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My stack is Raspberry Pi, LibreELEC, Kodi. I am in the USA. I would like to add HDHR4-2US to my rig. I am completely confused. Does Kodi make this work by configuring through the Config/Setup screens? Does Kodi show what channels are available? Can I record those channels without paying a fee to SiliconDust with the HDHR4-2US? I cannot get a square answer from HdHomerun.
FWIW. The TV reception is from an antenna. Will I need more softeware (apps) to get this to work? The last time I tried Hdhomerun's tuner, I had to have tvheadend. I could never get it all to play together. Do I put the tvheadend software in the sd-card running LibreELEC/Kodi?
If I have not given enough info to get answers I apologize.
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2019-01-17, 21:33
(This post was last modified: 2019-01-17, 21:35 by DarrenHill.)
If you just use the HDHR then you can watch the channels available through it in Kodi (via the HDHR PVR add-on) but you can't record stuff without paying for their premium service.
What you can indeed do is install the TVHeadEnd server add-on that you'll find in the LibreElec repo. You can then use that as a middle-man (HDHR-->TVH-->Kodi) and using that you can record to a connected drive or something on your network.
I have that exact set-up myself, with a HDHomerun Connect feeding my Pi3, which runs LibreElec plus a TVHeadend server. You then use the TVH PVR instead of the HDHR one in LibreElec and point it to the server (on localhost in my case, but it can be elsewhere if you want).
There are some other options (I think NextPVR can also record for free) but I've not tried it personally as TVH works fine for me.
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Looks like copy to folder on libreelec box and install from zip. I haven't tried on an rpi in a while
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If I purchase the SiliconDust HdHomerun "Extend" (HDTC-2US-M) device, that does the transcoding and remuxing in it's hardware do I still need TVHeadend?
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If your intent is to record OTA broadcasts, why is the goal to find free your only objective? How do you intend scheduling recurring events? I used NXTPVR for a time, but you will find you need a subscription to Schedules Direct ($25) to get guide content. I don't find $25/yr too much to ask for this service. How much is your time worth over the course of a year to identify schedule and content updates on OTA programming? I subsequently migrated my recording engine to a NAS and HDHomeRun. Silicone charges $35/yr for the guide content. I find the GUI and overall experience using HDHomeRun to be easier and more reliable than my previous NXTPVR/Schedule Direct solution.
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I don't care about scheduling. I do care about all the software/apps that have to play together now and into the future. I tend to record only when shows conflict in when they air. So I have to record one while I watch the other. By other, I mean that my TV and it's antenna show (broadcast?) say, for example, The Big Bang Theory and Gotham. Both start at 8pm here. I record Big Bang, and watch Gotham. I have the newspaper and it has a TV guide. I don't see an advantage to buying a TV guide, but, if it will help make the software/apps play nicely now and into the future, then I would spend the money.
My concern is how to make the output of a HDHomeRun device, do 2 things. 1. Translate the antenna signal into watchable TV. 2. Allow the watchable TV to be recorded for later playback. I want to do this in this manner: Raspberry Pi B+ (512 meg of dram), LibreELEC, and Kodi. This way so that I don't keep a computer running 24/7/365 only for television. I am guessing that the hdhomerun "Extend" model is best for this as it transcodes and remuxes the signals in hardware. The Pi is certainly light on power in that department. I was hoping to determine whether with the "Extend" model if I still need TVHeadend. Again, I'm guessing that I do. I'm not sure why the broadcast schedule is part of this, what it has to do with TVheadend. I'm knowledgeable enough to understand that the hardware isn't involved. So if I'm understanding you, I must have some "paid for" schedules in order for all the hardware/apps to work together?
By the bye. I have a HomeWorx PVR. It get's it's schedules OTA. It can get up to about 12 hours in advance most days. So, if it can get OTA schedules, must I have a paid service? (this is truly the most confusing part of Kodi/TVheadend/LibreELEC/Raspberry Pi/HDhomerun).
FWIW. I spent weeks of trying to piece this all information together. I have yet to find a writeup, tutorial, or howto that gives what to do, why to do it and how to do it in a step-by-step manner for my hardware combination.
Thnx for helping me clarify my questions.
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okay. if you purchase the silicondust pvr service for $35/year you get approx 2 weeks of guide data that you can use to schedule recordings to your own hardware and be done with it. this includes guide data, recording capabilities as well as channel images. if you purchase schedulesdirect you will have to configure your own backend service, apply the guide data xmltv file or login to schedulesdirect and configure recording.
For what its worth I have both a schedulesdirect account (no longer in use) and the silicondust pvr server. do you want a turn-key solution or do you want to get your hands slightly dirty depending on your technical capabilities?
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Thanks for sticking with me in this. I don't want to get my hands dirty. And the $10 diff twixt SD and hdhomer ain't worth writing about.
That said, I surmise that I must have some sort of scheduling for the kludge of krap (good krap) to work together. I don't know what a pvr server is, but SilconDust has made sooo many models and products, I cannot grok them all.
Do I mark this post as solved?
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2019-01-20, 06:57
(This post was last modified: 2019-01-20, 06:58 by MatthewLundberg.)
Don't get the Extend. The transcoding is not as good as you can get in post-processing (even in real time). It's not going to reduce the software requirements for recording at all. I have one, and used the transcoding feature a few times only, early on. I should have gotten the Connect instead. Well, another Connect instead as I have a couple of those. The only advantage to having an Extend, is that the DVR will use it only after all non-transcoding tuners are in use, so it's free for VLC or such. That's not much of an advantage. I might sell it on Ebay. Even used, they sell for more than they're worth.
I'm working on a plugin to schedule recordings for SD's DVR, similar in functionality to Mr. Brehm's but with fewer dependencies. It's still a few months from being a release candidate, but I'll get something out there. It will be usable for subscribers and non-subscribers alike, but nonsubscribers will only get real-time feeds direct from the tuners. Subscribers will be able to schedule and view recorded programs from within the PVR.
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Beg pardon. Just for me to make certain. I have a Raspberry PI, LibreELEC, Kodi stack. You say the Extend won't benefit the foregoing? I have the Raspberry Pi B+ (512 meg of ram, 700 Hz on CPU). Should I upgrade the the Pi-3?
