But I know what you mean though. Which kinda goes with the work around
conversation too. Sure there are work arounds to stuff and long ones at
that too sometimes. But why not write the thing accessably in the first
place? The thing that kinda was a blessing with Windows Media Center is
that it had key strokes that were symilar to Windows Media Player. It
had it's meh bits too but had Larry Scutchan sold his coding he did
where he made Media Center 2005 verry cool and made it sing and dance
with the code for the APH stuff all would have been perfectly epic. But
yeah watching and recording was super easy with WMC. The guide was easy
too. Lary's coding he tried just made it all that much more easyer. More
epic too.
On 6/12/2018 9:59 PM, Hamit Campos wrote:
Ah okay. Thanks. Yeah using the Jaws curser can be hit and miss. Oh
well I guess. We'll see when I get that XPS I guess.
On 6/12/2018 7:32 PM, Aman Singer wrote:
Hi,
Recording is more or less usable. Again, the problem with Plex, I
found, was that it was just too much work. This is TV, not surgery, I
am simply not willing to put in huge effort because, for example, the
link isn't labelled, or you have to use object nav/jaws cursor to
access things... You get the idea. You can record, and can do so by
show or immediately, as I recall (it's been a week or so since I
cancelled the subscription). With Next PVR, recording is
inaccessible, so far as I could find.
You write:
I also emagin setting up your tooner/tooners wasn't accessible eitehr.
Actually, it was. Channel scanning and tuner setup generally is
accessible, I didn't even find it difficult and I had and needed no
sighted help.
You write:
So yeah they're all basically kinda meh is what you're saying than.
Honestly, the best of them are meh. The worst of them are
hopelessly unusable. AverMedia's application is so much of a mess
that it causes issues with the screen reader itself. Next PVR is
unusable. I don't want to report bad news, but unfortunately, I
haven't found something that is easy to use and works well. The
current state of play, as I understand it and so far as I know it, is
that if you must use something, use plex but don't expect to enjoy it.
Aman
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Hamit Campos
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2018 10:09 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [all-audio] Software such as Plex.
Ah no my friend you're verry helpfull. Well what I would do once I
get an XPS 8930 is like you said. The guide watch TV and record. So
how did recording go or did you not get into the DVR stuff? I also
emagin setting up your tooner/tooners wasn't accessible eitehr. But
nor was it in Windows Media Center. Shame on Microsoft. But anyways
yeah just to make things a little clearer that's my agenda with this.
Especially the DVR thing. Sometimes ya miss things like when cute
little Ariana Grande hostedSNL. Ah but had I had Media Center or 1 of
these replacements, kinda sorta, I coulda DVR'ed it.
On 6/11/2018 7:57 PM, Aman Singer wrote:
Hi,
I have had some experience with these applications and am not
particularly happy with any of them. Whether you will be, I think,
depends upon what you'd like to do and the extent to which you want
to use advanced features.
As for Plex, it's usable, but that's all that can be said. There
are many unlabeled links in the windows web-based application, the
Android app is a pain both because of lack of labelling and because
it seems to have keyboard issues over and above those in Android
more generally, and I haven't tried the IOS app. I can, on the
windows/web version, scan for channels, watch them, and use the
program guide in a sense, but it is not quick or easy to do. Note
that I have only used Plex to try to access a TV tuner with their
premium product, I prefer to use other media players to play my own
offline content and, given Plex's accessibility issues, I wouldn't
use it as a cloud media player even if I wanted such a player. Note
also that I am not able to access closed captioning at all.
I've also tried next PVR, but it is almost useless. The keyboard
shortcuts only work to do a few things, the window is not accessible
at all and the EPG is not usable. There is no access to closed
captioning.
I haven't tried WinTV's stuff recently, but when I tried it some
years ago, it was hopeless unless all you wanted to do was to change
channels.
I'm honestly not sure of any decent application for any
operating system which will give access to over-the-air or cable
broadcasts. I would appreciate any correction or suggestions, and am
sorry to be of so little help.
Aman
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of
Hamit Campos
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2018 11:41 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [all-audio] Software such as Plex.
Hi. Has anyone here tried stuff like Plex? Cause that seems to be
the biggest thing people are using to kinda sorta replace the epic
Windows Media Center. Shame real shame on Microsoft for doing away
with it. But in any case I did wander how accessible or even usable
any of these other programs are. Do any of you either yourselves or
because of family have an HD Home Run Prime? If so have you tried
the apps? They any usable? What about Haupauge's Win TV app for
their Wibn TV tooners?
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