[mythtv-users] HD programs on Comcast using HDHomeRun Prime?
Phil Bridges
gravityhammer at gmail.com
Sat Nov 9 17:01:03 UTC 2013
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 11:50 AM, James R. Van Zandt <jrvz at comcast.net>wrote:
>
> I just got an HDHomeRun Prime. I got a Motorola M-Card from Comcast and
> got it authenticated and paired. The SiliconDust GUI can access HD
> programs. With Myth, I can access SD programs, but not HD - even for
> programs available OTA.
>
> For example, using the command line
> hdhomerun_config 131A48E8 scan 0 /tmp/thescan
> I find that physical channel qam256:92 carries four programs:
> SCANNING: 633000000 (us-irc:92, us-cable:92)
> LOCK: qam256 (ss=100 snq=100 seq=100)
> TSID: 0x846C
> PROGRAM 1 805 WCVB HD (encrypted)
> PROGRAM 2 807 WHDH HD (encrypted)
> PROGRAM 3 297 WHDH THIS.TV (encrypted)
> PROGRAM 4 292 WCVB ME.TV (encrypted)
>
> hdhomerun_config_gui shows the same four programs, listed this way:
> 1 805 WCVB HD (encrypted)
> 2 807 WHDH HD (encrypted)
> 3 297 WHDH THIS.TV (encrypted)
> 4 292 WCVB ME.TV (encrypted)
>
> In each case, the "view" button will show the program in a VLC window.
> The first two look like HD, the others SD.
>
> When I point my browser to the HDHRP at 192.168.1.104/linup.html, the
> "detect channels" button finds 333+ channels.
> The "Basic Channel" and "Subscribed Channels" lists are empty, but the "All
> Channels" list shows many channels, including:
> 802 WENH HD
> 803 WBPX HD
> 804 CBS4HD
> 805 WCVB HD
> 806 WFXT HD
> 807 WHDH HD
> 808 WLVI HD
> 809 WMUR HDTV
> 810 NECN HD
> It also shows MSNBC twice, at channels 40 and 901, and Al Jazeera
> America at 107. (For reference, the STB shows MSNBC at 40 but not 901,
> and Al Jazeera at 107 and 254.)
>
> For example, while viewing WHDH, following the link
> http://192.168.1.104/status.html?page=tuner0 shows:
>
> Virtual Channel 807 WHDH HD
> Frequency 633.000 MHz
> Program Number 2
> Authorization subscribed
> CCI Protection unrestricted
> CGMS Protection n/a
> Modulation Lock qam256
> PCR Lock locked
> Signal Strength 99% (-1.1 dBmV)
> Signal Quality 100% (37.6 dB)
> Symbol Quality 100%
> Streaming Rate 16.645 Mbps
> Resource Lock none
>
>
> In MythTV backend setup, when I used "Fetch channels from listing
> source" I got entries for no HD programs and only some of the SD
> programs (not, for example, MSNBC or Al Jazeera America). "Scan for
> channels" with a check for decryption took a long time, but found many
> more programs including the HD programs available OTA (but still not
> MSNBC or Al Jazeera America).
>
> mythfilldatabase runs, but mythfrontend shows no program information for
> the HD channels.
>
> I would like MythTV to show WHDH HD as channel 7, to match their
> OTA channel number. When I set that up using the channel editor,
> and tried to view WHDH HD using Live TV, mythfrontend displayed an error
> "Irrecoverable recorder error" and crashed. To recover, I used "killall
> mythfrontend.real".
>
> I also tried setting the channel number to 807 to match the HDhomerun
> Prime listings, but then Live TV only got as far as "Loading..." before
> crashing.
>
>
> When MythTV asks the HDHomeRun Prime to change channels, does it
> specify:
>
> 1) the QAM channel and program number? If so, why doesn't the channel
> editor display those parameters for each channel?
>
>
> 2) the Comcast channel number? If so, why doesn't the channel editor
> get pre-loaded with the channel number showed in the HDHR's scan?
>
>
> How should I set MythTV up to access the HD programs?
>
>
Did you set up your Schedules Direct account to access these channels?
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