TVE 'unlimited' streams?

[syadnom]

Hi all, this isn't directly a channels question but rather a TVE question.

I'm running 2 service, Spectrum TV (not in TVE right now) and Youtube TV (primary TVE source).

At first, I just assumed my 3 concurrent streams on youtube TV would be my limit, but then I read that TVE is pulling directly from the providers instead of proxy through youtube tv (or spectrum etc).

So I tested. Sure enough, I can do a dozen different shows concurrently through channels via TVE auth'ing with my youtube credentials.

Is this a 'bug' or a feature? Can I really continuously pull a dozen or whatever streams via TVE because it's hitting each individual service basically P2P ?

[Fofer]

Yes.

[Morris_Altman]

till you run out of bandwidth, write speed, CPU or other resource

[syadnom]

ok, well that's a surprise. Almost seems like a loophole

[Edwin_Perez]

It is not a loophole you are logging on to different sites not the same site.

[Fofer]

Indeed, having used TiVos for decades, and always being mindful of how many tuners each unit had available... this equivalence of "unlimited tuners" is kind of a game-changer. I feel like more people should know about it! But not too many people, you know? Lest it get too popular and irk the network bigwigs and/or other live streaming providers for some reason... who decide to clamp down and DRM it all, in a way that breaks Channels DVR's "beta" of TVE integration.

Like, is all of this too good to be true? I dunno. Just enjoying it while it lasts, I suppose.

[Morris_Altman]

At the rate people are dropping cable TV, the smart cable TV providers are not going to do anything that upsets customers. Just push back and they fold.