Comments on: How to: Record unencypted HD cable with Beyond TV & HDHomeRun

By: Maximus

Maximus — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:29:00 +0000

I would like to see a continuation of the topic

By: soto

soto — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:02:06 +0000

I have attempted to install the HDHOMERUN using BTV. I get the channels mapped and everything. Then when I try to install the device using the BTV setup wizard, it does not show either HDHOMERUN tuner, any thoughts?

By: Cliff

Cliff — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 06:07:57 +0000

These instructions didn’t work for me, but I followed the instructions on the silicondust web site and it worked perfectly at this link: http://www.silicondust.com/wiki/hdhomerun/instructions/beyondtv_cable

By: gak

gak — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 21:14:36 +0000

Excellent article Grant! I couldn’t have gotten as far as I am without your write-up! I just got my HDHR and followed your instructions to get it set up. I DID have to manually register the hdhomerun_bda.ax driver to get the Digital Antenna option in step 33 (it was greyed out).

My problem is during step 44, I only see tuner 1 in the drop down list (no tuner 0).
Do you have any idea how to get the other tuner to show up in the BTV Setup Wizard?

BTW, completing the setup wizard with the tuner I can see works fine and BTV can use that tuner to view live TV and record. Great Picture! And the HDHR config GUI can tune channels on both tuners and display them in VLC, so I am fairly confident that the HDHR drivers are installed correctly…

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Thu, 17 May 2007 08:28:02 +0000

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By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 05 May 2007 11:02:08 +0000

Yes, in BTV setup wizard, I don’t see the custom lineup that I created. I see 2 other lineups, but they are grey, and “Select an existing lineup” is grey. Actually, I really don’t get a drop-down box, just a list of lineups, but I can’t select any of them.

By: Grant

Grant — Sat, 05 May 2007 07:00:06 +0000

Mike - Are you referring to when you’re prompted to select a digital antenna lineup in the BTV setup wizard? If so, then look to see if there is a blank value in the droplist. If so, then select that and click “Next”. My custom lineup appeared with no name in the setup wizard too. You can always give it a name later in the web admin (Settings > Channels).

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 05 May 2007 04:43:32 +0000

I don’t see the new lineup in the setup wizard, either. Has anyone figured this out yet?

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Snapstream's guide to Beyond TV and the HDHomeRun « Project HTPC — Fri, 04 May 2007 22:30:28 +0000

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By: Rich

Rich — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:53:46 +0000

Grant,

Thanks for the write-up. I recieved the HDHomerun yesterday and got it up and running last night. It is working flawlessly. I recorded two HD QAM channels at the same time without a burp.

I had only two issues…

1. I scanned the channels with “hdhomerun_config_gui.exe” but the resulting “Channels.txt” file was no where to be found. I searched the entire hard drive. To get around this, as I did not have a file to import to the QAM Mapping Utility, I did a scan using the utility itself. I think this is actuallly an easier way to go.

2. I transposed one of the physical channel numbers when I entered it into the BTV custom line-up. Since I could not figure out how to edit the line-up once it was saved, I when back to the QAM Mapping Utility and changed it there so it would match with the custome line-up.

Once again, thanks.

GOODBY OUTSIDE ANTENNA!!!!