Subj : Re: Plex Broadcast Recording
To   : paulie420
From : Nightfox
Date : Mon Oct 03 2022 07:19:15

  Re: Re: Plex Broadcast Recording
  By: paulie420 to Nightfox on Sun Oct 02 2022 05:17 pm

 Ni> Plex can also be used as a DVR to record broadcast TV content, so it Ni> h

 pa> I read that you don't do it much anymore, but... how does one record
 pa> broadcast TV thru Plex - or I guess the better question is how can I
 pa> capture (and then record w/ Plex) broadcast TV?? Reason I ask is that I
 pa> use streaming and don't have any cable internet these days, and I've long
 pa> been l00king for a solution to simply get Portland (local) news broadcasts
 pa> daily - with no good fix... for 5 years. 

I DVR occasionally but not a whole lot.  You need a TV tuner compatible with your Plex server, and you also need to subscribe to Plex Pass for premium features (or buy the lifetime Plex Pass membership - Sometimes they have a sale on that).  When you configure a TV tuner with Plex, it has a live TV function where you can view broadcast TV channels with it (Plex will stream it to your devices) - Plex has an interface similar to a TV Guide where you can choose what channel/program to watch, and there's an option to have it record TV shows/movies/other content being broadcast.

I have a couple TV Tuners set up with my Plex PC - An internal PCI Express card:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DZSVLTW/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title

And also a HDHomerun Flex 4K (it's a network streaming tuner, which Plex works with as well):
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B092GCN9NL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title

Nightfox
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