[mythtv-users] HDhomerun - Channel setup howto?

David Rees drees76 at gmail.com
Sun Jan 9 04:32:51 UTC 2011


On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 8:53 PM, Harry Devine <lifter89 at comcast.net> wrote:
> I just re-did my setup, and when I scanned my HDHR, I got the same channels
> back.  They are the digital streams coming across (i.e. stream 79.2 will be
> shown as 79_2, etc.).  I would highly recommend going to the SiliconDust
> website and download the hdhomerun_config_gui application.
>
> Compile and install it, and when you run it. take the time to go thru each
> channel and stream, and jot down what the channel is in relation to your
> area.  Once you have that, you can go to SchedulesDirect and look at your
> lineup for the HDHR.  When you hover over each channel, you will be shown a
> tooltip that has the xmltvid for that channel.
>
> Using the Mythweb channel editor (I did that; I just find it so much
> easier), I changed the strange channel number to one that meant more to me
> (i.e stream 81_5 become channel 231, etc.).  There is a field for the
> xmltvid.  I also clicked the checkbox to delete any channels that I didn't
> need/want (I had some music channels and channels like Home Shopping
> Network, which I'd never record).  Save those changes, and when
> mythfilldatabase runs next, it should pull in listings for those channels.
>
> Hope that helps!

Thanks - that helps a lot.  It pretty much confirms what I thought I
had to do.  Was afraid I was missing something as it seemed to be much
more time consuming than most MythTV setup issues!

-Dave


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