Re: [PLUG] Using a HDHomeRun with VLC on Linux

[Lee Marzke <lee@marzke.net>]

Amul,

Wow, thanks for posting this,  it works great on Ubuntu 8.04

To clarify further:  here is a summary from my history file of the 
commands (  showing real values  for WCAU-DT 10.1 )

hdhomerun_config 10160FF3 upgrade 
/home/lmarzke/Desktop/hdhomerun_atsc_firmware_20090305a.bin

hdhomerun_config 10160FF3 scan /tuner0 >hd_t0.txt
more hd_t0.txt
hdhomerun_config 10160FF3 set /tuner0/channel  8vsb:791000000
hdhomerun_config 10160FF3 get /tuner0/status
hdhomerun_config 10160FF3 get /tuner0/streaminfo
hdhomerun_config 10160FF3 set /tuner0/program 3
vlc udp://@:1234
hdhomerun_config 10160FF3 set /tuner0/target 10.24.3.1:1234

Lee

TuskenTower wrote:
> This topic came up at the last PLUG West meeting.  Bhaskar asked about
> using VLC with the HDHomeRun without using MythTV.
>
> I was going to have a fun time learning this except, the wheel has
> already been built.
>
> 1) Use apt/synaptic to get the hdhomerun_config utility.
> OR you can download and compile it from
> http://www.silicondust.com/wiki/downloads
>
> 2) Upgrade your firmware, The most recent release is 20090305a (from
> the downloads link above).  The forum thread link (below) about
> 'unknown channelmap 'default' error' is the error that you will get
> when the channel map has not been set.  Looking through the minimal
> Mac GUI that automates this (there are sources for a GTK GUI, but I
> didn't check for it in the repos) I see four options: 'us-bcast',
> 'us-cable', 'us-hrc' and 'us-irc'.  Set the right one for your use.
> http://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6330
>
> 3) This older post covers everything else that anyone needs to do to
> watch TV via VLC.
> http://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1924
>
>
> This is the help from the HDHR
> $ hdhomerun_config FFFFFFFF get help
> Supported configuration options:
>   /tuner<n>/channel <modulation>:<freq|ch>     Get/set modulation and frequency
>   /tuner<n>/channelmap <channel map>           Get/set channel to frequency map
>   /tuner<n>/filter 0x<nnnn>-0x<nnnn> [...]     Get/set PID filter
>   /tuner<n>/program <program number>           Get/set MPEG program filter
>   /tuner<n>/target <ip>:<port>                 Get/set target IP for tuner
>   /tuner<n>/status                             Display status of tuner
>   /tuner<n>/streaminfo                         Display stream info
>   /tuner<n>/debug                              Display debug info for tuner
>   /tuner<n>/lockkey                            Set/clear tuner lock
>   /ir/target <ip>:<port>                       Get/set target IP for IR
>   /lineup/location <countrycode>:<postcode>    Get/set location for lineup
>   /lineup/location disabled                    Disable lineup server connection
>   /sys/model                                   Display model name
>   /sys/features                                Display supported features
>   /sys/version                                 Display firmware version
>   /sys/copyright                               Display firmware copyright
>   /sys/debug                                   Display debug info
>
> I noticed these two help lines are missing from the new firmware:
>   Supported modulation types: 8vsb qam qam64 qam256
>   Supported channel maps: default us-bcast us-cable us-irc us-hrc
>
> Ah, I see its in the /sys/features
> $ hdhomerun_config 1014350D get /sys/features
> channelmap: us-bcast us-cable us-hrc us-irc
> modulation: 8vsb qam256 qam64
> auto-modulation: auto auto6t auto6c qam
>
> The HDHR Dev Guide (see
> http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/instructions) covers the use of
> the utilities.  You can use the tools to capture an MPEG stream too.
>
> Neat stuff,
> Amul
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