Live tv pause not working
With a usb drive inserted for live tv pause ota will stop and channel info will pop up, sometimes it happens every 5-10 seconds, sometimes it will be every 30- 60 minutes, there doesn't seem to be an...
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Re: Live TV pause not working ---- Somewhere I posted (some other users had the same issue) If it plugs right into the TV on a USB port? its going to get warm/hot? I bought a 2 foot USB cable & put the USB thumb stick at the end of that... Did not plug it directly into the TV.... and, its over a year now. I have no issues. (it was a 50/50 shot) It may/ may not work? Works for me !!! (its a San Disk 16 GB) give it a try.. the cable is about: $6.00
Been about 6 months with an SD card and a good quality reader plugged in. Only issue so far is if you fast forward to the beginning it will slip back to the start of the 90 minutes.
Might try the extension cable to see if it's flawless but I'm satisfied with how it works now.
I made sure to get my sd card and reader from Best Buy as Amazon has too many counterfeits.
On a separate note, if it's possible to record live tv with just a flash drive like this, why isn't there a similarly simple diy DVR solution?
Darkeyez wrote:On a separate note, if it's possible to record live tv with just a flash drive like this, why isn't there a similarly simple diy DVR solution?
Far more complex to program a DVR, for a likely limited number of end users. There's only so much operational memory on the TV, and it's mostly taken up with the existing OS.
Understood.
I lazily used "DVR" when I meant within the scope of Live TV Pause. One channel at a time is fine. I'm wondering if it's possible to to extend the record time beyond 90 minutes, basically. Feel like it shouldn't be too complicated if we've come this far.
Correction: its been 2 years since I had any live TV issues with a thumb drive since I put the cable on.
The only comp. I know that sells OTA DVR's is: https://www.channelmaster.com/collections/set-top-boxes
good luck with your reader !! regards
I am not a Roku employee, just another user.
