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Revision as of 16:43, 22 April 2008
Contents
More Information
- Silicondust HDHomeRun (also lists sellers)
- Official HDHomeRun Forum (hosted by silicondust.com) Official HDHomeRun Forum
- HDHomeRun Forum (hosted by 9thtee.com) HDHomeRun Forum
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
Gets IP address via DHCP
Compatible With:
* Windows Media Center: o MCE 2005 (beta). o Vista MCE 32-bit (beta). o Vista MCE 64-bit (beta). * SnapStream BeyondTV (beta) * SageTV - DVR for Windows. * MediaPortal - DVR for Windows (beta). * GB-PVR - DVR for Windows (beta). * MythTV - DVR for Linux. * Pluto - Home automation & media system. * VLC - Multi-platform media viewer.
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" Schedules Direct Create an account here. The price is 20$/year with first 7 days free. http://www.schedulesdirect.org/ 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 (Schedules Direct) (Internal) User id: <login name for schedulesdirect> Password: <password for schedulesdirect> 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> Select "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": Select "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" Schedules Direct Create an account here: http://schedulesdirect.org/ Create a channel lineup and enable/disable channels based on channels listed in the Channel Editor in mythtv-setup. Make sure the channel name and number in Schedules Direct matches the display channel name and number in the Channel Editor in MythTV. 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 Schedules Direct. However a mapping must be made to ensure that the listings correspond to the correct channels. mythtv-setup - Video sources Change the configuration for digital cable as follows: Listings grabber: North America (Schedules Direct) (Internal) User id: <login name for Schedules Direct> Password: <password for Schedules Direct> Retrieve lineups: <enter> Schedules Direct lineup: <select correct listing> Finish <enter>
Fixing HDHomeRun Channel Scanning in MythTV .20
Note these instructions are seemingly obsolete, and have nothing to do with channel scanning not getting a channel because the signal was not strong enough. (mythfrontend, but surprisingly not mythtv-setup, has a configuration setting for minimum signal level to offer the channel. Default is 65%)
In order to get channel scan working correctly in MythTV .20, you need to get the RPM's that Jarod Wilson patched with the .20-fixes including the fix for HDHR. Update the following packages:
http://dl.atrpms.net/mythdora/4.0/i386/os/MythDora/libmyth-0.20.1-156.3.md4.i386.rpm http://dl.atrpms.net/mythdora/4.0/i386/os/MythDora/mythtv-setup-0.20.1-156.3.md4.i386.rpm http://dl.atrpms.net/mythdora/4.0/i386/os/MythDora/mythtv-backend-0.20.1-156.3.md4.i386.rpm
or the Easy Way:
cat << EOF >> /etc/yum.repos.d/mythdora.repo [mythdora] name=MythDora 4 - i386 baseurl=http://dl.atrpms.net/mythdora/4.0/i386/os/ enabled=0 gpgcheck=0 EOF yum --enablerepo=mythdora upgrade \*myth\*
You should be able to scan channels using mythtv-setup now. If you have any problems (missing tables and such) try deleting all the channels first and then rescanning. I ended up getting a clean start by deleting all channels and capture cards then starting fresh with these packages.