[mythtv-users] Noob needs help- first time backend setup

[Scott Theisen]

On 3/10/22 17:14, Tom Peters wrote:
> At 03:27 PM 3/10/2022, Scott Theisen wrote:
>> On 3/10/22 15:20, Tom Peters wrote:
>>> Hi y'all, experienced Linux guy here, also absolute noob with MythTV.
>>>
>>> But I'm at a complete loss as to tell it what my HDHomeRun boxes IP 
>>> addresses are (I have two of them, two tuners each). I can't figure 
>>> out how to configure anything about them. Evidently, they are 
>>> identified by some sort of code, which looks to me like a MAC 
>>> address fragment. Fine, that's great, how do I tell it to find it? 
>>
>> In the screen with New Capture card and selected HDHomeRun Networked 
>> Tuner, you need to hit the *right arrow key* to enter the next 
>> screen, which should list your devices.  There is a little arrow on 
>> the right side of the selection as a hint.  MythTV's UI is mostly 
>> keyboard based, with some partial mouse support.
>
> Ding! Ding! Ding! That was the secret sauce. I tried clicking the 
> little rightwards-pointing arrow on the screen, but it just took me to 
> the "Choose card type" dialog again. Pressing the actual right-arrow 
> key on the keyboard it what I needed.
>
> Thanks so much for showing me the secret handshake to get into the club.
>
>> You need to add one device per tuner, i.e. two per device in your case.
>
> Slightly puzzled by that. What do you mean by "device" in this context?
>
> Each HDHR box has a pair of tuners. Do I need to add four (something) 
> in my case? Two (something) for each (other something)? Confused by 
> the terminology here.
>
> I *think *that I have to add two *Capture Cards*, one for each HDHR 
> box. Right???
>
> Or should I use a single card? In the setup for each card, it asks 
> "Use 172.20.0.118?" _and_ "Use 172.20.0.119?" -- should I only add one 
> capture card and allow it to use both boxes?

You have two devices (serial 101A2E3D and 10186C10):
     hdhomerun device 101A2E3D found at 172.20.0.118
     hdhomerun device 10186C10 found at 172.20.0.119

each with two tuners, so you want two capture cards using 172.20.0.118 
and two using 172.20.0.119.

Regards,

Scott
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