[mythtv-users] HDHomerun Prime with CableCard on Myth 0.29 via External (black box) Tuner
David Engel
david at istwok.net
Tue Jul 12 17:02:27 UTC 2022
On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 12:27:02PM -0400, Christopher Sean Hilton wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 11:14:25AM -0500, David Engel wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 12, 2022 at 11:40:37AM -0400, Christopher Sean Hilton wrote:
> > > What I don't understand is:
> > >
> > > * Why does my HDHomerun Prime show up as having 25 ATSC channels when
> > > it doesn't have an ATSC tuner so it can't have any ATSC channels?
> >
> > Those are unencrypted channels on your cable. They are typically
> > local channels or on-demand streams.
> >
> > > * Why does my HDHomerun Prime show up with the IP address 172.x.y.62
> > > as an hdhomerun_atsc_4 tuner when this is the IP address and
> > > identity of my HD Homerun connect device?
> >
> > The IP address shown in mythtv-setup is purely informational to help
> > you identify your devices. The IP address can change from time to
> > time unless you have configured your DHCP server to give static
> > addresses to your HDHRs. The HDHR, device ID is what MythTV actually
> > uses when recording from them.
> >
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
> Here's a portion of my dhcpd.conf file:
>
> ```
> host hd-homerun-00 { hardware ethernet 00:18:dd:xx:yy:00; fixed-address hd-homerun-00.vindaloo.com; }
> host hd-homerun-01 { hardware ethernet 00:18:dd:xx:yy:01; fixed-address hd-homerun-01.vindaloo.com; }
> host hd-homerun-02 { hardware ethernet 00:18:dd:xx:yy:02; fixed-address hd-homerun-02.vindaloo.com; }
> ```
>
> What's throwing me off is that the IP address that I see in the
> mythtv-setup UI is not the IP address of the HD Homerun Prime, and the
> Prime is a model atsc_3. I'm not sure which information in the UI I
> should ignore and which information I should pay attention to. :-)
Can you post some screenshots from mythtv-setup showing all of your
HDHRs and their IPs?
David
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David Engel
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