OTA when internet is down

[djk44883]

@Vegas_Steve

That just seems like the way it should be, although I’m sure there’s some programming in there that makes it difficult to do.

I can pass the play list URL to a media play on my media PC and and stream it hassle free (well, once I get the path).

Most, or a couple I’m familiar with, 3rd party apps access my tablo without the internet - one I provide the IP another, either uses the internet or has some discovery facility, and it does store the tablo IP, so I suspect it could use that as well.

Here’s a post from TabloSupport suggesting the methodology just isn’t in their business model… I suspect they want a simplistic consumer device.

So why not a non internet access app?

Just wanted to chime in with a few details… As currently designed, it is not possible for us to provide access to the web app without an active internet connection. It could be possible IF we had chosen to bundle the web app within Tablo’s firmware. However, we specifically chose not to do this as it would prevent us from releasing app updates independently from firmware updates, significantly curtailing the flexibility of the product and release schedules. Our focus is also on developing the…