I know, but if SD arn’t supporting Channels anymore as they are pushing into the Android market, Channels are hardly going to let more people into a Beta that’s dead and ready to be buried.
Roll on the new Channels back end DVR. Hopefully see something new soon. They seem to have gone quiet on most subjects and seem to be only responding to urgent issues now. Hopefully this is a sign that they are hard at work and building up to something within the next 60days. Not that the UK will see anything for a while :’-(
I guess I need to order an nvidia shield to keep my wife happy.
No, no, no. I was talking about the Beta that someone else was talking about ffs. Yes you can fix it. Don’t buy a shield!!!
You need to get a bit of software called putty. Use it to stop your recording engine. Then find the older 28/04/16 update and swap the files with the 11/05/16 update that’s on your NAS. Then use putty to restart the NAS. It’s that simple.
It is literally a case of deleting one file and then copy and pasting in the older one. There’s a separate thread for this issue under troubleshooting. When you use putty, it’s mostly command codes, but there’s a page on the silicon dust forum that tells you exactly what to type.
Oh, and whatever you do, don’t ever use that HDHR app on your PC again. If you do it’ll update to the newer software and kill channels.
Silly question, to which I suspect I know the answer. But…
For those of us already on the old HDHR DVR Beta. Will we be able to migrate either existing recordings, and/or the recording settings (what to record, season, only new, etc…) to the new back end or will it be a fresh start?
Hi bud. I suspect not. None of the recording rules are stored in channels, they are all in the HDHR DVR software stored on your NAS or server. The instillation of any new DVR software will almost certainly completely wipe the old one and leave us no way to transfer rules.
As for old recording, I’d recommend backing them up on another hard drive before installing the new DVR software after its release. You could then try transferring a copy of them back into the recordings folder of the new software. If it doesn’t work, then at least you’ll be still able to watch them on another device, or they may even play on Infuse (a TVOS media player a bit like Plex that works with just a NAS) I’ll let you know if this works as I’m going to try and play a channels recording through it a bit later tonight.
Annoying, begging, pathetic request for news on the Channels DVR Beta… 
So much IOS goodness my AppleTV is feeling jealous and neglected.
Blame iOS 
We’ll have some more news soon, promise!
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Will channels dvr work with over the air dvb stream guide data? As per attached image in NZ we get good info on what the show is about.
*removed image of iOS beta
For the DVR Beta well the individuals that had been beta testing Channels automatically be accepted into the beta testing or do we need to ask in the forum list for entry into the beta program? If so I’m asking!
Will channels ever be ported to Android? I would much rather use this than SD View. That way I can also have ONE DVR that can work across everything because SD just isn’t cutting it anymore. I have a SHIELD TV and Apple TV. It would be great to have one app for all devices,. you guys can do this right! SD has the hardware but not the software, YOU GUYS have the software. If there is any chance for me to be in ANY BETA (Already using the iOS Beta (loving it) please let me know!
I bought channels about 3 weeks ago and love it. I also would love to be part of a dvr beta test.
Can I be part of DVR beta?
Can I try the beta?
Thanks!
I don’t think I actually posted this in the forums, but I would love to be part of the DVR beta. I’m currently in the iOS beta, and I think being able to test any integration between the two would be great.
Thanks.
Hello, I too would love to be able to participate in both the DVR and iOS beta programs. Like others have commented , I too plan to standardize on the Apple TV fourth-generation likely buying somewhere between four and seven Apple TV boxes for my home. I can see how an iOS app for my other Apple devices, phones and iPads, would be awesome
I’d love to be a DVR beta user as well.
If you guys still need some more beta testers - I’d love to
also would love to beta the iOS and DVR
Now that Channels IOS is out. Hoping for some quick AppleTV love!!
Wanted to see if your intent was to still start with the DVR code running on a Mac with local storage or if you are taking a new direction. Want to make sure I am prepared with the right assets when you are ready for us to test.