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We've wanted to get rid of cable for a while, and Groupon had a deal a couple weeks ago for a unidirectional antenna and a Roku 2 XD for around $80, so we jumped on it. The stuff came in the mail yesterday, and I'm pretty happy thus far with the OTA signal quality (we haven't cancelled yet, but plan to soon). I need to fiddle with antenna placement some since I'm not getting one of the networks, and as far as I can tell its tower is comparable in strength and on the same mountain as another channel that comes in great. Maybe I'll make one of those coat hanger ones someone linked to earlier, and I may just try using the existing coax in antenna mode and see how that goes. I was actually an early Roku adopter back when it was pretty much just a netflix box, and I've been running Plex for a while as well. The only thing that bugs me about Plex is that the Windows version of the server software doesn't run as a service, so a user has to be logged in to the computer for it to run. I've seen various workarounds for this with varying reports of success, but haven't been arsed to try any of them for myself. Anyone have any experiences with that?
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stubblyhead posted:The only thing that bugs me about Plex is that the Windows version of the server software doesn't run as a service, so a user has to be logged in to the computer for it to run. I've seen various workarounds for this with varying reports of success, but haven't been arsed to try any of them for myself. Anyone have any experiences with that? If anyone is interested in this, some changes in the Plex software make this pretty easy to do now. It still doesn't install as a service, but it seems to work perfectly well if you make a scheduled task for it set to run at startup.
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May 29, 2013 16:42
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berzerkmonkey posted:Not this condo association - they're pretty much the worst bunch of assholes you'd ever want to be involved with. Plug in her address here. They get their data from the FCC or whoever, but they allow you to specify things like antenna height that may give you a more accurate picture of what reception is going to be like. Also, regardless of what her condo association's rules are, she can put an antenna outside if she wants to (assuming there's a balcony or something where she can actually put it). There are federal laws surrounding that, and you're not allowed to bar people from doing it.
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May 29, 2013 19:40
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berzerkmonkey posted:I haven't done much research regarding Plex - I'm assuming it runs on your media server though. Does it run as a background app, or does it essentially take everything over? Can I run it on my media server without interrupting access from my XBMC? Unfortunately it does not run as a service in windows out of the box, meaning a user must be logged in for it to work. That may not be an issue for you, but it drove me nuts. There are some good workarounds now, however I believe there are some limitations on what channels will work (everything I use it for works fine). See my earlier post ITT for more info, and I'm happy to help if you need.
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Here's a potentially stupid question for you guys. How do you figure out what's going to be on? I don't want to take out a subscription to TV Guide or the local newspaper. Are there decent guides for broadcast TV available online?
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Jun 20, 2013 01:42
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Bizarro Kanyon posted:Is there a way to be watching a video stream on a laptop ad have it displayed on my tv through a roku 3? Plex can do youtube as well, so it's conceivable that there's a channel for whatever streaming thing you're interested in. e: Speaking of Plex, I'm having trouble getting some content to show up. I add the folder in the media manager and rescan, and sometimes my stuff just doesn't show up. I understand it has really good format support, but I'm not sure what else would cause this. The documentation isn't too great either, unfortunately. Any ideas? stubblyhead fucked around with this message at 22:54 on Jun 25, 2013 |
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Jun 25, 2013 22:46
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Call Me Charlie posted:There's also a chance that, if it's TV shows, the files aren't named in a fashion where the media scanner can pick them up. I've had that happen before and it was fixed by renaming them Show.Sxx.Exx.Episode Name I've seen that too, but in my experience it will still list stuff, it just can't find the metadata to display titles and such. e: This is exactly what it was, actually. It seems that if you don't have your stuff named and organized the way it wants it won't be able to find the metadata, and in some cases it won't even recognize there's anything in there at all. stubblyhead fucked around with this message at 05:39 on Jun 26, 2013 |
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Jun 26, 2013 01:00
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withak posted:What is the use in sharing then? If the 2nd person just wants the free shipping and doesn't want any streaming video? Pretty much. You get discounts on two-day shipping as well plus I think a couple other things too, but the streaming video goes to the primary account holder only.
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Jun 27, 2013 04:36
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Any suggestions for getting World Cup soccer? e: ESPN Channel on Roku seems to have everything! I didn't have to do any authentication and I don't have cable service, so I don't know maybe it's free?? stubblyhead fucked around with this message at 22:17 on Jun 12, 2014 |
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goku chewbacca posted:Who's your ISP? Many cable internet companies include ESPN3, the internet only streaming channel, with your internet package. And they probably used your connection to automatically authenticate. If you don't have cable TV with ESPN, ESPN2, ESPN News, U, etc. you won't be able to watch the streams from those channels. The opening game Brazil v. Croatio is available on ESPN 3 right now. I have Comcast for my internet service, and that was the game I was watching. Now that I'm trying to look at something on the main station it indeed does want me to log in with something.
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