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

[David Engel]

On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 05:40:55PM -0500, Scott Theisen wrote:
> 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.

This is not necessarily correct.  If both HDHomeRuns are connected to
the same videosource/antenna (very likely the case here), the user
wants to configure 4 capture cards each using both HDHRs.  The reason
is that all tuners connected to the same source are pooled together.

David
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David Engel
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