TVEverywhere Questions

[CoreyStup]

Couple questions about TVEverywhere sources:

1. Does anyone notice that TVEverywhere recorded sources seem to be darker than other sources (like OTA from HDHomerun)? When I record content from various TVEverywhere channels, and play it back via Android/Google TV boxes on a 1080 or 4K display, the content just seems darker. Almost as if the black levels are for a PC vs a TV. Anything I can check here or look at to try and debug?
2. Is it possible to have more than one TVEverywhere source active? We're moving from Spectrum to YouTube TV, but will have both active for a period of time and I want to migrate as seamlessly as possible. Is it just as simple as creating the second TVEverywhere source and letting it sign in under the other account?

Thanks Channels Team!

[racameron]

@CoreyStup

Does anyone notice that TVAnywhere recorded sources seem to be darker than other sources (like OTA from HDHomerun)?

I haven't noticed, but they are from different sources. OTA tends to be 1080i and higher bandwidth, while TVE is usually 720p or 1080p, but more compressed.

@CoreyStup

Is it possible to have more than one TVAnywhere source active?

Yes. But every TVE source you add uses the exact same web source for the streams, so there is no difference whether you use Spectrum or YTTV ... only which channels you may have access to.

@CoreyStup

Is it just as simple as creating the second TVAnywhere source and letting it sign in under the other account?

Yes.

[babsonnexus]

In case you haven't, also worthwhile to read through this to understand what TVE is doing in Channels and why it looks different than those other sources:

About TV Everywhere

TV Everywhere Uses your cable login to create a virtual tuner in the DVR software Connects to internet video streams available directly on each network’s web site Read more about TV Everywhere in our support docs Technical overview The DVR software connects to network streams using a background (headless) Chrome browser controlled by the DVR During the channel scan, the DVR will navigate the Chrome instance to each network website and enter your cable login to see if it works Supported…

And I created this helpful infographic:

TV Everywhere Picture Quality

That's what everyone is saying: it won't, they aren't the same thing. What Philo's app is getting is a direct feed, what Channels is getting is what they put out over their own websites. I put together this (very simplified) diagram to see if it makes it clearer what is going on: [image]

[CoreyStup]

@babsonnexus

In case you haven't, also worthwhile to read through this to understand what TVE is doing in Channels and why it looks different than those other sources:

Thanks for the links! I've previously understood the differences with TVE but it was a good refresher.

What I was meaning to say was that some TVE channel content seems darker than other TVE channels. It may very well be just how certain TVE sources are produced. I'm going to do some more comparisons and see if I can find a pattern.

Are there any TVE sources that show test patterns?