[mythtv-users] HDHomeRun(s)

[Greg Oliver]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 9:14 AM, Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 10:36 PM, John Finlay <finlay at moeraki.com> wrote:
>> Ross Campbell wrote:
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:25 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Greg Oliver wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I have tried with and without a splitter.  I am in the US.  I have not
>>>>> tried to tune any channels that came through.
>>>>>
>>>>> Now that I think of it, other than the GUI, they may have all came
>>>>> through.  I'll play some more and get back tomorrow - thx..
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Try scanning with the SiliconDust GUI application.  There are known
>>>> issues where the GUI scanner will pick up more channels than the command
>>>> line scanner (and Myth's copy of the HDHR libraries).
>>>>
>>>
>>> Seconded. I'm one of those people willing to walk the extra mile to
>>> avoid having to boot Windows, but I would have saved myself a lot of
>>> time finding channels and verifying the HDHR ability to tune them if I
>>> would have started out with the Windows apps from silicondust first.
>>>
>>
>> The Silicondust GUI is also available on Linux but has to be compiled from
>> source.
>>
>
> OK, I bit the bullet and backed up my partitions, loaded back vista
> ultimate that my laptop came with, only to get the same results...  So
> I went into the attic...  It seems the professionally installed
> antenna (or rather tech) used a directv splitter that was already up
> there.  I replaced it with a 5-2300 splitter, and it all works now.
>
> I am just wondering how the same cable connected to a TV produced
> different results when connected to the hdhomerun..  I can only assume
> the TV has pretty good gain or something???
>
> -Greg
>

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