When I subscribed one of the features said that was not to have to run the desktop software. I see no way to get this to work on my roku tv because it requires a server. I just want to use it only for like to record the live tv coming in on my smart tv as the cable they provide is over the antenna of their cable so like its like antenna through the cable it was expensive for their dvr box so I was trying to get a solution but Im not keep my laptop running with the software.
I think you misunderstood.
The only thing what comes close to your idea is that Plex Pass allows you to activate a “Plex Cloud” server. You’d have to upload your media files to a supported Cloud storage provider and then link this cloud storage account to your plex account.
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/226645727-Getting-Started-with-Plex-Cloud
@skillednerd said:
I just want to use it only for like to record the live tv coming in on my smart tv as the cable they provide is over the antenna of their cable so like its like antenna through the cable it was expensive for their dvr box so I was trying to get a solution but Im not keep my laptop running with the software.
Sorry, I don’t quite get that.
Which device is doing the recording? Your TV?
If so, these recordings are very likely only usable with your tv device, because they are tied to your device and cannot be used by other solutions and players.
@OttoKerner said:
I think you misunderstood.The only thing what comes close to your idea is that Plex Pass allows you to activate a “Plex Cloud” server. You’d have to upload your media files to a supported Cloud storage provider and then link this cloud storage account to your plex account.
https://support.plex.tv/hc/en-us/articles/226645727-Getting-Started-with-Plex-Cloud@skillednerd said:
I just want to use it only for like to record the live tv coming in on my smart tv as the cable they provide is over the antenna of their cable so like its like antenna through the cable it was expensive for their dvr box so I was trying to get a solution but Im not keep my laptop running with the software.Sorry, I don’t quite get that.
Which device is doing the recording? Your TV?
If so, these recordings are very likely only usable with your tv device, because they are tied to your device and cannot be used by other solutions and players.
Yes I have a TCL smart tv with Roku on it. That is what I was trying to use it for so you’re saying I can’t record the tv with this?
Or that its only going to be able to be seen on here?
Thanks
@skillednerd said:
Yes I have a TCL smart tv with Roku on it. That is what I was trying to use it for so you’re saying I can’t record the tv with this?
Even if this TV has a ‘Recording’ feature, the files could only be played back on this very TV.
This would then have nothing to do with Plex.
Plex is always a Client/Server thing. When there is no server, there is no Plex.
Or that its only going to be able to be seen on here?
A Roku can play things from a Plex server.
But in your case the question would be how the media content gets onto the server.
Plex’s own digital video recording feature only works with a dedicated ‘tuner’ device and a local Plex server. Your TV’s inbuilt unter cannot be used for Plex.
Ok thanks so much
@OttoKerner said:
@skillednerd said:
Yes I have a TCL smart tv with Roku on it. That is what I was trying to use it for so you’re saying I can’t record the tv with this?Even if this TV has a ‘Recording’ feature, the files could only be played back on this very TV.
This would then have nothing to do with Plex.Plex is always a Client/Server thing. When there is no server, there is no Plex.
Or that its only going to be able to be seen on here?
A Roku can play things from a Plex server.
But in your case the question would be how the media content gets onto the server.Plex’s own digital video recording feature only works with a dedicated ‘tuner’ device and a local Plex server. Your TV’s inbuilt unter cannot be used for Plex.
Now see here is where I seen it on there blog
https://blog.roku.com/blog/2017/02/15/plex-dvr-record-hdtv-shows-movies-and-sports/
@OttoKerner said:
@skillednerd said:
Yes I have a TCL smart tv with Roku on it. That is what I was trying to use it for so you’re saying I can’t record the tv with this?Even if this TV has a ‘Recording’ feature, the files could only be played back on this very TV.
This would then have nothing to do with Plex.Plex is always a Client/Server thing. When there is no server, there is no Plex.
Or that its only going to be able to be seen on here?
A Roku can play things from a Plex server.
But in your case the question would be how the media content gets onto the server.Plex’s own digital video recording feature only works with a dedicated ‘tuner’ device and a local Plex server. Your TV’s inbuilt unter cannot be used for Plex.
The guy who wrote the blog forgot to mention the main requirement: a Plex server.
But he does mention the ‘tuner device’, the Silicondust HD HomeRun.
@OttoKerner said:
The guy who wrote the blog forgot to mention the main requirement: a Plex server.
But he does mention the ‘tuner device’, the Silicondust HD HomeRun.
It is increasingly amazing to me how much information there is on the internet and how much of that is wrong or incomplete or intentionally misleading.
We live in the “information age” but it is actually harder to find good/correct information that it was back in the 1960s. This age should be called “The Information Overload Age.”
It is at the point where I assume that anything I read on the internet is false unless I can verify it from at least two other sources that are veritably independent. Even then I remain skeptical much of the time.
My trust level has dropped to the point where it is nearing negative numbers.
But, in reading that blog, I think it was/is pretty clear that a Plex server is needed. While not directly stated there are phrases like “Plex system” and “Your Plex system” that strongly suggest the need of a server but it does require that people reading the blog actually understand what a “Plex system” involves.
But in today’s age people do not actually read for understanding but rather they read the headlines and sometimes the first paragraph or so and make a decision about what the rest must say and then read the remainder to support the notion that they gleaned from the headline.
I have no use, at this time, for Plex’s DVR abilities as the strongest signal I can get will barely make a viewable picture about 20% of the time on only one channel. But should I move or they put a repeater on the bump that blocks my reception I would never assume that the DVR functionality could exist without a functioning Plex server and a compatible tuner.
