Here is a great Video n optimizing it when you get your hub ....
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Works well on the ts4k with a 32 gig usb 3 stick no decrease in performance. Increased live buffer to 5hrs watching from hdhr prime cc. I to am now waiting on a hub for the Google Chromecast. Wish I would have thought of this long ago it would have saved me from trying so many different devices looking for that balance between performance and storage. Thanks for pointing me in this direction.
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After a brief review, I've found a USB3 flash drive works well for extra storage, even over USB2 buses. However, USB2 flash drives seem to cause issues on the same devices.
Of course, this was over a host interface rather than OTG, so I'm going to try that next to see if USB3 flash drives over USB2 OTG are sufficient for expanding the buffer. (Or, maybe the 5 cables I bought to do this over USB OTG were all in vain and can only be used for Flirc devices.)
I was disappointed with running channels on an OTG cabled flash drive because it didn’t increase the buffer for watching recordings. It’s only around 150 mb. An iPad in the same situation had over 400 mb buffer before I stopped testing. I have a slow network connection to the server so I was hoping there was a way to increase my buffer without buying an Apple TV. This is with the latest fire stick 4K. I’m going to try with a TS4K next but it seems it is developer imposed limitation because of the limited storage. I would hope for an option to change it on the client depending on your usage scenario.
I'm confused with some of the terminology here. I know what a OTG cable is but when several posters mentioned "USB Host port (via a USB-C adapter)" or "a host interface" are they talking about a USB hub? Can any provide an Amazon link for a "USB Host port (via a USB-C adapter)" or "a host interface" they recommend? Thanks!
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Seems to me your best return on investment would be improving the LAN speed rather than trying to get a bigger buffer.
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Looking for clarification on this as well.
Since the option exists to, "format to internal storage," for a connected flash drive over an OTG cable, I'm wondering if the Channels DVR app can stay installed on the Fire TV Stick's storage, and the added USB flash drive will simply add to the overall storage available to the Channels DVR app.
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If you update to the latest Beta for FireTV or Android you can enable HLS under settings debug the buffer will be on the server which you can set to 1-4 hrs.
HLS option - Channels Android TV - Channels Community (getchannels.com)
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I have a Google Chromecast with Google TV and I sometimes get serious buffering issues on live TV. adding an OTG cable seems a viable option would like to have Channels DVR stay installed on the device and add the storage for buffering. But I would assume I would have to move everything to flash drive.
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We've moved the HLS setting out of Debug and to the Playback menu and made it controllable via the DVR to match iOS and tvOS.
For more details, see Direct Play, Direct Stream, Transcoding - #16 by walkerx
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