Online TV Providers
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@nerdydad said in Online TV Providers:
However, I do have a question for @hobbit666. Is BBC public broadcast for you (aka free Over the air)?
Yes it a FREE channel and all the BBC's Channels also Channel4 E4 ITV are too.
Most you can get/watch through BBCiplayer ITV player and 4oD (not sure if they location lock though) -
@hobbit666 It is location locked. We have to subscribe to BBC America on cable or satellite and they won't allow anybody outside of the UK watch online. It kind of sucks.
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@nerdydad said in Online TV Providers:
@hobbit666 It is location locked. We have to subscribe to BBC America on cable or satellite and they won't allow anybody outside of the UK watch online. It kind of sucks.
Use VPN.
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@marcinozga Attempted that. The app and website both requires your location in order to work and I didn't try any of those location-change apps.
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Rolled my own Emby server and piggy backing off a Vue subscriber, works wonders for me.
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@nerdydad how do they determine your location? The only way they can is by your public ip or DNS servers you're using.
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@marcinozga I was doing it on my phone.
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@nerdydad said in Online TV Providers:
@marcinozga I was doing it on my phone.
Ok, that complicates things a lot, you'd need to kill cellular and GPS, and even then Wifi info can reveal your true location.
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@marcinozga said in Online TV Providers:
@nerdydad said in Online TV Providers:
@marcinozga I was doing it on my phone.
Ok, that complicates things a lot, you'd need to kill cellular and GPS, and even then Wifi info can reveal your true location.
How does WiFi reveal your location short of something like Google Collecting it and the vendor checking wifi locations via this?
With Google collecting that stuff, personally I want to get a system that changes WiFi SSIDs monthly. That said, it's probably untenable for most people/businesses.
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@dashrender said in Online TV Providers:
@marcinozga said in Online TV Providers:
@nerdydad said in Online TV Providers:
@marcinozga I was doing it on my phone.
Ok, that complicates things a lot, you'd need to kill cellular and GPS, and even then Wifi info can reveal your true location.
How does WiFi reveal your location short of something like Google Collecting it and the vendor checking wifi locations via this?
With Google collecting that stuff, personally I want to get a system that changes WiFi SSIDs monthly.
That's exactly how Wifi reveals it. Google, and probably others collect Wifi ssid, signal strength, and other metrics.
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@marcinozga said in Online TV Providers:
@dashrender said in Online TV Providers:
@marcinozga said in Online TV Providers:
@nerdydad said in Online TV Providers:
@marcinozga I was doing it on my phone.
Ok, that complicates things a lot, you'd need to kill cellular and GPS, and even then Wifi info can reveal your true location.
How does WiFi reveal your location short of something like Google Collecting it and the vendor checking wifi locations via this?
With Google collecting that stuff, personally I want to get a system that changes WiFi SSIDs monthly.
That's exactly how Wifi reveals it. Google, and probably others collect Wifi ssid, signal strength, and other metrics.
Well, that's easy to get around then. Just change your SSID, problem will go away for a while at least.
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@aaronstuder said in Online TV Providers:
@rojoloco said in Online TV Providers:
A great option for cordcutters is to find
someone you knowa sucker who pays for cable tv and get their cable provider login. You can watch some live channels, plus any network's streaming stuff that requires login.FIFY
You call them a sucker - I call it getting things to work the way I want them to work.
So far none of the systems I've tried gives me the easy of use that I get with cable. Of course the one thing cable doesn't give me is anywhere access to my recorded shows.
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@dashrender said in Online TV Providers:
Of course the one thing cable doesn't give me is anywhere access to my recorded shows.
Build yourself a Plex server, get a CableCard, and buy the PassPort and now you can.
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@nerdydad said in Online TV Providers:
@dashrender said in Online TV Providers:
Of course the one thing cable doesn't give me is anywhere access to my recorded shows.
Build yourself a Plex server, get a CableCard, and buy the PassPort and now you can.
Really it's not that big of deal. When I'm not home, I rarely have time for show watching.. so having a bundle at home for a binge weekend is fine.
That said, I do want to put a Plex system together, I'm just trying to decide how much I want to spend on it.
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@dashrender said in Online TV Providers:
@marcinozga said in Online TV Providers:
@dashrender said in Online TV Providers:
@marcinozga said in Online TV Providers:
@nerdydad said in Online TV Providers:
@marcinozga I was doing it on my phone.
Ok, that complicates things a lot, you'd need to kill cellular and GPS, and even then Wifi info can reveal your true location.
How does WiFi reveal your location short of something like Google Collecting it and the vendor checking wifi locations via this?
With Google collecting that stuff, personally I want to get a system that changes WiFi SSIDs monthly.
That's exactly how Wifi reveals it. Google, and probably others collect Wifi ssid, signal strength, and other metrics.
Well, that's easy to get around then. Just change your SSID, problem will go away for a while at least.
Not quite... everyone around you would have to change theirs too
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@brianlittlejohn said in Online TV Providers:
@dashrender said in Online TV Providers:
@marcinozga said in Online TV Providers:
@dashrender said in Online TV Providers:
@marcinozga said in Online TV Providers:
@nerdydad said in Online TV Providers:
@marcinozga I was doing it on my phone.
Ok, that complicates things a lot, you'd need to kill cellular and GPS, and even then Wifi info can reveal your true location.
How does WiFi reveal your location short of something like Google Collecting it and the vendor checking wifi locations via this?
With Google collecting that stuff, personally I want to get a system that changes WiFi SSIDs monthly.
That's exactly how Wifi reveals it. Google, and probably others collect Wifi ssid, signal strength, and other metrics.
Well, that's easy to get around then. Just change your SSID, problem will go away for a while at least.
Not quite... everyone around you would have to change theirs too
maybe - maybe not. I'm guessing if two SSID a different, then the location will probably fail. But I could be wrong..
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@dashrender said in Online TV Providers:
@nerdydad said in Online TV Providers:
@dashrender said in Online TV Providers:
Of course the one thing cable doesn't give me is anywhere access to my recorded shows.
Build yourself a Plex server, get a CableCard, and buy the PassPort and now you can.
Really it's not that big of deal. When I'm not home, I rarely have time for show watching.. so having a bundle at home for a binge weekend is fine.
That said, I do want to put a Plex system together, I'm just trying to decide how much I want to spend on it.
I put together a micro ATX system with an i5 (integrated graphics), 8GB of RAM, an SSD I had lying around for OS and a spare 6 TB drive. I'm running Windows 10 on it and I hibernate it when not in use.
I am using an Android app called WOL Wake on LAN WAN https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.benfinnigan.wol&hl=en (very ugly interface but works perfectly) and I just have shortcuts on my home screen that I tap and it instantly resumes from hibernation.
To hibernate my system again, I use another Android app called Shutdown Start Remote that has a corresponding java-based client that runs on the PC at startup. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.vrallev.shutdown.android&hl=en
EDIT: I am using either my phone, Rokus, Fire TV or web browser to access the plex server.
