Hey everyone!
We just wanted to communicate some things about the state of development of DVR and the availability of a beta. While we wouldn’t dare commit to any dates, we CAN commit to when it won’t be available! 
You should not expect to see a beta of DVR within the next two months.
Catch Up
When we first announced that we were doing Channels DVR, the codebase we had was nothing more than a proof of concept. We needed to prove to ourselves that this could be done at a level of quality we expected and in a way that we felt could be the best DVR around. So we’ve had plenty of work to do since then, and even more work to do now.
Also, my wife and I are having a 
in the next week. This will halt all of my contributions to the project completely for a couple of weeks. I should be able to ramp up again after a couple of weeks.
State of the Union
Ok, now that you’re caught up with where we were when we first announced and why you shouldn’t expect any sort of beta in the next couple of months, here’s a taste of what we HAVE completed and what currently works in Channels DVR.
Overall
- Secured a guide provider
- Simple installer
- Auto updater
- Rudimentary build system to build Channels DVR for multiple platforms and architectures
DVR Backend
- Finds all your HDHomeRun devices
- Set your provider lineup for each device
- Fetches guide data for your lineups
- Recurring recordings of a selected show
- all new episodes
- all episodes
- Record a single airing
- Search for shows
- View airings of a show
- List scheduled jobs
- List recorded programs
- Set playback time of a recording (for resuming)
- Set watched state of a recording
- Delete recording
Channels
- List recordings
- Play or resume a recording
- Search for shows
- List upcoming airings of a show
- Record a single airing
- Record a show that’s currently playing live
- Create a recurring recording of a show (new and all)
- Manually mark a recording as watched/unwatched
- Video player updates playback time as you watch (for resuming later)
- Video player marks recording as watched appropriately
Sooooooooo…
So that being said, we have a REALLY nice core that we REALLY like. Things are working. Things are happening. Things are getting done. And while this list sounds like something that is totally ready for a beta, it’s absolutely not the case. All of the glue and polish needs to be applied to pull all of these independent features together to create the product we know you guys are going to love.
That part takes time and devotion. So bear with us while we cross t’s and dot i’s. And while I go off and have a real fast
Thanks for alllllllllll of your interest. It really keeps us excited and working as hard as we can. Channels DVR will be here soon we promise and we think even more now that you’re going to love it.
its going to be amazing- look forward to seeing something at the end of summer?