freeview via broadband

zaax

If you want a box under the TV Google Chromecast; Apple TV to name a few otherwise https://www.filmon.com will provide what you need via your laptop etc.

JJ_Egan

wellynever wrote: »

Just turned on the Raspberry PI to have a look but JJ as mentioned one i use.

Mod's nothing illegal about this, It's the only way some people can get Freeview.

Android box will pick up thousands of free legal TV channels that are brodcast by the providers over the internet as well as play your own movies and music .

enfield_freddy

ok looking better , how do I extract "shadownet" from that pile , and have a link pointing to it (UK) ?

wellynever

JJ_Egan wrote: »

Android box will pick up thousands of free legal TV channels that are brodcast by the providers over the internet as well as play your own movies and music .

True but last time i mentioned Kodi the thread was pulled.

enfield_freddy

zaax wrote: »

If you want a box under the TV Google Chromecast; Apple TV to name a few otherwise www.filmon.com will provide what you need via your laptop etc.

film on has a lot of channels missing , however up to now its the easiest one to configure / use , by a small amount of keystrokes

gjchester

wellynever wrote: »

True but last time i mentioned Kodi the thread was pulled.

All of these 3rd party online streaming services are of borderline legality.

Its not illegal to stream TV from the broadcaster (aka iPlayer etc) anywhere in the world, if the broadcaster allows it. Most don't and lock their streams to a set geographical area for rights reasons.

What gets in to dubious grounds is someone else taking a feed (be that from a TV aerial farm somewhere or from a digital source and then streaming the signal they then generate, as it becomes rebroadcast. There are also issues in sending a TV program to a territories that the original broadcaster is not licensed for.

tronator

AJXX wrote: »

There is no such thing as a "freeview box that uses a ethernet cable".

Really? So how do my HD Homerun boxes work then?

Of course, reception is via aerial... :whistle:

musafir05

Grab an ipad and use a freeview app to watch live tv on the TV using an hdmi adapter. :money:

RumRat

enfield_freddy wrote: »

film on has a lot of channels missing , however up to now its the easiest one to configure / use , by a small amount of keystrokes

TVCatchup has an app for each OS HERE. The problem with all of them is that when you upscale it to your TV the quality of the pic isn't going to be the best. None of them will have the full Freeview list of channels available.

enfield_freddy

http://www.tvcatchup.com/channels , umm , 9 useable channels !!!




don,t think I will suggest buying an ipad and a cable


probably cheaper to go to the pub and watch.




I have set up a very basic raspberry Pi for him , boots directly to XBMC/kodi , all apps removed apart from not film on , plastered the icon multiple times under the remaining sectionsd that can be seen , (vids / programms) , gave him a £5 remote from ebay , bit slow (steam power) but does the job. due to booting from an sd card , I haver powered it directly from powe socket , not TV USB.