[mythtv-users] HDHomerun recordings cut short

[Anthony Giggins]

On 18 January 2011 15:57, kanetse at gmail.com <kane.tse at gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 9:38 PM, kanetse at gmail.com <kane.tse at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 8:47 PM, kanetse at gmail.com <kane.tse at gmail.com>wrote:
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>>> If you try to connect to the HDHR using the IP address, the tuner ID will
>>> be ignored, and MythTV will always access the first tuner.  If you try to
>>> record on the second tuner, MythTV will still access the first tuner, and
>>> disrupt any recordings in progress.
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>> I think this tip might be the key.  Using the hdhomerun_config tool, it
>> says "no devices detected".  This is despite the fact that I can ping the
>> hdhomerun using its IP address.  I think if I can get hdhomerun_config to
>> detect the HDHomerun, it may be a step towards resolving my issues.
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> Looks like I got the HDHomeRun to be detected by the hdhomerun_config
> tool.  Turns out it was indeed a problem with my network configuration.  My
> MythTV box had a static IP address with a netmask of 255.x.x.x, but my
> Tomato router was assigning a netmask of 255.255.255.x to all clients,
> including the HDHomeRun.  Unfortunately, you can't change that setting in
> the Tomato firmware.  Adjusting the MythTV box to netmask 255.255.255.x gave
> everything the same broadcast address, and the HDHomeRun was detected.
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> Have now adjusted mythtv-setup to use device ID now and restarted
> mythbackend.  Hopefully this will end the truncated recordings.  Will have
> to wait until some more recordings are done to see if it worked or not.
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> Thanks for your help.
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Did you really need more then 255 IP's on your home network? :)

Cheers,

Anthony
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