Local Media Library with NAS Connectivity

[joestk]

I have a lot of existing TV Shows and Movies that I play through Infuse at the moment, but would like to consolidate all my media into a single centralised server.

I know there are lots of other apps doing this already like Plex and Emby but they need hdhomerun or xteve to get live tv working,  infuse is to anal and refuses to add iptv functionality and the majority of media portal/centre apps dont have apple tv clients so moving NextPVR into the media portal space by adding local media with TMDB TVDB etc would be amazing and let me and i am sure many apple tv owners consolidate into a central server/client system…..Kodi doesnt cut it either no server/client functions just a SB hack that is to complicated for everyday users and plugins that get shutdown etc.     

NextPCR-MCE could be something new,   A place for Live TV, Recorded TV and Local Media,  Ability to scan local media and playback from NAS devices,  Maybe add the ability to manually select a recorded program to transcode to mp4 and automatically move to the NAS.   

No third party plugins to get free tv/movies to keep easy to support and for users to manage.

The other suggestion is an Update of the UI,  its a bit dated especially channel display and the EPG,   Have a look at sichobopvr it has a skin that looks great and you can personalise screen colours etc.    No apple tv client or android either.

I guess others may have this as wishlist as well so apologies if this is a repeated post, I couldnt find any simular in searches so thought I woul raise it as an idea, again one I think a lot of users would like and use, not just apple ones. 

Happy to chat more on this too, and would offer help but best I could do would be a beta tester - I have no idea about programing or coding

[mvallevand]

NextPVR UI clients already play local media. Not sophisticated like the big guys but easy to configure. The NextTool utility also import videos for playback.

I think the EPG in the UI clients is perfect for a 10' interface but it is skinable so go for creating your own skin if you are so inclined. The look is dated but there is a lot of resistance to change, just adding a few images caused way too many complaints.

Not sure where you searched but there are two Android clients, and there is an Apple TV client. There is also Kodi which has the pvr interface and alos the UI client interface. This link is poorly named http://www.nextpvr.com/download.html but it gives you some idea.

Martin