[mythtv-users] New HD HomeRun problem

[jk90090]

R. G. Newbury wrote:
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>> What are you talking about?  You can use the MAC address for the HDHR
>> in mythtv-setup.  You do not need to configure your router to always
>> assign the same IP address to the HDHR.
>>
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> Not the last time I looked, using SVN trunk which was about 1 minute 
> ago. There *IS* an entry field for the hdhr's device ID which in my 
> case is 1010EA43 while the actual MAC starts with 00:18:DD etc.
>
> Geoff
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It's not a MAC address, it's a Device ID.  Regardless, Myth doesn't 
store the IP address in the DB, it stores the unique Device ID in the 
"videodevice" cell.  HDHRChannel::FindDevice 
<../../da/db8/a00797.html#5637041003a4eef49f3a93f3e5b4f4d3> is used to 
collect the IP address through a discover using the Device ID.  Without 
looking at the code further, it's possible that the Backend only looks 
up the _device_ip once at startup.  I hope that's not the case..

-JK