Hi all- I have a Channels DVR server at home that works in conjunction with a HDHomeRun Prime for my CableCard tuner. I have a site-to-site IPSEC VPN set up for a seasonal cottage that we sometimes spend time at. I was able to connect remotely from my AppleTV to the DVR over the VPN without issue. I also tried "Live TV" through the AppleTV Channels DVR App but it wasn't able to connect to the HDHR Prime. I'm guessing this was a networking issue, but not 100% sure. Doing a little searching here in the forum it looks like a HDHR Extend might be what I need, partly because the raw MPEG2 stream size is likely to cause me issues over the tunnel (I had to decrease the quality a bit on the DVR app to stop periodic glitching). So a few questions:
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If I add an HDHR Extend, will it play nicely with the DVR as far as access to the tuner? When I watch live via HDHR Extend will the DVR notice that one of the tuners is busy and not get confused, and/or claim the tuner when I'm watching? Is there a way to set tuner priority (presumably I'd prefer to give LiveTV priority, and have the DVR skip recording the lowest priority recording if there is a tuner resource limit).
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What app would I use on the AppleTV to watch Live TV via HDHR Extend? Would this be possible within the Channels App itself, or do I need a different app?
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I assume there's no way to use the DVR Computer itself basically as a transcoder? With my TiVo I can "watch live" which gives me a basically live stream, plus the bonus of the ~30 minute history buffer to pause live TV if I want to do that. That would be great, but I couldn't find any way to do that...
Thanks in advance!