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<p>On 6/13/23 1:31 PM, Jay Harbeston wrote:<br>
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<div>On Jun 13, 2023, at 4:22 PM, Bob Sully
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<p><span style="font-size: large;">I have ordered the
capture device and the second splitter you mentioned.
I'd love to get this set up and running; I am running
33 on Ubuntu 22.04, also with the same Arris STB.</span></p>
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NOTE that you ONLY need a splitter if you want to watch what you
are recording live at the same time. </div>
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<div>If it is to become an input device ONLY for mythtv then
cancel your order for the splitter… save some $$! :-)</div>
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<p>Agree with Jay – you only need a splitter if you also watch live
TV.</p>
<p>Also, I spoke too soon about this working. After some initial
success, the video now records fine but for audio all I'm getting
is static. I will try my previous troubleshooting steps of (a)
taking the splitter out of the system to see if it's the problem
and (b) doing hard power resets on all devices before trying
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<p>As for my low-rent setup, I use this el cheapo HDMI capture
device:<br>
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href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089ZWX5MY">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B089ZWX5MY<br>
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</a>And this powered splitter:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B2R3GXL9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B2R3GXL9/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1</a><br>
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The latter includes a power cable but does not include a charger
with a USB-A socket.</p>
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<p>Here is /usr/local/bin/MythExternalRecorder, which I point to in
mythtv-setup:</p>
<p>#!/bin/bash<br>
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## echo "`date`: /usr/bin/mythexternrecorder" "${@}" >>
/var/log/mythtv/mythexternrecorder.log<br>
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/usr/bin/mythexternrecorder -v all:debug --exec --conf
/usr/share/mythtv/external.conf "${@}"<br>
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<p>And here is /usr/share/mythtv/external.conf:<br>
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[RECORDER]<br>
# This is the recorder command to execute<br>
command="mythffmpeg -f v4l2 -framerate 30 -input_format mjpeg
-video_size 1920x1080 -i /dev/video0 -f alsa -ac 2 -itsoffset
0.150 -i hw:1,0 -f mpegts -c:v libx264 -b:v 5200k -preset
ultrafast -x264opts keyint=50 -c:a aac -b:a 160k pipe:1"<br>
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# Optional cleanup command which is executed when this recorder is
shut down<br>
#cleanup="/home/mythtv/bin/input-finished.sh"<br>
cleanup="killall mythffmpeg"<br>
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# Used in logging events, %ARG% are replaced from the channel info<br>
desc=mythffmpeg \"%URL%\" \"%CHANNUM%\" \"%CHANNAME%\"
\"%CALLSIGN%\"</p>
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<p>Hope this helps.<br>
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<p>dn</p>
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