{"id":868,"date":"2020-08-16T19:18:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T02:18:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diyfuturism.com\/?p=868"},"modified":"2023-01-10T16:07:10","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T00:07:10","slug":"plex-locast-recording-local-tv-without-the-antenna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diyfuturism.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/16\/plex-locast-recording-local-tv-without-the-antenna\/","title":{"rendered":"Plex &#038; Locast: Recording Local TV Without the Antenna"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Update: Locast has ceased operations. Old post archived here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have been a long time Plex user for years. Alongside my extensive movie collection, I also like to keep up on the local news and occasionally watch some sports or TV special. Previously I had successfully used a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/34j3zKH\" target=\"_blank\">TV tuner<\/a> with Plex, but after moving to a new home that got terrible reception, I had to look for other solutions. Thankfully, here in the US, Locast allows you to get local OTA TV over the internet. Here&#8217;s how to get it into Plex.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2>THE PROBLEM<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The way I had solved this previously was buying a <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/34j3zKH\" target=\"_blank\">HDHomeRun TV tuner<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/31Xn34C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">basic antenna<\/a>. Setting that up with Plex could not be more simple: Simple plug in an antenna and plug the tuner into your network, Plex auto-discovers it and populates the TV Guide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But after moving to a dead spot in OTA reception, this wouldn&#8217;t work. And I know I&#8217;m not the only one with this problem &#8211; many people live in apartments where they can&#8217;t mount an antenna, or live too far from a broadcast source to reliably pick up a signal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"diyfuturism-20\";\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"manual\";\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\namzn_assoc_linkid = \"99c6a397d832543279b31ade0790d132\";\namzn_assoc_design = \"in_content\";\namzn_assoc_asins = \"B076FNSM6B,B07XQLW1H7,B07RQ99XJH,B08B6F1FV5\";\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2>THE SOLUTION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"871\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/diyfuturism.com\/2020-08-16-182535_906x399_scrot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-182535_906x399_scrot.png?fit=906%2C399&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"906,399\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2020-08-16-182535_906x399_scrot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-182535_906x399_scrot.png?fit=300%2C132&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-182535_906x399_scrot.png?fit=854%2C376&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"376\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-182535_906x399_scrot.png?resize=854%2C376&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-182535_906x399_scrot.png?w=906&amp;ssl=1 906w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-182535_906x399_scrot.png?resize=300%2C132&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-182535_906x399_scrot.png?resize=768%2C338&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-182535_906x399_scrot.png?resize=600%2C264&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/locast.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Locast<\/a> is a non-profit whose mission is to modernize and digitize public broadcast TV in the United States. They do this currently in 22 markets &#8211; mostly large cities &#8211; and it is funded by a $5\/monthly donation if you want to stream or watch for more than 15 minutes at a time. I think this is a service well worth supporting. In my market, that $5\/month donation gets me 47 channels, including the local NPR affiliate, enough sports for my casual fan vibe, and every major local news network in HD.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Locast does not integrate with Plex directly. To get Locast streams into Plex requires another piece of software &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tgorgdotcom\/locast2plex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">locast2plex<\/a>. This proxies the Locast stream and emulates a hardware TV tuner &#8211; just like connecting that physical HDHomeRun box I previously had.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>SETTING IT UP<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>First off, sign up for a Locast account, select a market, and set up a monthly donation. A free account on Locast won&#8217;t work with <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tgorgdotcom\/locast2plex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">locast2plex<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my home server, everything runs in Docker. And conveniently, locast2plex comes as an easy to deploy Docker container as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s my Docker Compose config:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>version: '2'\nservices:\n  locast2plex:\n    image: tgorg\/locast2plex\n    container_name: locast2plex\n    ports:\n      - \"6077:6077\"\n      - \"1900:1900\/udp\"\n    restart: unless-stopped\n    environment:\n      - username=example@domain.com\n      - 'password=XXXXX'\n      - external_addy=192.168.0.X\n      - external_port=6077\n      - debug=yes<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Fairly straight forward: the username and password are your Locast credentials. I ran into trouble with Docker parsing my password correctly because of special characters, and including the whole line in single quotes solved it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The external address is the LAN IP address of your server machine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>COMBINING WITH PLEX<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>In your Plex server settings, you will need to go to the &#8220;Manage&#8221; section and look in &#8220;Live TV &amp; DVR&#8221;. Here, add a new device.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"872\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/diyfuturism.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/16\/plex-locast-recording-local-tv-without-the-antenna\/2020-08-16-183536_831x545_scrot-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-183536_831x545_scrot-1.png?fit=831%2C545&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"831,545\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2020-08-16-183536_831x545_scrot-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-183536_831x545_scrot-1.png?fit=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-183536_831x545_scrot-1.png?fit=831%2C545&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"831\" height=\"545\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-183536_831x545_scrot-1.png?resize=831%2C545&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-872\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-183536_831x545_scrot-1.png?w=831&amp;ssl=1 831w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-183536_831x545_scrot-1.png?resize=300%2C197&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-183536_831x545_scrot-1.png?resize=768%2C504&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-183536_831x545_scrot-1.png?resize=600%2C394&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><figcaption>Plex Settings: Add DVR Tuner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Auto-discover didn&#8217;t work for me &#8211; I had to give it the IP and port manually. Then it connected and showed up as a regular DVR and my guide information began downloading:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-attachment-id=\"873\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/diyfuturism.com\/index.php\/2020\/08\/16\/plex-locast-recording-local-tv-without-the-antenna\/2020-08-16-185652_831x483_scrot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-185652_831x483_scrot.png?fit=831%2C483&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"831,483\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"2020-08-16-185652_831x483_scrot\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-185652_831x483_scrot.png?fit=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-185652_831x483_scrot.png?fit=831%2C483&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"831\" height=\"483\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-185652_831x483_scrot.png?resize=831%2C483&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-185652_831x483_scrot.png?w=831&amp;ssl=1 831w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-185652_831x483_scrot.png?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-185652_831x483_scrot.png?resize=768%2C446&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/diyfuturism.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2020-08-16-185652_831x483_scrot.png?resize=600%2C349&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 831px) 100vw, 831px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Awesome!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>CONCLUSIONS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This has been working great for me for the past month. If you&#8217;re not able to set up a physical OTA antenna &amp; tuner, Locast provides a great, reliable service for getting local content into your Plex server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/support.plex.tv\/articles\/225877347-live-tv-dvr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Plex Live TV &amp; DVR<\/a> documentation<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/tgorgdotcom\/locast2plex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">locast2plex<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re not in a market covered by Locast, or would prefer not to pay a monthly fee, the equipment I used previously for use with Plex was:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/34j3zKH\" target=\"_blank\">HDHomeRun Duo<\/a> &#8211; the TV tuner that converts the OTA signal to a digital one for Plex<\/li><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2Eb59Ty\" target=\"_blank\">Basic Indoor Amplified Antenna<\/a> &#8211; a basic option if you can&#8217;t mount an external one<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\namzn_assoc_placement = \"adunit0\";\namzn_assoc_tracking_id = \"diyfuturism-20\";\namzn_assoc_ad_mode = \"manual\";\namzn_assoc_ad_type = \"smart\";\namzn_assoc_marketplace = \"amazon\";\namzn_assoc_region = \"US\";\namzn_assoc_linkid = \"99c6a397d832543279b31ade0790d132\";\namzn_assoc_design = \"in_content\";\namzn_assoc_asins = \"B076FNSM6B,B07XQLW1H7,B07RQ99XJH,B08B6F1FV5\";\namzn_assoc_title = \"\";\namzn_assoc_search_bar = \"false\";\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"\/\/z-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/onejs?MarketPlace=US\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpm_excerpt clearfix\"><p>Update: Locast has ceased operations. 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