Tablo 4th Gen on a Windows 11 PC?

Feature Requests
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I just purchased my Tablo last night and I’ve been searching the forum, and from what I can see there does not seem to be a current way to watch the Tablo on a Windows PC? Is this correct? Or have I missed something?

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You can configure Blue Stacks on the PC.

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2 unofficial different ways currently:

  1. Run the Android app through an emulator like Windows Subsystem for Android or the above mentioned BlueStacks
  2. There’s a “hidden” URL IF you have an external drive attached (doesn’t work for internal recordings). Look in Settings for your Tablo’s IP address then go to it followed by “:18080/pvr/” (so something like “http://192.168.1.111:18080/pvr/”) There’s no metadata so you will have to hunt for a show using the timestamps (it’s UTC time and going off when the show ended, you can use the snap.jpg in each folder to verify it’s the same as what is showing in your Tablo app) and then inside each episode folder, click pl and then copy the link to the playlist.m3u8 file and paste that into any media player like VLC
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BlueStacks didn’t work for me - just black screen (Windows 11)
I then tried LDPlayer 9 - great success !! :blush:

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Thank you for posting this! :slight_smile: It did not work for me, though. When going to my IP with ‘:18080/pvr/’ at the end, I get 403 - Forbidden. If I go to just the IP address itself, I do see Nuvyyo Tablo Server. I do have an external drive. Any suggestions?

6

This door has been closed.

7

They patched it out with a firmware update like a year ago

8

Each time you watch a show or recording in the app, that’s data that can be sold to advertisers. Ripping the shows off the hard drive don’t allow for that data collection.

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Device access may also go against future DRM.

It could also be part or Scripps’ own business model - to disallow access to all recorded content.

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It’s the goal of all broadcasters to control access to content. Including how recordings can be made and used (or not used, depending on perspective). Prior legal decisions were a bit more consumer focused (consumer won). The broadcaster goal has always been “consumer loses”. I don’t expect the company behind Tablo to suddenly become a consumer advocate. But, I dare them to do that and make me look like a total idiot.

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