<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><hr id="zwchr"><blockquote style="border-left:2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255);margin-left:5px;padding-left:5px;"><b>From: </b>"James R. Van Zandt" <jrvz@comcast.net><br><b>To: </b>mythtv-users@mythtv.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, November 9, 2013 8:50:26 AM<br><b>Subject: </b>[mythtv-users] HD programs on Comcast using HDHomeRun Prime?<br><br><br>I just got an HDHomeRun Prime. I got a Motorola M-Card from Comcast and<br>got it authenticated and paired. The SiliconDust GUI can access HD<br>programs. With Myth, I can access SD programs, but not HD - even for<br>programs available OTA.<br><br>For example, using the command line<br> hdhomerun_config 131A48E8 scan 0 /tmp/thescan<br>I find that physical channel qam256:92 carries four programs:<br> SCANNING: 633000000 (us-irc:92, us-cable:92)<br> LOCK: qam256 (ss=100 snq=100 seq=100)<br> TSID: 0x846C<br> PROGRAM 1 805 WCVB HD (encrypted)<br> PROGRAM 2 807 WHDH HD (encrypted)<br> PROGRAM 3 297 WHDH THIS.TV (encrypted)<br> PROGRAM 4 292 WCVB ME.TV (encrypted)<br><br>hdhomerun_config_gui shows the same four programs, listed this way:<br> 1 805 WCVB HD (encrypted)<br> 2 807 WHDH HD (encrypted)<br> 3 297 WHDH THIS.TV (encrypted)<br> 4 292 WCVB ME.TV (encrypted)<br><br>In each case, the "view" button will show the program in a VLC window.<br>The first two look like HD, the others SD.<br><br>When I point my browser to the HDHRP at 192.168.1.104/linup.html, the<br>"detect channels" button finds 333+ channels.<br>The "Basic Channel" and "Subscribed Channels" lists are empty, but the "All<br>Channels" list shows many channels, including:<br> 802 WENH HD<br> 803 WBPX HD<br> 804 CBS4HD<br> 805 WCVB HD<br> 806 WFXT HD<br> 807 WHDH HD<br> 808 WLVI HD<br> 809 WMUR HDTV<br> 810 NECN HD<br>It also shows MSNBC twice, at channels 40 and 901, and Al Jazeera<br>America at 107. (For reference, the STB shows MSNBC at 40 but not 901,<br>and Al Jazeera at 107 and 254.)<br><br>For example, while viewing WHDH, following the link <br>http://192.168.1.104/status.html?page=tuner0 shows:<br><br> Virtual Channel 807 WHDH HD<br> Frequency 633.000 MHz<br> Program Number 2<br> Authorization subscribed<br> CCI Protection unrestricted<br> CGMS Protection n/a<br> Modulation Lock qam256<br> PCR Lock locked<br> Signal Strength 99% (-1.1 dBmV)<br> Signal Quality 100% (37.6 dB)<br> Symbol Quality 100%<br> Streaming Rate 16.645 Mbps<br> Resource Lock none<br><br><br>In MythTV backend setup, when I used "Fetch channels from listing<br>source" I got entries for no HD programs and only some of the SD<br>programs (not, for example, MSNBC or Al Jazeera America). "Scan for<br>channels" with a check for decryption took a long time, but found many<br>more programs including the HD programs available OTA (but still not<br>MSNBC or Al Jazeera America).<br><br>mythfilldatabase runs, but mythfrontend shows no program information for<br>the HD channels. <br><br>I would like MythTV to show WHDH HD as channel 7, to match their<br>OTA channel number. When I set that up using the channel editor, <br>and tried to view WHDH HD using Live TV, mythfrontend displayed an error<br>"Irrecoverable recorder error" and crashed. To recover, I used "killall<br>mythfrontend.real".<br><br>I also tried setting the channel number to 807 to match the HDhomerun<br>Prime listings, but then Live TV only got as far as "Loading..." before<br>crashing.<br><br><br>When MythTV asks the HDHomeRun Prime to change channels, does it<br>specify:<br><br> 1) the QAM channel and program number? If so, why doesn't the channel<br> editor display those parameters for each channel?<br><br><br> 2) the Comcast channel number? If so, why doesn't the channel editor<br> get pre-loaded with the channel number showed in the HDHR's scan?<br><br><br>How should I set MythTV up to access the HD programs?<br></blockquote>If done properly, the transport and program number details are hidden behind the scenes, and your schedule grid will only show the Comcast channel number.<br><br>How do you get your schedule listings for Myth?<br><br>If it is Schedules Direct, you need to go to their website and check your lineup. You may not have the HD channels selected. <br><br>RE channel discrepencies, 40 is likely the SD version of MSNBC, 901 the HD program.<br></div></body></html>