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bnwbass

Hello all,

 

Just set up Live TV on MB3 HTPC and things seem to work well.  On the Roku side I have the Roku3 player and added the Media browser and media center channels.

What needs to be done to get an EPG within these channels?  is there a side load app for roku? I added "what on" channel to roku but that's not very useful since it's a separate channel that you need open to see listings. Also, is there a Next PVR channel for Roku?

 

thx

bw

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im85288

Hi,

 

I can speak for Media Centre and say it is currently not possible or indeed planned. When I looked at the API for Roku achieving an EPG in a decent layout did not seem possible. It may be that the official media browser channel does have plans for this though. If so I am sure Luke will mention that here.

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Chuggy

It seems that HDHR Fling is pretty much under the radar. I use it for live tv in the bedroom for my wife, while mb3 plays any recorded or downloaded content. It had a full epg and works pretty flawlessly. You do need a petty decent computer for transcoding and a hd homerun, but if you have those 2 things you're set.

 

http://hdhrfling.com/

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farside847

I would love to see the live tv channels listed in a grid view so you can see what is on multiple channels at a glance. Having to select each channel to see what is on is less awesome.

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Spaceboy

Don't think this is going to happen. All dependent on roku technology. Do you see any other apps supporting this kind of view?

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Koleckai Silvestri

Some companies get access to special API features that aren't documented in the actual Roku Developer documentation.

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farside847

I am sure your absolutly right. But this app in particular seems to be built by a one man show that likely does not have any special access. Check him out (super nice guy too) http://hdhrfling.com

 

Thanks!

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above1

It seems that HDHR Fling is pretty much under the radar. I use it for live tv in the bedroom for my wife, while mb3 plays any recorded or downloaded content. It had a full epg and works pretty flawlessly. You do need a petty decent computer for transcoding and a hd homerun, but if you have those 2 things you're set.

 

http://hdhrfling.com/

 

i saw it an it looks pretty promising.   

 

It seems that HDHR Fling is pretty much under the radar. I use it for live tv in the bedroom for my wife, while mb3 plays any recorded or downloaded content. It had a full epg and works pretty flawlessly. You do need a petty decent computer for transcoding and a hd homerun, but if you have those 2 things you're set.

 

http://hdhrfling.com/

 

Sure would be nice to get hdhrfling and MB3 working together.   I'm looking for at adding live TV to my setup and I just dumped WMC for MB3.     

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Agree...I tried HDHR Fling and while I couldn't get very good results with it, the EPG was nice.  I was a little disappointed to see that Live TV with MB3 client had no EPG as well as Live TV is working in it for me.

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farside847

I would love to see a grid like view for live tv on the roku app. There have been a few other apps built with this type of display (hdhrfling, TV guide).

 

This would make it super simple to find the show you are looking for without the need to go into each channel.

 

Thanks!

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This would be a perfect project for a new contributor. Brightscript is very easy to learn. We love it when new people submit pull requests.

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you can post wherever you like, not to worry. it doesn't matter to be if it's in FR or the roku area. but if there are two of the same it's good to combine them.

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farside847

Awesome, thanks :)

 

As I am a bit challenged when it comes to time and coding ability, I am attempting to recruit others who have built similar apps to donate their source code in the hopes that it might enable another dev to recreate similar functionality. I will let you know if I am successful.

 

I must limit myself to contributing in a financial way (paid supporter). :)

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If that is what you are doing then you are doing more than enough :) Everyone has a job to do. Donations are appreciated, although there's nothing more valuable than bringing new developers to the team. there will be a new blog post tonight that will probably attract some people. although it will be android-focused, it's the kind of thing that will attract all kinds.

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