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They also work in a fundamentally different way, downloading videos directly from their source websites instead of by recording live video streams. Video download programs such as AnyStream and StreamFab are considerably pricier, with lifetime service at 260 Euros and $240 respectively. It could offer them long-term discounts on PlayOn Home, for instance, or a longer support runway for PlayOn Desktop.īut the company might also recognize that the alternatives are limited. Without knowing the intricacies of PlayOn’s business, I think MediaMall could have done more to placate those users. The news has not gone over well on PlayOn’s Reddit page, where an announcement post now has hundreds of mostly angry comments.

While they can now redeem three-month trials for PlayOn Home-or more, depending on when they bought the software-the old PlayOn desktop software will eventually become worthless as its recording capabilities degrade.

None of this comes as much consolation to PlayOn customers who bought “lifetime” licenses.

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(Just don’t expect 1080p support on the desktop either way Burman says that hardly any home PCs have the requisite processing power given how PlayOn’s recording system works.) Limited alternatives

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It just added new content sources-including Discovery+ and Acorn-and its iOS and Android apps will soon support casting video from Windows PCs to streaming players. The upshot is that MediaMall has an incentive to invest in its desktop software again.

In recent years, PlayOn has pushed users toward its Cloud version, which lets you schedule recordings from a phone and download them to other devices.īurman alluded to this in an email, saying that “it was not possible to develop and maintain this new and improved version of PlayOn without some continued investment from our customers.” By last year, MediaMall stopped adding new features to its desktop version and was steering users toward PlayOn Cloud the issues with Windows 11 appear to have been the final straw in keeping the desktop software operational. PlayOn’s recording capabilities can break whenever a streaming service makes changes to their websites, so the software requires constant maintenance just to remain functional. But the company is also using the revamp to reckon with an unsustainable business model.