Hi. Would this work for New Zealand? I’m happy to test?
We are currently in “Summer TV” which is not ratings season, so many big shows not on at this time of year. I have picked some Australian Productions as US/UK based productions generally shouldn’t have image issues. Some are mainstream, some are a bit eclectic.
Based on Victoria/Melbourne Channel Numbers.
If you want more of examples of US/UK programs, let me know.
Happy to help with any testing.
Channel Name SD # HD # Program Name
Ten 10 13 The Project (News)
Ten 10 13 KFC Big Bash League (Sport)
Nine 9 90 Millionaire Hot Seat (Entertainment)
7Flix 76 N/A Travel Oz (Travel, Entertainment)
7mate 73 N/A Outback Truckers (Entertainment)
Seven 7 70 Australian Open Tennis (Sport)
Eleven 11 N/A Neighbours (Entertainment)
SBS ViceLand 32 31 RockWiz
SBS One 3 30 Who do you think you are?
ABC News 24 N/A Summer Drum
Nine Life 94 N/A The Block
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So is there any update on the Australian EPG issue and thus DVR rollout?
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Hi Team,
Just wondering if you have any updates on bringing your DVR service to NZ, I really love your app and want a solution and I am prepared to pay for it anything will be cheaper than Sky TV NZ!
Cheers!
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A month and a bit later from the last post, any updates on AUS/NZ DVR service? I think there are a lot of us keen to hear any news!
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Yes, looking forward to Australian DVR !!!
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So I think there is going to be a flood of Australian current Windows media centre users to one of the following platforms
- Channels DVR…when they have recording support for Australia
- Plex TV…when they have Grid style program guide support
Given Australians are early adopters and are happy to pay for the right service I think this is a race worth winning!!!
Cmon Channel Devs, whats the hold up CRIKEY!!
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Its not only the WMC users that would take advantage of Channels. Friends of mine in Australia tell me that Tivo has stopped services since Oct 2017 (and are extremely jealous of.my setup when they recently visited)
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That’s correct Teddy. In fact, while I was never a Tivo user, my parents are and I need a replacement solution for them. Channels DVR is what I’m hopeful of, however it seems to be taking so long that I may have to find something else for them if we don’t hear some good news soon.
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Hi, any update to DVR availability in AUS?
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So I was just doing my monthly check on the Grid style EPG for the Channels product and Plex in Australia. Looks like Plex are rumoured to support grid style in the first half of this year. Having said that they have put dates on this development before and have never hit that date.
It certainly feels like they are trying harder to win the race (See previous post Mar 21) at this point.
Like you said, Plex hasn’t met their deadline on a grid guide yet… It was supposed to be out at the end of last year, I wouldn’t bet on it coming soon.
Who knew implementing a scrolling spreadsheet was this difficult?
Plex development is so frustratingly slow, and the DVR is so disappointing. The only advantage it has over Channels DVR is the support for different tuner types. I’d love to replace my jumble of HDHR boxes and wires with a nice multituner PCIe card and still use Channels.
Another frustrated Aussie here.
A suggestion: could we have access to DVR as-is, without fancy guide stuff, just to see if it’s something we can live with? You could potentially collect info from us about which shows are most searched for etc rather than asking people to submit them on the forum. I just desperately want to get rid of EyeTV for my recordings and go all-in on Channels.
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How would a DVR work if it doesn’t have guide data to go off of?
The Channels app shows me a guide – I presume it’s just DVB data. Is that not enough to get some kind of recording rules into play? Recordings could be defined in advance by start/stop/channel or by program name etc.
I assume the dvr engine needs a guide provider for scheduling, anything else would likely require many changes to the code.
But Plex seems to have the ability to have basic recording controls through a standard EPG. If a customer wants advanced functionality, couldn’t they be offered to pay for ICETV?
IceTV + Channels DVR, as separate subscriptions, is pushing into “not worth it” territory. If they could be bundled together for a lower price, that’d be seriously interesting.
I have used IceTV with EyeTV on the Mac to do better scheduled recordings but it’s not strictly necessary. A one-off payment for Channels DVR and IceTV compatibility could be acceptable depending on the DVR price.
And yes, it would require changes to Channels DVR to work solely from DVB program guide data… but would open up more countries as potential customers.
From another post your retirement for a 4:3 image is not consistent with what other users of the IceTV XMLTV data however a temporary solution would be to use the IceTV XMLTV data but just not display the images. Images are hardly a major feature for setting up what shows to record.