Help with HD Homerun Prime in US.

Reggie Burnett

I see lots of people talking about this. Does anyone connected to this project ever reply?

I have built tvheadend on Ubuntu 16.04 and have been going through the web UI to configure it. I have 2 HD Homerun Prime tuners that are working flawlessly with mythtv. The tvheadend web ui sees the tuners but I have no idea how to attach them to a network or how to populate the channels.

Is this not supported currently?

Thanks!

mpmc

Reggie Burnett wrote:

> I see lots of people talking about this. Does anyone connected to this project ever reply?

If they know the answer they will eventually, writing that makes you sound impatient.

> I have built tvheadend on Ubuntu 16.04 and have been going through the web UI to configure it. I have 2 HD Homerun Prime tuners that are working flawlessly with mythtv. The tvheadend web ui sees the tuners but I have no idea how to attach them to a network or how to populate the channels.

Have you checked the Help pages? That explains how to create an assign a network, If not see here https://github.com/tvheadend/tvheadend/blob/master/docs/markdown/configure_tvheadend.md

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> Is this not supported currently?
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> Thanks!

laramy black

I am in the same boat as above. at the end i will have the full story.

> If they know the answer they will eventually, writing that makes you sound impatient.
Kinda agree here.
>Have you checked the Help pages? That explains how to create an assign a network, If not see here

I have done this, nothing about dvb-c us cable, there is atsc us cable but the muxus dont fill

Now a Solution for HDHR Primes. and it is ulgy.
Go to Networks > add
Select IPTV

Name it something (mine is comcrap)

Go to muxes (here is where it gets ulgy)
Add each channel 1 at a time. Each url will look like http://homerun-ip-address:5004/auto/v# (replace # with channel number) to get a xml list go to http://homerun-ip-address/lineup.xml

ProTIP, i dont know where to set a static to HDRH, but i used static leasing in my router to ensure the box's ip wont change.

I have yet to finish this because basic cable has 239 channles!

For Tveadend Devs, Suggestion, add in the network section for iptv a xml/m3u/m3u8 praser to make it eiser to mass import. maybe make it the scan sorce to update the avalible channels when it changes.

Now story time,
Had HDHR Extend and broadcast tv, Worked great (execpt there was no atsc epg grabber untill recently), Had to move for my job, new comunity shoves comcrap down our throats through HOA. No choice, i can ignore it but that is 25$ a month i am wasting. And even though i get basic, i would still have to pay for a box if i wanted to view it. so got a prime.

Reggie Burnett

Didn't mean to sound impatient. Was really excited to try out the software and disappointed it didn't work better with the home run prime.

laramy black

So it looks like the git version 4.1.x supports m3u importing, but i cant get past that part.

http://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=194174&pid=2258913#pid2258913

i just can't seem to get it to make channels, it will add the muxes and state all but 3 fail (the first 3 it tests on creation)

but here is a 1 liner to take the xml and make it a compatable m3u


Check new command lower

RyRy Online

I created a playlist using laramy's script above. However, I was able to get it to successfully load the list.

* Configuration -> DVB Inputs -> Networks -> Add
* Set the maximum streams to 3 (since HDHomerun Prime only allows 3 channels at a time)
* Since the playlist is stored locally, you need to use file:///

http://imgur.com/3lcNSMA.jpg

Hope this helps!

Matt P

What type of network did you add to get the screenshot above? I tried IPTV, ATSC and DVB-x. The closest is IPTV but on my TVHE it has a lot more options (bandwidth, SAT>IP source number, etc.) and does not have buttons like view level:basic, etc.

Robert Cameron

It sounds like you may not have a current version of TVH installed. The "Automatic IPTV" network type that allows for M3U files to define your muxes was added in the current 4.1 series, and is not present in the "stable" 4.0 series. Upgrade your TVH install, and the new network type should be available.

Robert Cameron

The HDHR Prime uses OCUR as its channel mapping technology, which is different from the way that DVB and ATSC work. Also, the Prime uses virtual channels (@vchannel@) for tuning, not the frequency/program pattern that is used in DVB/ATSC. The HDHomeRun support in Tvheadend only supports DVB/ATSC style tuning, so you cannot directly use the tuner in Tvheadend in the same way that you did with MythTV; channels must be added using the HTTP streaming option in the Prime, but adding it as an IPTV mux for each channel you want, in the format of @http://[ip_address_of_prime]:5004/auto/v[channel_to_tune]@. (For instance, if my Prime has an IP address of 10.0.21.5 on my home network, and I want to watch CBS in HD which is on channel 702, the URL for this is: @http://10.0.21.5:5004/auto/v702@.)

Matt P

So I upgraded to the unstable release of Tvheadend and got it to work. Thanks for the help!

laramy black

As attached. i followed your update. got them to show as ok in muxes. but they do not show under services.

What did you do to make that work?

Also the new HDHR firmware changed something in the xml. here is a updated command

Simply added this sed 's/MPEG.*//' | sed 's/H264.*//'

Robert Cameron

If it hasn't scanned the muxes after you added the Automatic IPTV network, then in the Network list, click on the network, then click on the "Force Scan" button. Each mux should then be accessed, and Services will be populated for each Mux it can successfully tune, one Service per Mux

laramy black

i did that. they come up with OK in the scan result collum under muxes(second picture attached). but no services are created. (first attached picture.

I got it to work. i recreated the playlist using my same script.

deleted and re added the iptv netowkr. but checked Accept zero value for TSID

Now services are showing up.

Reggie Burnett

Maybe one of you fine folks can post a message here with steps on how to make this work? I'm sure I'm not the only one who would appreciate it. :)

Robert Cameron

Reggie Burnett wrote:

> Maybe one of you fine folks can post a message here with steps on how to make this work? I'm sure I'm not the only one who would appreciate it. :)

There are already several threads on the forums here about getting the Prime working with TVH. To recap:

For your Prime, you need to create an IPTV network. If you are using a current development version of TVH (4.1.x), then use the Automatic IPTV type, it's easier. When you create the network, there is an option for the maximum number of streams; set this to 3 to use all three tuners.

When you add your channels, you add the URL you access the channel at: http://[IP_OF_PRIME]:5004/auto/v[CHANNEL], replacing [IP_OF_PRIME] with your Prime's IP address, and [CHANNEL] with the cable channel you want to add to TVH. (For example, for one of my devices to tune to CBS HD it is http://10.0.21.5:5004/auto/v702.)

(If you are using the 4.1 series, create an M3U playlist file of all of the channels you want to add and enter the URL to this playlist file when you create the Automatic IPTV network. This will read the file in and add all of your muxes/channels; otherwise you have to manually create each mux/channel.)

After creating your muxes and scanning them for services, you need to set up your EPG grabber. Then you can create Channels, Map your Services to Channels, and then associate those Channels with EPG Channels.