Difference between revisions of "Silicondust HDHomeRun setup"

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HDHomeRun

More Information

• Silicondust HDHomeRun
• HDHomeRun Forum (hosted by 9thtee.com) HDHomeRun Forum

Where to Buy?

• $169.95 (as of Jan 20 2007) 9thtee.com
• $169.00 (as of Mar 27 2007) PC_Alchemy

Overview

Watch over-the-air digital & unencrypted digital cable TV from all computers in your home network

Dual tuners - record/watch multiple channels at once

IR Receiver - use most standard remotes to signal your PC

Compatible With:

   *  MediaPortal - DVR for Windows (coming soon)
   *  SageTV - DVR software for Windows, Linux and Mac
   *  MythTV - DVR for Linux and Mac.
   *  Pluto - Home automation and media system
   *  Windows Media Center (coming soon)

Detailed Specifications:

   *  8-VSB (ATSC over-the-air digital HDTV)
   *  QAM64/256 (unencrypted digital cable TV)
   *  Dual HDTV Tuners
   *  IR Receiver (38kHz)
   *  100baseTX high speed network

Package Includes:

   *  Networked Digital HDTV Tuner
   *  Power supply
   *  7' RJ45 Patch Cable

Instructions (from HDHomeRun Forum)

If you are running an older version of MythTV you will need to upgrade to 0.20 (or later).

If you are using the MythTV 0.20 Ubuntu/Debian package then you will need to update /usr/lib/libmythtv-0.20.so.0.20.0 once mythtv has been installed. http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/libmythtv-0.20.so.tgz

mythtv-setup - Capture device

Add a new capture card with the following configuration: Card type: HDHomeRun DTV tuner box Device ID: <number from back of HDHomeRun> Tuner: 0 Finish: <enter>

Shortcut - if there is only one HDHomeRun on the local network you can use the wildcard FFFFFFFF device ID.

Repeat adding a second capture card for tuner 1: Card type: HDHomeRun DTV tuner box Device ID: <number from back of HDHomeRun> Tuner: 1 Finish: <enter>

North America Digital Antenna

mythtv-setup - Video sources Add a new video source with the following configuration: Video source name: Antenna Listings grabber: No grabber (will come back and change this later) Channel frequency table: us-bcast

mythtv-setup - Input connections Configure HDHomeRun Port 0 as follows: Video source: Antenna External channel change command: <blank> Preset tuner to channel: <blank> Scan for channels: <enter>

Scan for channels page: Scan type: Full scan Frequency table: Broadcast ATSC modulation: Terrestrial (8-VSB) Channel seperator: Period Existing channel treatment: Minimal updates Next: <enter>

Back on "Connect source to input page": Starting channel: <choose a valid channel> Finish <enter>

Repeat for HDHomeRun Port 1.

mythtv-setup - Channel Editor

Note list of channels for source "Antenna"

zap2it labs Create an account here: http://labs.zap2it.com/

Create a channel lineup and enable/disable channels based on channels listed in the Channel Editor in mythtv-setup.

mythtv-setup - Video sources Change the configuration for antenna as follows:

Listings grabber: North America (DataDirect) (Internal) User id: <login name for zap2it> Password: <password for zap2it> Retrieve lineups: <enter> Data direct lineup: <select correct listing> Finish <enter>

North America Digital Cable

mythtv-setup - Video sources Add a new video source with the following configuration: Video source name: Digital Cable Listings grabber: No grabber (will come back and change this later) Channel frequency table: us-cable

mythtv-setup - Input connections Configure HDHomeRun Port 0 as follows: Video source: Digital Cable External channel change command: <blank> Preset tuner to channel: <blank> Scan for channels: <enter>

Scan for channels page: Scan type: Full scan Frequency table: Cable ATSC modulation: Cable (QAM-256) Channel seperator: Period Existing channel treatment: Minimal updates Next: <enter>

Back on "Connect source to input page": Scan for channels: <enter>

Scan for channels page: Scan type: Full scan Frequency table: Cable ATSC modulation: Cable (QAM-64) Channel seperator: Period Existing channel treatment: Minimal updates Next: <enter>

Back on "Connect source to input page": Starting channel: <choose a valid channel> Finish <enter>

Repeat for HDHomeRun Port 1.

mythtv-setup - Channel Editor

Note list of channels for source "Digital Cable"

zap2it labs Create an account here: http://labs.zap2it.com/

Create a channel lineup and enable/disable channels based on channels listed in the Channel Editor in mythtv-setup.

Note that MythTV uses the ATSC channel numbering as specified in the transport stream, not the remapped cable channel numbering so you will need to select OTA/Antenna as the source in Zap2it.

mythtv-setup - Video sources Change the configuration for digital cable as follows:

Listings grabber: North America (DataDirect) (Internal) User id: <login name for zap2it> Password: <password for zap2it> Retrieve lineups: <enter> Data direct lineup: <select correct listing> Finish <enter>