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Windows => Television => Topic started by: uanmi on September 02, 2019, 06:48:27 am
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Hi, I currently use NextPVR and Kodi with an AverMedia dual DVB-T board. I can watch television from PCs or my phone (android) on the LAN. I'm looking at JRiver again and would like to know if I can get the same solution. I would like to be able to watch live television from other devices on my LAN (and on the PC that has JRiver) and to watch any recordings that I've made.
Appreciate this may be a FAQ, but I need to be clear about JRiver's capabilities before purchase.
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I use cablecard and I have MC configured as a client server model. I can watch TV on any client pc from the server. Movies, tv shows, etc. Work the same way.
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Playing Live TV is still problematic on an Android phone, I believe.
Gizmo, Panel, and MO 4Media can play any video, including recorded TV. But can't play Live TV. I think JRemote on Android is the same. In fact, I think the only devices that can play Live TV are devices running JRiver MC.
JRiver for Android is still a server product only, which runs on an Android device, but not Android TV yet. So it can't connect to your MC Server that has a tuner and play anything. It imports local media files and serves them to itself or other devices.
MO 4Media can run on Android TV, but I havent' looked at its capabilities.
So basically that leaves Live TV only on Windows MC Clients, such as a PC or Windows tablet running MC. I'm pretty sure MC on Mac and Linux don't support TV yet.
MC does have a fully functional 30 day trial, which you could try. But for this issue I think a search of the forum would find answers, consistent with above.
Playing Live TV on my Android phone isn't a priority for me, so I could be out of date on the above. I would be happy to be shown to be wrong.