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The ota live tv tag on WindowsForum.com collects discussion of receiving over-the-air broadcast television through software running on Windows. The tagged content centers on configuring Plex Media Server on a Windows PC or NAS to handle OTA Live TV and DVR setup, alongside related Plex features such as universal search and smart collections. Coverage also touches on the habits of long-time self-hosters who build home media servers for ripped discs and home videos, and how built-in tools in that pipeline mature without much notice. It suits readers exploring Windows-based home-lab media setups and broadcast TV capture.
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    Plex on Windows: OTA Live TV & DVR Setup, Universal Search and Smart Collections

    For longtime self-hosters, it is easy to fall into a rut: drop files into folders, let the metadata scanner fetch the poster art, and ignore the rest of the interface. Plex's built-in tools have quietly matured well past that core pipeline. Three features are worth a second look: connecting an...