Hauppauge TV Tuners and Capture devices

Channels DVR Server Feature Requests
#1

I normally hate it when posts show up asking “when are you supporting this” or “why don’t you support that?”

But here I am.... Doing just that. But it could be the answer to the CableCARD DRM issue.

One great thing about Windows Media Center was the ability to use a Hauppauge HD-PVR 1212 as a tunning device. The 1212 has an IR blaster to control a cable set top box and then capture the HD component signal / AC3 optical audio for DVR use.

Since adding DRM to any DVR is at minimum $1 million (CableLabs requires this money up front in the event encryption is hacked), the easier solution is use 1 or 2 cable box units with 1212’s and capture the video via analog component video.

Also, in my experience, Hauppauge makes better quality TV tuners. I have both a HDHR Connect Quad and Hauppauge QuadHD internal tuners and hands down the Hauppauge just performs better.

So adding support for Hauppauge (IMO) would be a huge plus to Channels DVR.

#2

I’d love to see support for Hauppauge TV tuners as well, just so I can fit a PCIe card in my PC and get rid of 3 HDHRs and all the extra wires/clutter that are needed for them.

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#3

HI, I'm exploring your community and very interested in the Channels app. Has support for Hauppauge been established for this service? My family and community have been cord cutting for several years now and we're very comfortable with Hauppauge. I've heard good things about HDHR, but have no desire to add it to my current configuration. If Channels has or is considering Hauppauge or Tablo support, I would love to introduce it to my community; but if not, thank you for your time and response.

#4

TTBOMK: Silicon Dust HDHomeRun network tuners, only.

#5

Every single hdhomerun device ever produced is supported. We have no plans to add support for other devices.

#6

Thanks guys for your replies. Happy Streaming!

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#7

Is there a specific reason you guys are so against adding support for Hauppauge? This is definitely something thats holding me back from using this service.

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#8

Supporting a new brand of tuners takes a lot of work and we are prioritizing other features at this time.

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#9

Came here looking for Hauppauge tuner support and it looks like a no go. Bummer other tuners are not supported. Emby it is.

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#10

On SHIELD PRO, using Live Channels / PVR Live + Hauppauge + Channels TVE / Xfinity created a consolidated viewing environment.

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#11

it does appear that there is an option to setup the Hauppauge using TvHeadend and then stream a channel to the dvr, but I haven't figured out how to get it all working on my Unraid setup yet.

#12

Having a Hauppauge WinTV driver for Channels TVE is compelling. I own a Hauppauge WinTV Dual-Tuner 1657 OTA device originally purchased for Locast fed into my NAS (WD MyCloud PR4100) using my Plex lifetime membership. Sorry Plex, the Channels TVE user interface has you beat.

My question:
My PR4100 has a preloaded "TV/Media Drivers" app (Next Dimension Innovations) that is said to work with the Hauppauge 1657 using Plex. Does Channels TVE support the Hauppauge 1657 OTA device for TVE, or will it do so in the future? Any positive feedback is appreciated.

Background:
I'm 1-year subscriber of Channels and TVE and like it as a DVR using my PR4100 fed by a Spectrum cable-card via an HDHR-Prime box pushed to 6 Amazon Fire-TV 4K sticks in my home network. This setup, in RAID, works exceptionally well. So pleased with the Channels TVE app that I recently committed to an annual subscription. However, as of late I've noticed several cable channels have dropped, AMC and MSNBC among others, although still accessible by logging directly into the Spectrum app.