An important feature for us is that tellytv supports passing the streams via FFmpeg - Plex is quite fussy about the stream it gets so FFmpeg can sit in the middle to convert the Freeview HTTP live streams into plain mpegts streams without CPU intensive transcoding. There are a few different options out there (try Googling Plex IPTV) but I’ve found this one the most reliable and versatile. Tellytv emulates a physical TV tuner so that Plex thinks it’s talking to real hardware.

The caveat is that not every channel is streamed online so you’ll find those are missing - Prime is the most obvious example. On the surface it’s actually quite simple! That’s a good thing, and so far I’ve also found it quite reliable.

Plex sees what it thinks is a tuner so you can watch and record as you wish.

These are interpreted by tellytv, an IPTV proxy that pretends to be a hardware tuner.

Matt Huisman provides excellent IPTV feeds for Freeview.

If you don’t have a Plex Pass they’re often discounted around US holidays - keep an eye on their Twitter. You will need a working Plex Server with a Plex Pass. If you’re in New Zealand, here’s a way to use Plex DVR without needing any physical hardware. The only problem is you need to have both a physical TV tuner and an aerial, both of which can be impractical depending on your setup. There are also other nice features, like automatic ad removal. Like everything Plex, its strength is in the number of ways you can watch - they have clients for any device you can imagine and you can easily share with people inside or outside your home. Plex DVR is a very nice way to view or record live TV content.

Plex dvr setup