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Having recently cancelled Sky whihc is due to turn off in a few weeks, I’m been looking at replacement boxes and am considering the Aura as it looks a good one box solution, but have some questions.
I currently also us an Android Tv box for things like Plex and some online streaming services, can these be used on the Aura as well so I can ditch the box and save a HDMI slot (as I may need to connect up a Freesat box as well for the channels not on Freeview in my area like Forces TV)?
I use Plex to stream from my own freeNAS server and also use VLC to stream from an external HD plugged in to the router, is that possible on the Aura?
Is it possible to save programs on the Aura from catchup/streaming services to watch later when no internet or if removed from the service like it is with a sky box?
I know thatNetflix isn’t on the Aura, but what about Britbox, Disney+, Apple TV and Google Play Movies? and if not, can they be added?
Cheers
Disney+ and Google play are definitely on the Aura. I’ve managed to install a (not totally supported) version of Netflix. Haven’t seen Brit Box available yet.
ShaunIOW – 13 hours ago »
Having recently cancelled Sky whihc is due to turn off in a few weeks, I’m been looking at replacement boxes and am considering the Aura as it looks a good one box solution, but have some questions.
I currently also us an Android Tv box for things like Plex and some online streaming services, can these be used on the Aura as well so I can ditch the box and save a HDMI slot (as I may need to connect up a Freesat box as well for the channels not on Freeview in my area like Forces TV)?
I use Plex to stream from my own freeNAS server and also use VLC to stream from an external HD plugged in to the router, is that possible on the Aura?
Is it possible to save programs on the Aura from catchup/streaming services to watch later when no internet or if removed from the service like it is with a sky box?
I know thatNetflix isn’t on the Aura, but what about Britbox, Disney+, Apple TV and Google Play Movies? and if not, can they be added?
Cheers
Plex is available for the Aura. Netflix can be sideloaded. There is a post somewhere on how to.
Cheers for the replies.
Another question, can IPTV apps be installed on the Aura? and can they record to the Aura hard-drive if they have an EPG and recording option? I ask as I use a free IPTV app on an android box to watch FTA German and other European TV instead of messing about with a motorised satellite dish.
Cheers
ShaunIOW – 8 mins ago »
Another question, can IPTV apps be installed on the Aura? and can they record to the Aura hard-drive if they have an EPG and recording option? I ask as I use a free IPTV app on an android box to watch FTA German and other European TV instead of messing about with a motorised satellite dish.
Cheers
The only content you can record is Live TV delivered by a terrestrial aerial. So unless you can record on the android box to a video file it’s not possible. If so the box has built in chromecast so it may be poosible to view content from a mobile device directly.
Can you view the content you want in a chrome page ? Chrome has a built in chromecast icon.
grahamlthompson – 8 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 8 mins ago »
Another question, can IPTV apps be installed on the Aura? and can they record to the Aura hard-drive if they have an EPG and recording option? I ask as I use a free IPTV app on an android box to watch FTA German and other European TV instead of messing about with a motorised satellite dish.
Cheers
The only content you can record is Live TV delivered by a terrestrial aerial. So unless you can record on the android box to a video file it’s not possible. If so the box has built in chromecast so it may be poosible to view content from a mobile device directly.
Can you view the content you want in a chrome page ? Chrome has a built in chromecast icon.
I haven’t tried on Chrome, but I can record and set timed recordings to an external USB harddrive from the IPTV app’s EPG on an Android box, so was hoping to save a HDMI port and just have the one box.
ShaunIOW – 53 secs ago »
grahamlthompson – 8 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 8 mins ago »
Another question, can IPTV apps be installed on the Aura? and can they record to the Aura hard-drive if they have an EPG and recording option? I ask as I use a free IPTV app on an android box to watch FTA German and other European TV instead of messing about with a motorised satellite dish.
Cheers
The only content you can record is Live TV delivered by a terrestrial aerial. So unless you can record on the android box to a video file it’s not possible. If so the box has built in chromecast so it may be poosible to view content from a mobile device directly.
Can you view the content you want in a chrome page ? Chrome has a built in chromecast icon.
I haven’t tried on Chrome, but I can record and set timed recordings to an external USB harddrive from the IPTV app’s EPG on an Android box, so was hoping to save a HDMI port and just have the one box.
If you plug the drive into a PC and install VLC player can you view these using this app ?
grahamlthompson – 33 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 53 secs ago »
grahamlthompson – 8 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 8 mins ago »
Another question, can IPTV apps be installed on the Aura? and can they record to the Aura hard-drive if they have an EPG and recording option? I ask as I use a free IPTV app on an android box to watch FTA German and other European TV instead of messing about with a motorised satellite dish.
Cheers
The only content you can record is Live TV delivered by a terrestrial aerial. So unless you can record on the android box to a video file it’s not possible. If so the box has built in chromecast so it may be poosible to view content from a mobile device directly.
Can you view the content you want in a chrome page ? Chrome has a built in chromecast icon.
I haven’t tried on Chrome, but I can record and set timed recordings to an external USB harddrive from the IPTV app’s EPG on an Android box, so was hoping to save a HDMI port and just have the one box.
If you plug the drive into a PC and install VLC player can you view these using this app ?
Yes, actually the Android box hardrive shows up on my network and I can just copy/paste recordings to the laptop if I want to.
ShaunIOW – 31 secs ago »
grahamlthompson – 33 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 53 secs ago »
grahamlthompson – 8 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 8 mins ago »
Another question, can IPTV apps be installed on the Aura? and can they record to the Aura hard-drive if they have an EPG and recording option? I ask as I use a free IPTV app on an android box to watch FTA German and other European TV instead of messing about with a motorised satellite dish.
Cheers
The only content you can record is Live TV delivered by a terrestrial aerial. So unless you can record on the android box to a video file it’s not possible. If so the box has built in chromecast so it may be poosible to view content from a mobile device directly.
Can you view the content you want in a chrome page ? Chrome has a built in chromecast icon.
I haven’t tried on Chrome, but I can record and set timed recordings to an external USB harddrive from the IPTV app’s EPG on an Android box, so was hoping to save a HDMI port and just have the one box.
If you plug the drive into a PC and install VLC player can you view these using this app ?
Yes, actually the Android box hardrive shows up on my network and I can just copy/paste recordings to the laptop if I want to.
Then the answer is most likely yes.
There are two ways to do this.
Number one is the latest official firmware.
VLC can be installed on the Aura. The Aura has two rear usb ports. One HDMI 3.0 and the other HDMI USB 2.0.
VLC can play back usb content from either port.
The other is detailed in the public beta test thread on this forum.
The latest beta test has a FTP server client installed. Given a compatible server you should be to upload files to the internal HHD. You should consider the 2TB model for this.
Of course this depends on the update not finding any major issues in the beta testing procedure.
I have a Panasonic 4K Bluray player with network capsbility. It can see the Aura 4K Media server and play back content from the recordings folder.
You should get this once it gets to the public release you should get this automatically.
I obviously can’t test this for your files, but if you download the appropriate version for MediaInfo for the kit you have the files stored on then if you open one of the files. Select view tree and use the export to text file option then this will identify the video audio and subtitle streams in the container that you have. Unless there is some odd codec that the aura cannot cope with.
grahamlthompson – 3 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 31 secs ago »
grahamlthompson – 33 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 53 secs ago »
grahamlthompson – 8 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 8 mins ago »
Another question, can IPTV apps be installed on the Aura? and can they record to the Aura hard-drive if they have an EPG and recording option? I ask as I use a free IPTV app on an android box to watch FTA German and other European TV instead of messing about with a motorised satellite dish.
Cheers
The only content you can record is Live TV delivered by a terrestrial aerial. So unless you can record on the android box to a video file it’s not possible. If so the box has built in chromecast so it may be poosible to view content from a mobile device directly.
Can you view the content you want in a chrome page ? Chrome has a built in chromecast icon.
I haven’t tried on Chrome, but I can record and set timed recordings to an external USB harddrive from the IPTV app’s EPG on an Android box, so was hoping to save a HDMI port and just have the one box.
If you plug the drive into a PC and install VLC player can you view these using this app ?
Yes, actually the Android box hardrive shows up on my network and I can just copy/paste recordings to the laptop if I want to.
Then the answer is most likely yes.
There are two ways to do this.
Number one is the latest official firmware.
VLC can be installed on the Aura. The Aura has two rear usb ports. One HDMI 3.0 and the other HDMI USB 2.0.
VLC can play back usb content from either port.
The other is detailed in the public beta test thread on this forum.
The latest beta test has a FTP server client installed. Given a compatible server you should be to upload files to the internal HHD. You should consider the 2TB model for this.
Of course this depends on the update not finding any major issues in the beta testing procedure.
I have a Panasonic 4K Bluray player with network capsbility. It can see the Aura 4K Media server and play back content from the recordings folder.
You should get this once it gets to the public release you should get this automatically.
I obviously can’t test this for your files, but if you download the appropriate version for MediaInfo for the kit you have the files stored on then if you open one of the files. Select view tree and use the export to text file option then this will identify the video audio and subtitle streams in the container that you have. Unless there is some odd codec that the aura cannot cope with.
Cheers for the reply, I already use Plex and have FreeNAS setup on a HP Microserver for storing playing media, but I don’t want to just be able to take stuff off the Aura or put on to it, I was hoping that I could just set a timeshifted recording from the IPTV EPG to the Aura hardrive and watch it from there using something like VLC or from the recording’s menu where the normal freeview programs go.
ShaunIOW – 14 mins ago »
grahamlthompson – 3 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 31 secs ago »
grahamlthompson – 33 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 53 secs ago »
grahamlthompson – 8 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 8 mins ago »
Another question, can IPTV apps be installed on the Aura? and can they record to the Aura hard-drive if they have an EPG and recording option? I ask as I use a free IPTV app on an android box to watch FTA German and other European TV instead of messing about with a motorised satellite dish.
Cheers
The only content you can record is Live TV delivered by a terrestrial aerial. So unless you can record on the android box to a video file it’s not possible. If so the box has built in chromecast so it may be poosible to view content from a mobile device directly.
Can you view the content you want in a chrome page ? Chrome has a built in chromecast icon.
I haven’t tried on Chrome, but I can record and set timed recordings to an external USB harddrive from the IPTV app’s EPG on an Android box, so was hoping to save a HDMI port and just have the one box.
If you plug the drive into a PC and install VLC player can you view these using this app ?
Yes, actually the Android box hardrive shows up on my network and I can just copy/paste recordings to the laptop if I want to.
Then the answer is most likely yes.
There are two ways to do this.
Number one is the latest official firmware.
VLC can be installed on the Aura. The Aura has two rear usb ports. One HDMI 3.0 and the other HDMI USB 2.0.
VLC can play back usb content from either port.
The other is detailed in the public beta test thread on this forum.
The latest beta test has a FTP server client installed. Given a compatible server you should be to upload files to the internal HHD. You should consider the 2TB model for this.
Of course this depends on the update not finding any major issues in the beta testing procedure.
I have a Panasonic 4K Bluray player with network capsbility. It can see the Aura 4K Media server and play back content from the recordings folder.
You should get this once it gets to the public release you should get this automatically.
I obviously can’t test this for your files, but if you download the appropriate version for MediaInfo for the kit you have the files stored on then if you open one of the files. Select view tree and use the export to text file option then this will identify the video audio and subtitle streams in the container that you have. Unless there is some odd codec that the aura cannot cope with.
Cheers for the reply, I already use Plex and have FreeNAS setup on a HP Microserver for storing playing media, but I don’t want to just be able to take stuff off the Aura or put on to it, I was hoping that I could just set a timeshifted recording from the IPTV EPG to the Aura hardrive and watch it from there using something like VLC or from the recording’s menu where the normal freeview programs go.
I think that’s more than a tad ambitious First problem how are you going to view a epg that the Aura has no access to. But never say never
It might be possible to sideload the app you use to the server. Is it on the standard playstore app ?
Is there a Kodi TV driver that does what you want ?
The Aura has access to Kodi.
grahamlthompson – 11 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 14 mins ago »
grahamlthompson – 3 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 31 secs ago »
grahamlthompson – 33 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 53 secs ago »
grahamlthompson – 8 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 8 mins ago »
Another question, can IPTV apps be installed on the Aura? and can they record to the Aura hard-drive if they have an EPG and recording option? I ask as I use a free IPTV app on an android box to watch FTA German and other European TV instead of messing about with a motorised satellite dish.
Cheers
The only content you can record is Live TV delivered by a terrestrial aerial. So unless you can record on the android box to a video file it’s not possible. If so the box has built in chromecast so it may be poosible to view content from a mobile device directly.
Can you view the content you want in a chrome page ? Chrome has a built in chromecast icon.
I haven’t tried on Chrome, but I can record and set timed recordings to an external USB harddrive from the IPTV app’s EPG on an Android box, so was hoping to save a HDMI port and just have the one box.
If you plug the drive into a PC and install VLC player can you view these using this app ?
Yes, actually the Android box hardrive shows up on my network and I can just copy/paste recordings to the laptop if I want to.
Then the answer is most likely yes.
There are two ways to do this.
Number one is the latest official firmware.
VLC can be installed on the Aura. The Aura has two rear usb ports. One HDMI 3.0 and the other HDMI USB 2.0.
VLC can play back usb content from either port.
The other is detailed in the public beta test thread on this forum.
The latest beta test has a FTP server client installed. Given a compatible server you should be to upload files to the internal HHD. You should consider the 2TB model for this.
Of course this depends on the update not finding any major issues in the beta testing procedure.
I have a Panasonic 4K Bluray player with network capsbility. It can see the Aura 4K Media server and play back content from the recordings folder.
You should get this once it gets to the public release you should get this automatically.
I obviously can’t test this for your files, but if you download the appropriate version for MediaInfo for the kit you have the files stored on then if you open one of the files. Select view tree and use the export to text file option then this will identify the video audio and subtitle streams in the container that you have. Unless there is some odd codec that the aura cannot cope with.
Cheers for the reply, I already use Plex and have FreeNAS setup on a HP Microserver for storing playing media, but I don’t want to just be able to take stuff off the Aura or put on to it, I was hoping that I could just set a timeshifted recording from the IPTV EPG to the Aura hardrive and watch it from there using something like VLC or from the recording’s menu where the normal freeview programs go.
I think that’s more than a tad ambitious First problem how are you going to view a epg that the Aura has no access to. But never say never
It might be possible to sideload the app you use to the server. Is it on the standard playstore app ?
Is there a Kodi TV driver that does what you want ?
The Aura has access to Kodi.
Hmmm yes Kodi could be an option, I used to use that before Plex, and yes the apps I want to use are in the Play Store and installable on a normal Google Chromecast with Android TV as a mate uses it on his for Dutch TV.
ShaunIOW – 6 mins ago »
grahamlthompson – 11 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 14 mins ago »
grahamlthompson – 3 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 31 secs ago »
grahamlthompson – 33 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 53 secs ago »
grahamlthompson – 8 mins ago »
ShaunIOW – 8 mins ago »
Another question, can IPTV apps be installed on the Aura? and can they record to the Aura hard-drive if they have an EPG and recording option? I ask as I use a free IPTV app on an android box to watch FTA German and other European TV instead of messing about with a motorised satellite dish.
Cheers
The only content you can record is Live TV delivered by a terrestrial aerial. So unless you can record on the android box to a video file it’s not possible. If so the box has built in chromecast so it may be poosible to view content from a mobile device directly.
Can you view the content you want in a chrome page ? Chrome has a built in chromecast icon.
I haven’t tried on Chrome, but I can record and set timed recordings to an external USB harddrive from the IPTV app’s EPG on an Android box, so was hoping to save a HDMI port and just have the one box.
If you plug the drive into a PC and install VLC player can you view these using this app ?
Yes, actually the Android box hardrive shows up on my network and I can just copy/paste recordings to the laptop if I want to.
Then the answer is most likely yes.
There are two ways to do this.
Number one is the latest official firmware.
VLC can be installed on the Aura. The Aura has two rear usb ports. One HDMI 3.0 and the other HDMI USB 2.0.
VLC can play back usb content from either port.
The other is detailed in the public beta test thread on this forum.
The latest beta test has a FTP server client installed. Given a compatible server you should be to upload files to the internal HHD. You should consider the 2TB model for this.
Of course this depends on the update not finding any major issues in the beta testing procedure.
I have a Panasonic 4K Bluray player with network capsbility. It can see the Aura 4K Media server and play back content from the recordings folder.
You should get this once it gets to the public release you should get this automatically.
I obviously can’t test this for your files, but if you download the appropriate version for MediaInfo for the kit you have the files stored on then if you open one of the files. Select view tree and use the export to text file option then this will identify the video audio and subtitle streams in the container that you have. Unless there is some odd codec that the aura cannot cope with.
Cheers for the reply, I already use Plex and have FreeNAS setup on a HP Microserver for storing playing media, but I don’t want to just be able to take stuff off the Aura or put on to it, I was hoping that I could just set a timeshifted recording from the IPTV EPG to the Aura hardrive and watch it from there using something like VLC or from the recording’s menu where the normal freeview programs go.
I think that’s more than a tad ambitious First problem how are you going to view a epg that the Aura has no access to. But never say never
It might be possible to sideload the app you use to the server. Is it on the standard playstore app ?
Is there a Kodi TV driver that does what you want ?
The Aura has access to Kodi.
Hmmm yes Kodi could be an option, I used to use that before Plex, and yes the apps I want to use are in the Play Store and installable on a normal Google Chromecast with Android TV as a mate uses it on his for Dutch TV.
Seems to be good option.
Clearly none of us can help in confirming this will work.
Only option seems to be buying one online and returning if it does not work.
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