Airbender 113 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Hello Guys I am little confused about Live TV 1- Do i need HTPC with TV Tuner to get this live tv to work ? 2- Do i need Cable connections connected to Tuner card ? 3- Do i need MBT or WMC or MBC ? See i dont have htpc anymore all my HTPC computers diead so now i have 2 laptops 2 tablets 2 phone and 2 Roku and the server where MB3 is installed and i installed the plugin in server side but i have no idea how to get it working. second i dont have cable tv only internet service So how do i get this Live tv to work Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkadius 219 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Do i need HTPC with TV Tuner to get this live tv to work ? No you dont need an HTPC/Desktop but you do need a TV Tuner. You can use any of the SiliconDust HDHomeRun tuners such as this one SiliconDust HDHomeRun DUAL High Definition Digital TV Tuner HDHR3-US. This connects to your router in the house and any network device is able to connect to it. Do i need Cable connections connected to Tuner card ? If by cable you mean "Cable TV" with paid programming then no you dont need that you can get free channels with OTA(Over the air) signals. For example if you have a TV at home with an antenna and whatever channels it picks up, those are the ones the HDHomeRun tuner will receive. The HDHomeRun (TV Tuner) will need a physical cable though. An antenna connected to the port on the tuner to receive any signals. Do i need MBT or WMC or MBC ? As of right now the only two sources that receive Live TV are the web client and Media Center (MBC) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchmor 584 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) Hi guys, you DO need a PC with WMC at the moment as the only Live TV plugin is ServerWMC. Tuner can be in the PC or Network. The ONLY client is the web client, MBC does not have Live TV. Cheers Edited March 1, 2014 by Latchmor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender 113 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 I have high end tv tuner card I can install it on my server and use it then and yes web client will do for live tv Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starkadius 219 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Hi guys, you DO need a PC with WMC at the moment as the only Live TV plugin is ServerWMC. Tuner can be in the PC or Network. The ONLY client is the web client, MBC does not. Cheers For WMC you need a PC of course but the PC running WMC does not need to have the tuner installed on it, it will detect the HDHomerun on the network it is connected to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchmor 584 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I have high end tv tuner card I can install it on my server and use it then and yes web client will do for live tv Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Hi, you must have WMC on a PC somewhere in your setup to get Live TV working. That PC must have an internal TV Tuner or access to a Network TV Tuner. You just said you have "tv tuner card" which sounds internal so you'll need a PC with WMC to install this in. The 'must have' at the moment is a PC with Windows Media Center. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latchmor 584 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Hi @@Airbender see if this helps. A couple options below with the only difference being the 1st uses an internal TV Tuner like you have and the 2nd uses a Network TV Tuner. Internal TV Tuner 1. TV Signal -> 2. TV Tuner (In PC) -> 3. Windows Media Center -> 4. ServerWMC -> 5. MB Server ServerWMC Plugin -> 6. Live TV in MB Web Client In the above setup steps 2, 3 and 4 are all the same PC. Network TV Tuner 1. TV Signal -> 2. Network TV Tuner -> 3. Windows Media Center -> 4. ServerWMC -> 5. MB Server ServerWMC Plugin -> 6. Live TV in MB Web Client In this one steps 3 and 4 are same PC. There can be other steps if you use DVBLink software which I don't so I was just listing the most basic setups so far. Cheers Latchmor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender 113 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Hi thanks guys I will have to see if my server which is windows seven with wmc has a slot open as I filled so many slots with pcie and PCI sata cards perhaps network tuner card won't hurt as I have over 100 dollars gift card and store credit from newegg.com and can't find anything to buy so I can get network extranal tv tuner box and connect it to my routor or switch Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender 113 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 The question is which tuner box will be the best ?? Again thanks guys and sorry I been so far behind with so much new thing in MB 3 and now getting my feet wet in world of MB 3 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender 113 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Also one last thing HD free live Chanel's sound interesting but In this case only few Chanel's will be available so in this case I thought live tv plugin was for tv Chanel from the net like bbc or CNN or MTV kind Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender 113 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Interesting I can get this for $79.99 from newegg SiliconDust HDHomeRun DUAL High Definition Digital TV Tuner HDHR3-US (Black) (2013 Model) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mboehler 94 Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 (edited) Interesting I can get this for $79.99 from newegg SiliconDust HDHomeRun DUAL High Definition Digital TV Tuner HDHR3-US (Black) (2013 Model) Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk I can recommend this device. I have the (White) version. It has 2 TV Tuners in it and connectw to your network. Since it connects to the network, you do not need a PCI slot in your PC. I have an OTA (Over the Air) TV antenna, and I used a splitter to connect both tuners in the HDHomeRun Dual. Then you just have to set up Windows Media Center on your PC to use the tuners. Install ServerWMC on the PC with WMC, then install the ServerWMC Plugin into MBServer (this can be on the same PC or a different one), and you will be all set. Edited March 1, 2014 by mboehler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Airbender 113 Posted March 1, 2014 Author Share Posted March 1, 2014 Thanks to everyone perhaps i can make video tut for it and share here Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dkuser_mb3 0 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 A (video) tutorial would be greeeaat :-) I'm about to start getting my HDHomerun connected to my MB3 box /Jon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbaeder@aol.com 0 Posted April 25, 2014 Share Posted April 25, 2014 Just remember - First things First...Get Windows Media Center FULLY working the way you want. Internal or network tuner; CabelCard or Over The Air; etc. Server WMC is then added to the same computer that has WMC running on it...Basically it is the bridge from WMC to MB3...Then FINALLY, install and configure the plug in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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