Ive been using a hdhomerun connect QUATRO for the last 2 years with Plex. Once the metadata is read by MCEBuddy it can be saved in different formats. This item SiliconDust HDHomeRun EXTEND An app that allows a Ceton InfiniTV.If you retain the MPG format as your output format, only HDHR will be able to read the metadata from the file.If you convert from MPG to non MPG format, HDHR will no longer be able to read the metadata from the converted file (MCEBuddy will save the metadata in other file formats also).MCEBuddy supports reading and writing this metadata format. This is a HDHR proprietary format for storing the metadata which is not supported by any other player (Plex etc). HDHR stores and retrieves the metadata only in MPG files.I think you’re confusing two separate concepts: I read on another post that converting to anything other than. Luckily, my wife is tech savvy and can put up with the foibles. ![]() I just wanted a set-it-and-forget-it system. We can live with the mp4 and hunt for the recording. What I’m asking for is maybe a hint as to the best combination of tuner setting and transcode setting on MCB so that I the files end up with the proper title and season info digestible by Plex. Will it keep the metadata? Will Plex like it? It’s big, and both the Amazon and Roku devices buffer when playing it. But… I read on another post that converting to anything other than. And, yes, I followed the Plex naming format as described in their user guide. I have to look through all the recordings to find what I recorded. What’s goofed up is the metadata because Plex has no idea how to categorize the file. ![]() ![]() I can do this now by instructing MCB to transcode to mp4 Normal. My goal, and it’s only partly realized, is for the recordings to end up on Plex as TV Shows that I can watch with either a Roku or an Amazon Fire device. This was originally set this way for the Plex DVR (which I have abandoned). Please consult the documentation for those programs about their DVR server requirements. Third party DVR services such as Plex, Channels, Jellyfin, Emby, and others, will not use the USB port on the FLEX for DVR storage. I have two HDHR Extends which are set to transcode to High Quality. This section only applies to the HDHomeRun DVR service and/or official HDHomeRun app.
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