Logitech Harmony Remote and Apple TV

[carsten1212]

Hi,

I am very frustrated with my current setup (4 DVB-C tuners with tvheadend on a linux server) an the clients.

Solution 1 uses MRMC, an app which seems to be abandoned and forgets PVR settings every second day
Solution 2 uses tvhclient directly on tvheadend, but using the arrows on my Logitech Harmony remote will 
               increase/decrease speed only and this is more or less unusable. No chance the developer changes
               this to some other method like skipping.

I read a bit in this forum and found out that there was a lot of discussion about the original Apple remotes and
their clicking/touching behaviour when using the edges. Honestly I am now a bit lost how the app on tvOS is
handling that today. 

Did anyone tried out how a "normal" remote would behave with the client? I prefer knowing in advance before
I pay for the app and are even more frustrated. What I can say is that when I use the original ATV4 remote
and touch at the edges, it behaves exactly like when I use the four arrows on the Logitech remote. No idea
what the Logitech sends when using the fwd/bwd keys. 

I already set up a nextPVR docker image and it seems to work, beside that it always wants to transcode which 
my server isn't capable of. But I understood Apple TV will use direct streaming.

Thanks,
Carsten.

[mvallevand]

I already set up a nextPVR docker image and it seems to work, beside that it always wants to transcode which 
my server isn't capable of. But I understood Apple TV will use direct streaming.

All platforms, including Docker,  will use direct play if the client allows it.  

You may wish to turn off thumbnail generation and timing generation to reduce the load on your Docker machine if it is not powerful.  I believe sub is looking into thumbnails for the Apple client, but even then they are an acquired taste.

Martin

[carsten1212]

Thanks Martin.

So to answer the other question myself: I invested 8€ and bought the Apple TV client. On my Logitech Harmony, there is
these cross buttons and also fwd/bwd buttons. Recordings (and also timeshifted video) will jump forward 1 minute and
30 seconds back when using them, that's not perfect but a behaviour I can live with :-).

I have another issue with some channels, and one on the German translation, but will open another thread for them.

Greetz, Carsten.

[mvallevand]

I think the 1 minute forward and 30s back is the normal long skip with NextPVR. Sub has talked about adding thumbnail support so that could help you more for longer skipping.

On that note I want to rant about Apple with their stupid touch remote. I just watched 30 episodes of a series on YouTube that always began at 1:36 Using the stupid slider and YT thumbnails I probably spend more than 1:36 to get there each time. I longed for being able to hit 2 rights and a left.

Martin