[SGVLUG] TV Steaming Services for Linux

[Jan Foote via SGVLUG]

Hi Braddock,
I don't have cable or Satellite either.  I have a straight line and can see Mount Wilson from my living room window and get a great signal.  I get about 60 channels.  Some are not on Cable or Dish like This TV which shows old Johnny Carson re-runs and classic shows from the 70 and 80's.  Austin City Limits on Saturday night is a treat.  

If you don't have good over the air reception, there is legal FTA satellite TV.  It has programming not available anywhere else.  I picked up a box on Craigslist for around $40 or $50 a few years ago. You need to get a larger satellite dish made for FTA with a clear shot to the Southern sky.  I didn't proceed with the satellite dish as my husband didn't want to go off Dish TV cold turkey.  If you're interested in that I'll send you an e-mail thread I had with someone that was quite savvy with FTA.  Here's some info:

Free to Air (FTA) Satellite System

  
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At SCALE I saw a setup to use on a computer.  I don't remember the name of it, it may have had a r in the letters.  Anyone know what that is?

Thank you, 
Jan




      From: Michael Proctor-Smith via SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net>
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I am a playstation vue subscriber. It which basically works out to be online DVR, which auto deletes recordings after a month. I have used it on ps3, ps4, firestick, android phone(with display on chromecast). That said it will not stream to linux desktop. Other downside is that it only lets you stream to your "home" network. 
On Thu, Feb 8, 2018 at 2:02 PM, Braddock Gaskill via SGVLUG <sgvlug at sgvlug.net> wrote:

Hi folks,I was looking into TV streaming services.  I do not get cable TV, only Spectrum Internet and phone.  Spectrum offered me a $21/mo service of any 10 channels + local broadcast channels to my Roku TV and devices.  However, I was uncertain it would work on Linux.
I know from experience that xfinity's TV streaming service does NOT work under Linux (I don't know why not, it is just web-based).
Youtube, Slingbox...does anyone have any recommendations?
-braddock



   
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