Yea I noticed the same thing … I had a problem with another tool written by another fellow forum user and his tool was a bit more informative … once I ID’ed the problem recording and purged it … VLC started working again… I dont think the author to this plugin checks the forums anymore since he could prob stand to make a few bug fixes to make the code which fetches the recordings listings off the tablo a bit more fault tolerant.
VLC works well for me on Win 8.1, except that I am only able to save about 30 minutes of a 3 hour program with the stream to file or save function within VLC. ffmpeg works quite well, but it still takes quite a while for a video that long. Thanks to @doubleTap for the batch file.
@kwaa, good work on this and thank you!
I found one typo in your lua code for Linux:
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Line 258, currently says:
self.data[prefix] = parent:add_subnode(node) -
I had to change it to:
self.data[prefix] = parent:add_node(node)
Without this edit, it only displays one recorded program even if you have 100’s recorded and the VLC debug window gives you:
lua error: Error while running script ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/sd/tablo.lua, function main(): ~/.local/share/vlc/lua/sd/tablo.lua:258: attempt to call method 'add_subnode' (a nil value)
After this edit, it works fine, displaying all recorded content.
(Edit: sorry if this comes so long after you initially posted it, I just started using it today based on the code available at your site today)
Newbie here 
Using this Tablo-VLC method, is it similar to the PlayLater software ? i.e. allow recording of live streams from devices like Roku, Fire ? Thanks !
No. The Tablo records the live OTA stream so the HDD that is connected to the Tablo. This is a method to export said content off the HDD to your computer.
@kwaa - This is great! Thank you for writing this, and releasing it publicly! (esp. under the MIT license)
Thanks @tablotester and @kwaa ! I installed the extension, but was initially only showing one recording. After applying tablotester’s fix, I’m seeing all recordings.
Great work!
You are welcome @OVAZ.
Full credit goes to @kwaa for developing this solution … I just fixed a little bug 
Any known solutions similar to this one on a mac running OS X
You could use Tablo Exporter, it is cross platform
This app VLC plugin is buggy and I dont recommend it … use Jestep’s Tablo Exporter…
the vlc plugin is sensitive to errors on the tablo and if you have a missing or damaged file (say from a reboot or other issue) it could cause this plugin to not work… the author seems to have gone M-I-A …
Thanks, I have read enough to see your are making a serious contribution to this solution. I’m sure I am doing something wrong but after downloading java, ffmpeg & your app, I can see all my recordings but after double clicking on the show I wish to covert, it won’t load into the fffmpeg file field. any suggestions?
Well, it may help to ask these in my thread 
And post what your screen looks like so I can see it, I have an idea, but want to make sure
Getting a 404 on the download link. Would you want to host it on something like github?
Anyway to get the last update to this one? Looks like it has a Playon Plugin that I would really find useful
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Just tried the Tablo-VLC download link but it appears broken.
Anyone know if this is still available somewhere?
Not sure, but go here to find other tools
https://community.tablotv.com/c/tablo-apps/third-party-apps-plex
Thanks for the link.
I looked (and already tried a couple) but still haven’t found anything for OS X that will allow me to move recorded content from Tablo to my Mac so I can transfer it to DVD.
My solution does
Tablo Exporter
Tried it and couldn’t get it to work.