One limit of ChannelsDVR is that they do not allow you to use a generic M3U as a TV Source as they do not want to be linked with any shady/pirate IPTV services. But right now with $5 for Emby, $5 month for Locast, $8 a month for channels, and integrate with Pluto for free +HDHR for backup if broadband is down I get a LOT of TV for $38 a month all integrated into Emby. I would certainly be willing to pay more for Emby Premiere, at least as much as I do for Channels if it had Locast and TV Everywhere Integration lie Channels. So I sorta use Channels as a software tuner device for Emby but that costs me an additional $8 a month or $80 a year. Channels really shines in it's Live TV integration where it can use HDHR Tuners, has native Locast Integration, and has Native TV Everywhere Integration. The Emby UI is so much better IMO, the Media Library Management is so much better, and it is so extensible with the various plugins that can be created. I know it seems like Channels is a competitor to Emby but really I do not think of it that way. I have configured Philo as a TV Everywhere source in channels and then I just point Emby to a M3U tuner at I have channels DVR installed on the same system as my Emby Server. Then once you have a a TV source setup in Channels DVR has the ability to publish a M3U file and act as a proxy for that source for other devices/software. It is a great feature of that ChannelsDVR product. So if your TV provider gives you access to the networks channels via TV Everywhere then you can integrate those into ChannelsDVR. I am ntot sure that there is a single way to do it and I am not aware of a guide

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