I'm using the HDHomerun with mythtv/ubuntu to receive comcast digital cable (I haven't tried off the air - there is a large mountain between me & any broadcasting towers).
The HDHomeRun is controlled by mythtv, so it uses my existing remote (a hauppage). I'm pretty happy with it overall - there is some difficulty during setup to get the correct program guide data: my QAM-256 channels show up with more or less correct station numbers - e.g. 0.653 (which map to 653 in zap2it's digital program guide, while the QAM-64 channels are all unknown & I've got to manually go through them & attempt to figure out what channels they are & enter the xmlttv/number/station id.
mythbackend crashes for me when I attempt to tune to one of the QAM-64 music channels (this may be just my build).
If you're not comfortable with searching out online instructions and editing the myth tv database by hand (mythweb/phpadmin help a lot here), then I wouldn't attempt it. Mythtv support is still pretty rough. I'm happy with the product overall.
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Originally Posted by kodell80305 /forum/post/0
I'm using the HDHomerun with mythtv/ubuntu to receive comcast digital cable (I haven't tried off the air - there is a large mountain between me & any broadcasting towers).
The HDHomeRun is controlled by mythtv, so it uses my existing remote (a hauppage). I'm pretty happy with it overall - there is some difficulty during setup to get the correct program guide data: my QAM-256 channels show up with more or less correct station numbers - e.g. 0.653 (which map to 653 in zap2it's digital program guide, while the QAM-64 channels are all unknown & I've got to manually go through them & attempt to figure out what channels they are & enter the xmlttv/number/station id.
mythbackend crashes for me when I attempt to tune to one of the QAM-64 music channels (this may be just my build).
If you're not comfortable with searching out online instructions and editing the myth tv database by hand (mythweb/phpadmin help a lot here), then I wouldn't attempt it. Mythtv support is still pretty rough. I'm happy with the product overall.
Just for clarity, the station mapping is caused by your cable company's PSIP information (or lack thereof), not the HDHomerun. Any QAM tuner in your area would have the same problem. I had to do the same thing (mapping the stations) originally - but over the last month in my area they finally started transmitting the proper PSIP information with the QAM stations so if I scanned them now they'd come up with the right "virtual" channel (not that it matters now, since I already have them mapped). And my cable company really ticks me off when they move the location of stations. Then I have to rescan and remap the ones they moved. But it is a simple process...
You can map the stations without modifying the database directly. Use Mythweb or the frontend channel editor (press 'e' when tuned to a station). I haven't had to manually edit the mysql database for anything (although I have used phpadmin to browser through it just for curiousity's sake).
I use the HDhomerun with Mythtv on Ubuntu but only for recording. For playback I use a MyHD card or a Tvix box. I use both tuners OTA and so far it as works perfectly! I go out of town and it is great to add programs to record via a browser. I edit the shows right on the Myth server using HDTVtoMpeg2 and Wine, I can also do this remotely using VNC. I like the small Tvix type boxes for video playback and I am going to probably expand my system using them instead of PCs (smaller and cheaper).
Yeah, both statements are so true... when it's good, it's very good, when it's broke you're on your own..
I have a problem with apps showing up on the KDE taskbar when I reboot (I used the TurnKnoppMythIntoAFullyFeaturedDistro help in the wiki to get kde running on top of KnopMyth)
So... where does the problem lie ( KDE, mysql, knoppix, X, debbian who knows, i've combed many of the faqs). For me it's nooby flailing time
Just got my HD Homerun in the mail today! I plan on setting it up tonight/this weekend, but I would be interested to hear others' experience with it.
Has anyone hooked up the HDHR directly to the ethernet port on their pc? Any internet surfing I do with my HTPC will be wireless, so it seems silly (and possibly problematic) to run this thing through my router . . .
My HDHOMERUN is working great!! No problems.. The device need to be connected to a DHCP Server, so it can get an IP address.. The router acts as a DHCP very easy!! Just install the software from the web site and scan your channels and vlc will open and show you HDTV!! I have Sage TV ver 6.1 on my HTPC and I watch TV on my big screen now!! I also have the SAGE TV Client and I use it on my office PC. Good luck, take your time, and keep adding to it in steps...
yes you can hook it up to an ethernet port of your motherboard directly (using a crossover cable), but you'll need to enable the dhcp server for that port so the hdhomerun gets an ip address. It won't allow you to set a static one yet.
Could the HDHomeRun be set up to due an IP multicast, for example if you wanted to it stream two tuners within your network to multiple viewing clients? Clients do not need to change channel, just be able to "tune" in to one of the multicasts? Only the "master" maintenance PC would need device setup / monitoring.
Like an inexpensive IP MATV system for an apartment? For about $85 per channel, OTA HD (two tuners per $170 box) that's about the cheapest IP MATV possibility I've seen...using CAT5e cable.
Curious, and if one or more subchannels are offered per OTA channel, would the individual clients be able to select which subchannel they were individually viewing?
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Could the HDHomeRun be set up to due an IP multicast, for example if you wanted to it stream two tuners within your network to multiple viewing clients? Clients do not need to change channel, just be able to "tune" in to one of the multicasts? Only the "master" maintenance PC would need device setup / monitoring.
Like an inexpensive IP MATV system for an apartment? For about $85 per channel, OTA HD (two tuners per $170 box) that's about the cheapest IP MATV possibility I've seen...using CAT5e cable.
Curious, and if one or more subchannels are offered per OTA channel, would the individual clients be able to select which subchannel they were individually viewing?
I've had a couple of computers viewing the same channel being sent from the HDhomerun but if one of the units changed the channel, the others would freeze at the point. You need to then reconnect the stream.
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I've had a couple of computers viewing the same channel being sent from the HDhomerun but if one of the units changed the channel, the others would freeze at the point. You need to then reconnect the stream.
I believe it is multicast - whatever the default is since I don't remember changing it. I tested the multicast with a couple of computers to see if it worked and only noticed a problem when changing channels . I was testing to see what tuner to use for mythtv for primary and what would happen if someone tapped into it while recording. I was trying to figure out what tuner I could tell my kids to use if the server *might* be recording. I think I am going to add a secon HDHR for adhoc access so the server is not disturbed, I now use both tuners, sometimes, for recording (at same time). I also tested this while out of town to see what local channels would look like if I was on the road. I could watch a station but it was choppy (as expected) but I could at least see what the score was if a local team was playing.
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Originally Posted by RaymondBlue /forum/post/0
I believe it is multicast - whatever the default is since I don't remember changing it. I tested the multicast with a couple of computers to see if it worked and only noticed a problem when changing channels . I was testing to see what tuner to use for mythtv for primary and what would happen if someone tapped into it while recording. I was trying to figure out what tuner I could tell my kids to use if the server *might* be recording. I think I am going to add a secon HDHR for adhoc access so the server is not disturbed, I now use both tuners, sometimes, for recording (at same time). I also tested this while out of town to see what local channels would look like if I was on the road. I could watch a station but it was choppy (as expected) but I could at least see what the score was if a local team was playing.
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Originally Posted by RaymondBlue /forum/post/0
I use the HDhomerun with Mythtv on Ubuntu but only for recording. For playback I use a MyHD card or a Tvix box. .... I like the small Tvix type boxes for video playback and I am going to probably expand my system using them instead of PCs (smaller and cheaper).
1&2 I have the Tvix 4000 and the fan is not noticable to me nor any other noise. I think there were some bad units at first.
3. HDTV2MPEG works really well at detecting commercials so I tend to use it the most. I've just downloaded avidemux but I have not tried any files with it, yet. Only problem with HDTV2mpeg is that sometimes the edits cause a audio sync problem, I think it is more of a sigma chip issue. This does it on my modix as well as iodata players. I am going to get one of the new Tvix 4100s - they are being shipped next week and it seems to play h.264 as well as playback mpeg2 (with edits) better, it use a new sigma chip. We shall see. It looks like the 4000 model so it is in an attractive case. I will probably get the 5100 when it comes out as well, it supposedly records OTA if you have the tuner installed.
BTW, I usually use Videoredo to fix the H2M files - it resync the timecode as well as other errors in the stream. I plan on testing avidemux this weekend.
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