[mythtv-users] Adding a HDHomerun

Greg Woods greg at gregandeva.net
Sat Jan 10 15:52:37 UTC 2009


On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 22:59 -0500, Walker wrote:

> I currently have MythTV 0.21, Comcast Digital Cable, a Motorola STB, a
> single SchedulesDirect lineup, and a single PVR-150. 

Most likely, you are going to need to create another SchedulesDirect
lineup for digital. The channel space is completely different. 


> 1. In mythtv-setup, when adding the hdhr do I still need to scan for
> available QAM-64 and QAM-256 channels?

Yes. SiliconDust has a site where (depending on where you are) you might
be able to see what channels you should be able to get:

http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/channels

> 2. If yes to 1, how do I map what I get from the hdhr (like channel
> 7.1, 7.2, etc) to the channels from my schedulesdirect lineup?

This is going to depend on what information your local cable company is
providing. I have heard reports that channel scanning "just worked" for
some people. But for me, all I got from a channel scan was a bunch of
digital channel numbers with no call signs (like "84#2"). I could tune
some of those channels in Live TV, but there was never any scheduling
data. To get that, I had to go into the channel editor in mythtv-setup
and add the XMLTVID and call signs manually. YMMV. The XMLTV information
can be obtained from SchedulesDirect.

--Greg




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