Setting up a personal video recorder on Plexįirstly you need to have connected your TV tuner to the ariel and the computer network. I manage the Plex server via the Plex media client installed on my PC, which I will be using in this guide.Īs well as my PC, I also have a Plex client running on my Samsung smart Television, a tablet, and mobile phone, which means that I’m able to watch live or recorded television across my network on any of these devices. My Plex server is running on a dedicated media server. In my setup, I have a standard indoor TV Arial plugged into my HD HomeRun TV tuner, which is connected to my Local Area Network (LAN) by an Ethernet cable.

A network capable over the air TV tuner.

In the UK any ariel advertised as being suitable for Freeview should work.

If you are running Windows you can read our guide on setting up a Plex Media Server. You will need the following to set Plex up as a Personal Video Recorder I set up a Plex media server as a Personal Video Recorder (PVR) in this guide.

Plex local channels