Hello Fellow Cord-Cutters!
I just wanted to share a bit of information regarding the use of the Android Live TV app. My setup is HDHomeRun Quatro and several NVidia Shields. Along with watching OTA channels via the HDHomeRun, I also use Pluto as well as the Cumulus app for additional IPTV channels (so far I have found 54 english channels that I have loaded on Cumulus). One issue I grappled with for some time is the EPG listings would disappear after a short time and the only way to get them back was to go into the Live Channels setting and re-scan the channels.
There are a few things you must do to eliminate this problem. First, press the NVidia Home button to come out the Live Channels app. Now, go up to Apps and press the key to see a listing of all your installed apps. Now scroll to the Live Channels app and long-press on the remote. That will bring up a menu. Go down to "Info" and press enter. scroll down and make sure "Notifications" are enabled. Next go down to permissions and enable both items. Go to "Additional Permissions" and enable the single item too.
One more very important thing you must do. Now press the "Home" button to go to the NVidia Shield home screen. Go up to the right top corner and select "Settings". Go down to device preferences and press enter. Scroll down and select "Location" If it is off, go into it and select "Use Wi-Fi for location". For me this was the one thing that was missing. It seems that Pluto (being an Android app) requires this to be on to work correctly. And BTW, my Shields are connected through ethernet (not Wi-Fi). After making these changes, the EPG works without a problem! Hope this helps.
Interesting, I've been using this same setup as well, but have not come across this problem. Have you come across the issue that sound will generally disappear if you add or change channel sources and the channel listing in the Android Live Channels app? Additionally, I've noticed that if I scroll up or down in the guide too fast, the Android Live Channels app switches into one of the subcategories of channels, like Sports or Kids.
Additionally, have you been able to get Closed Captions working within the Android Live Channels app while using Pluto and HDHomeRun?
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