[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun tuners and network switches

[James Abernathy]

On Thu, Jan 20, 2022 at 10:44 AM Jay Harbeston <jharbestonus at gmail.com>
wrote:

> >
> >
> > The above has the most break ups when watching
> >
> > However, moving the cable leading to switch 3 from the AP/router to
> switch 1 seems to work best.
> >
> > Does this make sense or point to a problem?
> >
> > Jim A
> >
> >
> >
>
> I use the hdhomerun_config_gui utility and watch the meters that are
> displayed. Those meters will tell you if you are having antenna problems .
> If the green bars stay consistent, then sounds like a network problem as
> discussed..
>
> I also use a different variation of the hdhr config command line to dump
> the same info as seen in the guy above as follows:
>
> hdhr=<hdhr_id>
>
> hdhomerun_config $hdhr get /tuner0/status
>
> When the above is looped, you will see drops if there are problems as you
> would with the gui version above.
>
> Someone also mentioned the power supply, and I have had to replace those
> when things got weird.
>
> Regards
>

Thanks for all the suggestions.  I used the hdhomerun_config to capture
some video with no errors of any kind now that I kept the tuners from
routing through the AP/router.  I think I'm going to move everything out of
the AP/router except the one cable to the first switch.

JIm A
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