a modular library that doesn’t have to be updated with the rest of the Plex software. Otherwise, development would slow to a halt. Considering that protected path would have to be supported in the server and any client which will be receiving this content, it would be a very tall order.
As more people cut the cords, and more solutions become available for cord cutters, it is practices like these at CableLabs which will shrink the traditional market even faster.
@decaym said:
As more people cut the cords, and more solutions become available for cord cutters, it is practices like these at CableLabs which will shrink the traditional market even faster.
I don’t think the cable television industry gives a crap about what people want, so I doubt this will ever change.
What you fail to realize is that cablelabs exists because of the content providers. They are the ones demanding what cablelabs provides because they want total control of the content. The cable companies generally do what they want because they want to provide the customer the content they want. So it is either be restrictive like this and piss off a few customers or simply don’t have the content the majority of customers wants.
Don’t fool yourself into thinking this is as simple as the cable company is screwing you out of those channels.
Something else that is a bit concerning to me in regard to plex and the DVR functionality is that the industry is moving away from providing content the current way anyways. Cablecard are on borrowed time already as the TV service industry moves toward applications/on demand streaming services. That is something the FCC already realized years ago. Plex would be well served by focusing on integration of the cable providers web based tv solutions as well. The problem with those solutions is they kind of kill the DVR because once you start streaming you don’t need to have a copy stored locally (unless you like to archive seasons of shows).
As things go to a streaming setup cablelabs will be gone.
@mavrrick said:
Something else that is a bit concerning to me in regard to plex and the DVR functionality is that the industry is moving away from providing content the current way anyways. Cablecard are on borrowed time already as the TV service industry moves toward applications/on demand streaming services. That is something the FCC already realized years ago. Plex would be well served by focusing on integration of the cable providers web based tv solutions as well. The problem with those solutions is they kind of kill the DVR because once you start streaming you don’t need to have a copy stored locally (unless you like to archive seasons of shows).
Better integration of streaming services into Plex would be nice, but to make it work well we would need to see buyin by the streaming service providers into having their content exposed (even in a secure way) through alternate interfaces. I subscribe to Netflix. Ideally, when I’m in Plex, I’d like to see content available through Netflix along side my local library and television program guide.
If Netflix exposed their streaming content list through an API, and provided some sort of secure, portable viewing client that could be embedded in Plex, this would be ideal. Unfortunately, I don’t see it ever happening. There are still far too many silos of control out there.
This is also where the great integration with STB’s like android TV gets really nice. Android TV can show content from all the software loaded on it. It is doing what you are talking about already.
