[mythtv-users] HDHomerun Premium TV Service

[David Engel]

On Sun, Aug 19, 2018 at 01:23:09AM +0000, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 18, 2018 at 7:30 PM David Engel <david at istwok.net> wrote:
> ...
> > Will Premium Channels work on Primes without cablecards installed?  If
> > so, I could possibly work on the changes.  I have an extra Prime and
> > use it without a cablecard to record clear QAM channels.
> 
> Somewhere else I read that only the (recent) gen OTA tuners
> have the needed support (and due to the channel numbering
> (i.e. cable numbering), I suspect that is a restriction likely to
> stay for at least now since overlapping channels on the same
> device only leads to badness).  If you have a recent gen OTA
> tuner it should not need to have an actual antenna attached, just
> the most recent firmware to provide the gateway functionality.

I expect it to not be supported, but it doesn't hurt to ask.  FWIW, my
Prime without cablecard reports a mishmash of ATSC and cable channel
numbers - 4.1, 5.1, 8.1 and 4, 5, 8.  There's also some random ones
which I belive are temporary on-demand streams.

David
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David Engel
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