[mythtv-users] HDHR Prime queries

[Leo Butler]

Rich Freeman <r-mythtv at thefreemanclan.net> writes:

> On Thu, May 21, 2015 at 12:46 AM, James Miller
> <gajs-f0el at dea.spamcon.org> wrote:
>>
>> So what I'm hoping I might do is test out some recordings from the command
>> line. I know there's a CLI utility for interfacing with the HDHR Prime and
>> I've done a couple of channel scans with it. I believe I've read that
>> recordings can be made using this utility as well--is that correct?

Yes, that is correct.

>> What
>> would be great for this initial, testing phase, would be some script like
>> the one for dvb tuners that's included in this Gentoo wiki article
>> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/TV_Tuner and that, using mencoder, dumps the
>> dvb tuner's output, for a specified interval, to a file (a similar but much
>> more complex and capable script that uses dd can be found at
>> http://rogerx.freeshell.org/files/bin/record-dvb.sh). With something of that
>> sort, a cron job could be set up to do some test recordings with the HDHR
>> Prime. So, would it be possible to create a command line script such as that
>> for the HDHR Prime? Or is there maybe something along these lines already in
>> existence?

Attached is a script that I use with my hdhr3-cc and my hdhr4-2us. I
found a similar script somewhere online, but can't recall where (and
didn't note it)

>> Finally, I'll just ask for confirmation on whether the impression that I've
>> gotten that it can be sort of a headache to get the HDHR Prime-with-M-card
>> set up and working under MythTV is correct. I seem to recall reading
>> accounts of long telephone sessions with cable company tech support before
>> things were finally gotten to work. Can anyone confirm either a smooth or
>> difficult process of getting this tuner with M-card operational on a MythTV
>> system?
>>

It depends. The cable companies really are not configured to help with
cablecard devices, since it is an infinitesimal fraction of their
business.

I had a headache with charter and the hdhr3-cc in central michigan, and
a basically trouble-free setup with cableone in north dakota. One
difference (besides my understanding) in the two was cableone sent two
technicians to do the installation, while charter gave me the
(defective, it turned out) equipment to install and only later sent a
tech out.

Leo

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