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Windows => Television => Topic started by: benn600 on February 26, 2009, 03:05:48 pm
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Does MC support this network based ATSC tuner? It seems like a much more appropriate system over adding a tuner to all my HTPCs.
http://www.silicondust.com/products/hdhomerun
I do see some posts for MC12. Any new developments? I did just order one because if it works (and it has great reviews), it is exactly what I've been dreaming of. And then I realized it has two tuners in a moderately priced box! I couldn't hardly buy two tuners for the price of the box and then they're tied to a single computer and require a coax connection. I've got ethernet everywhere but coax only in certain places. Plus, more coax means more loss and a need for more amplification.
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How many people use the HDHomeRun by Silicon Dust? When you've got multiple computers or, more importantly, a laptop, then this allows everyone to get television over the always-on network connection (wired or wireless). It is exactly what I've been looking for. Could support be added? Mine should arrive within a few days. I decided even if it doesn't work with MC, I can use it standalone for desktop usage. It has two tuners and buying two standalone tuner cards wouldn't be much cheaper--and I've got many computer systems that would benefit from having television but tuner cards are a huge pain. The network is rock solid, fast, and a must for internet, data, printers, etc. TV should run over it too!
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SageTV supports this. I know there was interest in learning what SageTV does that MC doesn't. Here's something!
The list of supported software:
http://www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/instructions
The product:
http://www.silicondust.com/products/hdhomerun_atsc
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Without any concrete response, I still went for this product. I received it today. It shows up under tuners in MC and is currently running a scan. I watched some TV in VLC and was definitely pleased. I will keep working with it and see what the end result is. So far it looks promising. In VLC I was noticing some audio and video artifacting that I didn't like but hopefully they won't be present in MC.
Addition: If this does work as expected, it would solve my deleted TV channel problem because I could EASILY run a channel scan on the server since there is no hardware to install! Television instantly becomes a network-wide resource!
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HDHomeRun works very well with Media Center. I am currently viewing 720p live television video and it is completely smooth and crisp. It looks spectacular and is ultra convenient.
The biggest hardware shortcoming seems to be that a tuner streaming, say, channel 9, cannot stream the same channel to a second user. The simplest solution is to install additional tuners to give everyone who may want a tuner an availability. I will set it up on other systems, especially some slower computers, and am interested to see how well it works on less powerful systems.
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When I start recording from HDHomeRun, the video stops and pauses. Then it shows for a second or two. Then, I see a light tan color screen and the recording directory has new files but they are less than 10 MB and do not grow. If I stop the video and cancel the recording, it works again.