“DRM roadmap?” I fear you may be confused: An update on DRM support
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Ah, well, that’s too bad. Luckily I’m fortunate enough that the only channel that gets DRM’d for me is Fox News, so it’s not like I lose anything haha (I’d suffer more with fox news lol)
But is there any feedback from any developers regarding the web client player (only the player) to make it comparable to the offering of Plex or Emby? I think it is the only way in which Channels falls short, given that it is such a standard implementation that is expected of a dvr player.
From what I know, neither Plex nor Emby will play/record DRM channels. Currently the only solutions for DRM play/record are WMC (however, not on Win10) or Tivo. SD’s HDHR will only play DRM channels (various client platforms) with a promise (over 3 years ago) of DRM recording.
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Oh, I wasn’t referring to DRM in comparing them. I know that’s a dead issue, with the only possible solution being the official HDHR view, whenever that gets it.
I was referring only to the web client player ( Channels Windows client)
Sorry for mispost
That sucks...web player is fine for antenna channels but sucks for the silicondust premium channels (plays okay from beginning but trying to advance or commercial skip causes it to hang on "remuxing". Windows App would be nice...
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I'm running channels DVR on an older Asus laptop with the specs shown below. When I watch recordings in anything but windows client, playback is fine. iOS, fire TV, Chromebook apps do not hiccup.
But in Windows client, which requires transcoding, playback occasionally pauses. It normally resumes, but sometimes it doesn't. I have to exit recording and restart playback to resume. Sometimes when I start recordings, playback takes quite a while to start up. The pauses occur every few minutes.
I'm running on a 4 core Intel CPU with at least 12gb ram, so I didn't think I would have transcoding problems. Or is this Intel CPU too slow to transcode for Windows client.
If it's not a transcoding problem, what else could it be?
OS
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.UX32VD
Windows Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
6.1.7601 Build 7601
CPU
4 cores / Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3517U CPU @ 1.90GHz
RAM
9.89 GB
22.0% free
For the record I would like to have a native Windows Application as well.
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+1
The reason a Windows client is important is when you have CDVR server running on a NAS or anywhere other than a Windows computer, it would be nice to have a guide in Windows to setup recordings.
You can still do this if it’s running on a nas. Channels DVR Server is accessible via a browser.
You mentioned "basic keyboard support." Is forward/back seek available? That seems pretty basic.
Is a player app for Windows still not on the roadmap? If not please add ff/rew seek as a keyboard shortcut. Thanks.
Another vote for Windows as a client. The current implementation is very unstable and pretty much unusable. Believe it or not a lot people do use Windows and want to be able to watch their content on their computers. I'm not sure what you used for a stack on Android but many offer cross platform support including Flutter and MAUI.
I don't watch TV much from my computer, but I have recently started using Windows Phone Link to my Android Phone. I am able to run the Channels clients or any app from my phone and mirror to the computer. It also gives me access to my Messages, Notifications, and Photos. It also has the option to connect to your phone's camera. There is an option to setup an Instant Hotspot, so you can have your laptop easily connect to your phone's connection of the go. Apparently, Phone Link also works on IPhones. Now while this doesn't make up for a real windows client, in many ways it is much better for me.
They will not even make a Native MacOS Channel client app, and Apple is their main focus.
(you can, on modern Apple hardware, run the iOS app on a Mac, but it is the mobile app expericne)
Zero chance they will make a native Windows Client.
Building a windows client should be outsourced to or licensed from somebody else. Just like muItiview was.
For live viewing, use your favorite video app to load the exported channel playlist. (VLC works fine for this on Windows.)
For recordings/media, mount the directory and again, use your favorite player app.
Maybe I'm dense, but if you're sitting at a desktop computer, why do you need a 10 foot interface for something better accessed directly?
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This thread is 7.5 years old and the original poster was coming from Windows Media Center, so presumably the OP had a PC connected to an HDTV.
I have both a PC and Mac mini connected to a 77" LG OLED HDTV and I use the iPad app on the Mac mini all the time, so I understand the desire for Windows app, but I also understand why the developers do not want to provide one.
Also, I find that streaming from the server UI works very well from anywhere if I use Watch Now > Full Player. Even commercial skip works well. The only issue I have with this option is that I only get 2-channel audio. If I want to watch an entire program in full screen, I just switch the my Fire TV Cube. I'm also looking forward to getting an Apple TV 4K when the new version is released, which will hopefully be very soon.
It should also be possible to use an Android emulator on a PC and install the Android app in the emulator, but I have not tried doing that yet.
Also, check out this thread for launching VLC for live or recording viewing directly from the server UI. It works well if you want to go directly from the guide to VLC:
These aren’t Channels DVR clients, but here are two paid Mac/Windows IPTV apps that work well with M3U’s created by CDVR:
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