HDHomerun Premim TV Via Plex

I originally reported that it appeared the only way to get the HDHomerun Premium TV content to play on Plex was via HDHR Viewer 2.

However, it appears Lon Seidman over at Lon.tv has found the solution! Check out his solution below. I followed his steps, and all works well for me! Thanks Lon!

Keep in mind, this solution isn’t without its flaws as well (as Lon points out). Some channels may need to be manually mapped to the Guide, and even then I have found that even some of those continue to show incorrect channel content.

Either way, at least we have a couple temporary solutions!

HDHomerun Premium TV Is Now Live! However….

The HDHomeRun Premium TV feature is now live. I have signed up for the service ($35/month beats the socks off of what I’m paying for PS View at the moment!).
However, Plex will not show these channels (yet?)

To be clear, under Server Settings > Live TV & DVR the channels are listed there under Device Channels, but not under Guide Channels. If I check each of them off under Device Channels and then Save, unsurprisingly they still do not show up for viewing.

As was the case previously when trying to view HDHomeRun channels before Plex made viewing more robust, the trusty plugin HDHR Viewer 2 plays ALL of these new channels just fine! So for those of you you may have signed up for this new service from Silicon Dust, please note that all of the new channels currently work PERFECTLY through the HDHR Viewer 2 plug in.

Hopefully, Plex will get this straitened out soon (which I’m confident they will!)
Unless of course, I’m missing something – anyone else tried this out yet and have actually gotten Plex to play these new channels natively?

SiliconDust’s Game Changer

Well fellow Cord Cutters, it looks like there may be yet another option on the block – especially for those of us who already own compatible devices.

I happened upon this while checking into other settings and such on my setup. Sites such as cordcutters seem to suggest it’s already available on devices such as my HDHomeRun Extend, yet as you see here SiliconDust still lists it as “Coming Soon”.

In either case, this could be a huge game changer for me, especially if these channels will work through Plex Media Server as SiliconDust hints that “it should”. Not to mention, if this channel lineup stands, this offering threatens the likes of YouTube Tv and philo, as it includes such heavily demanded channels such as Hallmark (which is notably missing from YouTube TV and philo alike), and HGTV.

I’m going to continue to check for the firmware update, and as soon as it drops I will subscribe and provide a review.

UPDATE: I checked for firmware update this morning (8/18/2018) and Firmware Version 20180817 was available. Upon applying this update, the Demo Channels are now available! However, they only appear to be available via the HDHomerun Beta app (Android) as well as through the HDHR Viewer 2 plug in for Plex. 

Stay tuned, because it appears SiliconDust will be rolling out the full service soon!