Mentioned this in the FB board’s yttv/mouse thread, and I’m still working out the details, but overall I’m going to implement a local dvr solution using channels dvr server.
In general the setup will be something like this:
antenna—>HD Homerun->Channels DVR Server<-“cable” streamer
Devices then use the channels app.
So this combines OTA and streaming channels into one menu, and you record from there.
You don’t need a cable streamer, but we're lucky to get the 3 main channels OTA here.
End result is that when the time comes again to swap streaming cable providers, it’s all under the hood and the end user (read that as wife) won’t know the difference.
Now to figure out the what and how of it all.
While sports has good coverage, their remaining channel offering was missing some prominent stations, last I looked.
So it depends on what you’re after, and whether or not they are missing other channels you want.
Plenty of ways around that.
This whole fiasco, again, is making me rethink my setup and trying to position for a better/easier/less hassle experience long term. Here's the big picture I'm zeroing in on:
- OTA Antenna
- HD HomeRun
- Channels DVR Server + NAS
- whatever "cable streamer"
- Channels App on devices
(OTA connected to HDHR -> HDHR connected to Channels DVR Server <- "Cable Streamer" connected to Channels DVR Server)
The channels dvr server is the glue in this deal, and pulls it all together. The thing being that when this happens again, I can swap credentials "under the hood" in the channels dvr server, and keep on going without impacting the end user experience and having to use a different app and losing whatever recordings etc.
I have several options that can run the server and whatnot, but have to figure out what I want to do about storage.
ETA: Channels DVR Server also has multiview.