[mythtv-users] HDHomerun Premium TV Service

Justin Alcorn justin at jalcorn.net
Sat Aug 18 19:35:18 UTC 2018


Will they need to be added to Schedules Direct as well?
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Justin B. Alcorn
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On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 12:42 PM Silicondust/HDHomeRun <
mythtv at silicondust.com> wrote:

> >>Silicondust is introducing a premium fee service that will deliver
> >>some
> >>channels over the internet but accessed through the HDHomerun
> >>hardware.
> >>Demo channels are now available for the Duo and Quattro after the
> >>latest
> >>firmware update.
> >>
> >>The video below mentions that Plex and Kodi will be able to access it.
> >>Just
> >>curious if anyone knows if mythtv can as well. I know some of the
> >>Silicondust dust techs monitor this list so hopefully one of them will
> >>swoop in and give us the lowdown.
> >>
> >>https://youtu.be/YetNR_fFm3k
> >
> >I suspect MythTV can't currently access those channels.  The reason is
> >the new channels are probably tuned by virtual channel numbers.
> >MythTV only does that on HDHR Primes.  In addition, MythTV isn't set
> >up to use different tuning techniques on a channel by channel basis on
> >a single device.
> The tuning and streaming method for these channels is the same as a
> CableCARD based HDHomeRun, so at that level it should be close.
>
> Other work will be involved as David points out.
>
> We will try to get the lineups added to Gracenote to solve the guide
> side of things.
>
> Nick - Silicondust.
>
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