online service to record TV?

Forums › Online streaming services › online service to record TV?

gordonisnz

113 posts

Master Geek
+1 received by user: 10

#298951 29-Jul-2022 20:52

Hi, some time ago, I heard about an NZ service where you subscribe/join, & it records your fave shows which you can watch at your own time online.

Does anyone know of this service? I cant recall.

ascroft

446 posts

Ultimate Geek
+1 received by user: 184

Subscriber

#2948076 29-Jul-2022 20:55

TVNZ on demand?

"Artificial Intelligence" - aka Machine Learning 2.0

Stu

Hammered
8833 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 2436

Moderator

ID Verified

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2948084 29-Jul-2022 21:11

Possibly Vodafone TV, which is now defunct?

People often mistake me for an adult because of my age.

Keep calm, and carry on posting.

Referral Links: Sharesies -

Are you happy with what you get from Geekzone? If so, please consider supporting us by subscribing.

No matter where you go, there you are.

gordonisnz

113 posts

Master Geek
+1 received by user: 10

#2948090 29-Jul-2022 21:19

Vodafone Tv closes in SEP 2022.

re TVNZ on demand - yes, Except it'll record all the channels - not only TVNZ.

IE I tell it I like This show the other show, and that show over there.. it ONLY records those shows and displays them like a normal recorder on my account etc. I can watch/delete etc

I don't want a choice of 1,000 different shows and have to remember which shows I'm watching - or which episode I'm up to.

Stu

Hammered
8833 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 2436

Moderator

ID Verified

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2948114 29-Jul-2022 23:22

You can't buy a Vodafone TV unit if you don't already have one, so it's effectively (and unfortunately) defunct. Current owners (we have 3 devices) can continue using the service until it is switched off (yes, September).

I mentioned the Vodafone TV service, because it can roughly do what you describe. By that I mean you can record TV programs or entire series of shows of your choice (providing licencing allows, and there are too many programs you can't record, but that's a different discussion). You can view your list of recorded programs and play them as you wish and 'delete' them when you're done with them. The recordings are stored online on Vodafone's servers, instead of locally like a digital set-top recorder box, but the interface is kinda similar. It's one of the reasons we purchased these units.

TVNZ On demand doesn't actually 'record' anything. It's merely an application with a list of all of their programs available to stream, including live channels, but is ONLY TVNZ owned channels and programming, not all channels as you suggested above. The ThreeNow application does the same thing for their channels/programs.

The Vodafone TV team did comment briefly on how difficult it was to obtain rights for users to record live channels/programs, to be stored online and accessed as required (they mentioned it in one of the VTV threads here on Geekzone), so I'm sure any other service would have the same legal issues and licencing costs to provide this service. If a legal service exists it would be interesting to see what they offer, and what their subscription fees are.

People often mistake me for an adult because of my age.

Keep calm, and carry on posting.

Referral Links: Sharesies -

Are you happy with what you get from Geekzone? If so, please consider supporting us by subscribing.

No matter where you go, there you are.

davidcole

6112 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 1476

Trusted

#2948293 30-Jul-2022 11:38

gordonisnz:
Vodafone Tv closes in SEP 2022.

re TVNZ on demand - yes, Except it'll record all the channels - not only TVNZ.

IE I tell it I like This show the other show, and that show over there.. it ONLY records those shows and displays them like a normal recorder on my account etc. I can watch/delete etc

I don't want a choice of 1,000 different shows and have to remember which shows I'm watching - or which episode I'm up to.

Most decent Ondemand services have a playlist for shows and keep track of what episode you’re up to . And anything that’s currently broadcasting will be fairy prominent

For tvnz on demand it’s called favourites.

Not sure about tv3 as I don’t watch anything on there.

Else You’ll need some sort of recording device.

Previously known as psycik

Home Assistant: Gigabyte AMD A8 Brix, Home Assistant with Aeotech ZWave Controller, Raspberry PI, Wemos D1 Mini, Zwave, Shelly Humidity and Temperature sensors
Media:Chromecast v2, ATV4 4k, ATV4, HDHomeRun Dual
Server Host Plex Server 3x3TB, 4x4TB using MergerFS, Samsung 850 evo 512 GB SSD, Proxmox Server with 1xW10, 2xUbuntu 22.04 LTS, Backblaze Backups, usenetprime.com fastmail.com Sharesies Trakt.TV Sharesight

xpd

Geek of Coastguard
14194 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 4660

Retired Mod

ID Verified

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2948303 30-Jul-2022 12:06

If you're of the mind and have the spare hardware for it, can do it yourself via NextPVR.

I recently had this running successfully, was able to series record, and watch live TV on any device in the house.

I just got fed up with the adverts still :D

XPD / Gavin

LinkTree

HP

Shop now for HP laptops and other devices (affiliate link).

fe31nz

1303 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 430

#2948482 30-Jul-2022 23:20

xpd:

If you're of the mind and have the spare hardware for it, can do it yourself via NextPVR.

I recently had this running successfully, was able to series record, and watch live TV on any device in the house.

I just got fed up with the adverts still :D

I thought NextPVR had decent skip capability - you should be able to use that to skip over the ads with ease. I certainly can using MythTV.

xpd

Geek of Coastguard
14194 posts

Uber Geek
+1 received by user: 4660

Retired Mod

ID Verified

Trusted

Lifetime subscriber

#2948516 31-Jul-2022 09:38

Yeah it does, but I got use to having no adverts ;)

XPD / Gavin

LinkTree