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Abs3nt1 · 2023-12-13 07:53

I just got a raspberry pi and would like to Jellyfin on it and later
connect my NAS server to it so I can serve local files and use the pi
for movies and series / live tv.

My friend's cousin has this android tv box that apparently "unlocks"
all channels which he gets for free. Though the funny thing is his
cousin's friend has an android box tv but pays a monthly subscription
for it to some random person and this person can shut off service at
will.

I see Plex offers live tv as well, so there must be some way? How can
I obtain live tv channels without using an IPTV service + tivimate.

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macrolinx · 2023-12-13 22:56

This is probably not what you're looking for, but I use DizqueTV to
turn my Plex content into cable channels that I then feed back into
Plex through the DVR function.

This gives me the illusion of live tv.  I have channels with different
content that are randomized daily or weekly depending on the amount
feed into it.  And I can just pick from something "on" instead of
having to choose something from my vast catalog.

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operator207 · 2023-12-14 00:51

>How can I obtain live tv channels without using an IPTV service +
tivimate.

I may be misunderstanding, but from how I read this last sentence I
have to ask.

Do you want OTA TV channels, or Cable/SAT TV channels, over IP (cause
streaming) but don't want to pay for a service, or hardware?

I'm not sure how you would get live TV digitally without some
subscription or device that created a local 'service' to consume.

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Square_Lawfulness_33 · 2023-12-14 00:54

Hdhomerun is a network attached tv tuner that has a model for local tv
and one for cable tv. You can set it up with Plex.

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InvaderOfTech · 2023-12-14 15:09

I use the HDHomerun for Antenna and cable Tv. Works great.

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rjames24000 · 2023-12-14 16:32

you'll never get ALL of your normal network tv channels without an
iptv sub or a lot of m3u links.. but if you happen to have any of
those in the future you can use threadfin with jellyfin to integrate
livetv into the platform which emulates a hdhomerun