GeoffPh

Is there a viable alternative to EyeTV??

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I'm in Australia. I spend a lot of time travelling remote areas in a motorhome, and I must say that I'd be lost without EyeTV. In remote areas, I often don't get a (free to air) signal, and I rely on pre-recorded shows. Sure, it's clunky, and if it stopped working tonight I wouldn't be in the least surprised but if there was a viable alternative I'd certainly explore it.

Is there a viable alternative to EyeTV??

Thanks in anticipation.

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I have been using Plex with a HDHomerun Silicondust HDHR5-4DT network tuner very successfully for the past two years.  I get the EPG data from IceTV for a thing $4 or $5/m.  If you want to trim the resultant mp4 files I use Avidemux_2.8 which processes them very quickly.  If you don't trim the files then both Plex and infuse allow you to use the skip add functionality (you can set Plex up to cut out the adds but that doesn't seem as reliable)

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