TV Tuner for Asustor AS6404T

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dpDesignz

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#269666 1-Apr-2020 01:18

Hey All,

I've been Googling for a while now trudging through multiple forums for a couple of months on and off, but I can't seem to find a definitive answer so I thought I'd ask the local experts.

Is anyone here able to recommend a tuner I can use with my Asustor AS6404T NAS and Plex?

I've found this list on the Asustor website https://www.asustor.com/en/service/tv_stick?id=tv_stick and this list on the Plex site https://support.plex.tv/articles/225877427-supported-dvr-tuners-and-antennas/

From both of these, I'm figuring I need a Hauppauge tuner, and I've looked on the PB Tech site but the models don't seem to match either of these lists from what I can work out.

Any suggestions or advice would be much appreciated.

TIA

CYaBro

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#2451915 1-Apr-2020 08:02

Are you using an aerial or satellite dish to revive the signal?

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dpDesignz

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#2452058 1-Apr-2020 10:47

CYaBro: Are you using an aerial or satellite dish to revive the signal?

Oh, of course, totally forgot about that. Aerial 😊

fe31nz

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#2452710 2-Apr-2020 00:00

Any TV tuner you connect to the NAS will need to have drivers in the NAS kernel, and if the kernel is older (as they tend to be), that will limit your options seriously as the older devices are generally now no longer manufactured. New tuners tend to use the new multifunction chipsets that do DVB-T/T2/C/ISDB or even more all in one. But they need new drivers to work. So your best bet would be to see if you can get one of the listed compatible ones second hand. However, old tuners do die, especially USB ones, so a second hand one may have only a limited lifetime.

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#2452714 2-Apr-2020 00:30

I’d look at a network attached tuner like an hdhomerun.
No need to worry about drivers then.

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fe31nz

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#2453419 3-Apr-2020 00:08

Network tuners avoids the driver problem, but the recording software on the NAS needs to be compatible with them as a lot of them use their own proprietary protocols.

dpDesignz

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#2454848 5-Apr-2020 10:42

Ooh, that looks like a much better idea for compatibility. More expensive but more flexible. Thanks guys!