HDHomerun network tuner configuration

[ReneEngbers]

Hi all,

I finally have my HDHomerun network tuner working, the configuration in MythTV 32 is now different than is used to be. I wanted to update https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Silicondust ... etup/DVB-C but I cannot create an acoount to update this page. Can someone pleae update the page with the information below (or give me access)?

In the past a number of of captrure cards needed to be configured (matching the number of tuners). And for each capture card a specific tuner needed to be specified in the form <device id>-<tuner sequence number>. This is described on the mentioned wiki page. Nowadays, this has changed. The implementation of the module in MythTV for the HDHomerun negotiates with the HDHomerun device for a free tuner. This means that the configuration is simpler in a way, but also a bit unexpected. Since there is negotiation for an available tuner on the fly, I do not specify the specific tuner, but I do have to add four of the same capture card definitions (my HDHomerun has four tuners). Note, the HDHomerun can only extract one program stream from a transport stream, so per capture card the maximum numer of programs per card is 1.

It took me quite some time to figure this out, Once I noticed this negotiation of available tuners in the logfile I started to understand the current design. I think this information is helfull for others using the MythTv - HD Homerun setup.

Regards, Rene

[kmdewaal]

There is a WIki page about channel scanning, https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Channel_Scanning, with a paragraph about how to configure a HDHomeRun, https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Channel_Sca ... Run_tuners and although it is not specific for DVB-C I think it would have helped you.
To be honest, the Wiki page you mention was not on the top of my mind. It might be a good idea to add a cross-reference.
About access to update the Wiki, this is a manual procedure to avoid misuse but I expect that can be realized in a few days.

[ReneEngbers]

Ah, this is exactly what I concluded. I'm not so familiar with Mythtv, or it has been some time since my previous installation, so I was just following setup/configuration pages. The title scanning I more associate with obtaining transponder frequencies or so. I think it would be good to update the page I mentioned, perhaps 8ndeed adding a link like you proposed. For me this old page was now confusing.