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Linux => JRiver Media Center 32 for Linux => Topic started by: Bozer on August 12, 2024, 02:08:56 pm

Title: Hauppauge Tv tuner cannot be found by MC
Post by: Bozer on August 12, 2024, 02:08:56 pm

I am currently trying to use Linux instead of Windows again. I have a fresh install of Mint, with MC 32.0.58. I can't coax it to see my Tv tuner card. I installed another program to see if the tuner worked and it did. I even installed the kernel Hauppauge provides. I installed a backup of my library, but I am not going to rename all my folders on my drives until I can use this for TV. I am pretty green with Linux, but I have come back to it every couple years, and I am in hopes this time I can sort it, with help.

Title: Re: Hauppauge Tv tuner cannot be found by MC
Post by: bob on August 12, 2024, 02:25:52 pm

The Linux version of MC only supports networked tuners (like HDHomeRun)

Title: Re: Hauppauge Tv tuner cannot be found by MC
Post by: Bozer on August 12, 2024, 03:50:47 pm

Mac? Do you mean Linux?

Title: Re: Hauppauge Tv tuner cannot be found by MC
Post by: Awesome Donkey on August 12, 2024, 04:59:19 pm

Yes, though it applies to both.

Title: Re: Hauppauge Tv tuner cannot be found by MC
Post by: Bozer on August 13, 2024, 09:28:10 am

Ok, I am sorry for my misunderstanding. The tuner is recognized by the OS and there are other software solutions that offer this capability. It is just that I am kinda locked into JRiver having used it for several years. Does JRiver have any plans to offer this in the future?

Title: Re: Hauppauge Tv tuner cannot be found by MC
Post by: Awesome Donkey on August 13, 2024, 10:16:58 am

As far as I know it's a lack of drivers outside of Windows sort of thing.

Title: Re: Hauppauge Tv tuner cannot be found by MC
Post by: bob on August 13, 2024, 01:08:57 pm

Quote from: Awesome Donkey on August 13, 2024, 10:16:58 am

As far as I know it's a lack of drivers outside of Windows sort of thing.

That's correct. There is no operating system supplied API for that outside of windows.

Title: Re: Hauppauge Tv tuner cannot be found by MC
Post by: Bozer on August 13, 2024, 02:04:40 pm

Actually Hauppauge provides a driver for Linux on their website. Also there is a generic version of the tuner driver included in Debian that is also present in the kernel of Mint. There is also an older program that will watch and and record OTA video streams. I had tried all that before I decided to take the plunge and leave windows in my living room too, as it's the last hold out in my house. I wanted to continue with JRiver because all my media is in the library already in it's format. So I purchased a master license this time thinking I was going to be golden. Oops my bad. Thanks for your time.

Title: Re: Hauppauge Tv tuner cannot be found by MC
Post by: bob on August 15, 2024, 08:41:47 am

Drivers and API's aren't the same thing. The windows API support lots of cards in a generic manner.
I tried plenty of tuners for linux and the support was totally clunky.
This is why we decided to support uPnP based network cards since we had already implemented that framework across all of our supported platforms.
It's just one of those unfortunate situations where your proprietary hardware won't work.