Which tuner card do you use?

[pmac 143]

Just out of curiosity, which live TV tuner card do you guys use? I'd like to get into using Live TV with Emby again, but I've only got an old (Non-HD) Hauppauge card. With so many different choices out there, it's hard to know what to buy, and I'd trust the personal experience of Emby users over what I read about different cards via Google.

If it makes a difference, I'm not on cable TV, I'm on Bell Satellite (Canada), which has a receiver STB with Component-OUT.

Thanks!

Edited January 16, 2016 by pmac

[breezytm 124]

The only vendor supported right now is HDHomeRun. It must be a DLNA network tuner .

Edited January 16, 2016 by breezytm

[pmac 143]

Ah, okay. I don't know much about those, I'll have to check it out. Thanks!

[pmac 143]

Hmm.. It seems HDHomeRun may not be compatible with BellTV, sounds like I might be SOL on the Emby LiveTV front...

[jasonmcroy 316]

Well, Emby Live TV has several options outside of HDHomerun - You can use another backend and plugin type solution such as NextPVR, MediaPortal, etc. 

 

You're right, I don't think HDHomerun works with Satellites. I am not very familiar with what tuners work with your setup.

[breezytm 124]

I thought he was referring to the builtin live tv feature. And no hdhomerun doesn't work with companies that does not support cable cards unless its ota

[Luke 42077]

@@pmac

 

We now have native Hauppauge support available for testing in the Emby Server beta: 

 

https://emby.media/community/index.php?/topic/54560-32609-hauppauge-support/?hl=hauppauge

 

No plugin required. Thanks !

[tdiguy 99]

If belltv has cablecards a hdhr prime would likely work and it gives you 3 tuners.