[mythtv-users] Trouble with HDHOMERUN drivers

[Tom Dexter]

On 4/14/19, Allen Edwards <allen.p.edwards at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2019 at 11:32 AM Curtis Gedak <gedakc at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2019-04-14 12:25 p.m., DryHeat122 wrote:
>> > I am trying to get the drivers for HDHOMERUN installed on my Mythbuntu
>> > 16.04 system so I can use the tuners on MythTV.  Am following the
>> > instructions here <https://www.silicondust.com/support/linux/>.  The
>> > direct compile/install methods didn't work so I used apt-get, per
>> > instructions, and got a boatload of errors, below.
>>
>>
>> Is there a reason you are not using the already packaged hdhomerun
>> libraries for *buntu 16.04?
>>
>> $ apt-cache search hdhome
>> hdhomerun-config - Configuration utility for Silicon Dust HD HomeRun
>> hdhomerun-config-gui - GUI Configuration utility for Silicon Dust HD
>> HomeRun
>> libhdhomerun-dev - Development library for Silicon Dust HD HomeRun
>> libhdhomerun2 - Library for Silicon Dust HD HomeRun
>> kodi-pvr-nextpvr - NextPVR PVR addon for Kodi
>>
>> I had no trouble using my HDHR tuners with Mythbuntu 16.04.  I did not
> have to install anything, just select them from the menu. The only issue I
> has was the IP address dropping and switching to static IP solved that.
> The IP thing happened about every 6 weeks so doubt that is your problem but
> I would recommend static IP with Mythbuntu 16.04 as there is a bug
> somewhere and it drops the connection to the HDHR after some time.
>
> Allen
>
It's important to note however that as of MythTV 30 the hdhomerun
library is apparently no longer bundled into the MythTV source, and
does in fact depend on the underlying system for that:

https://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Release_Notes_-_30#Prerequisite_Changes

I still have 29.1 here, but I've been meaning to request a version
bump for Gentoo for media-libs/libhdhomerun for that reason.

DryHeat122: As to the issues you're having, those all appear to be gtk
dependencies of the hdhomerun_config_gui and I'd argue there's no good
reason for using the GUI at all. As far as I know, the libhdhomerun by
itself includes the command line /usr/bin/hdhomerun_config in addition
to the libhdhomerun.so library and that certainly works for everything
I've ever need to do. I don't believe that it relies on anything aside
from basic libc stuff.

Tom