2016-01-04, 04:58
Yea, the built-in HDHR support can't tune the "virtual" channels used by the primes for encrypted channels. However, the IPTV workaround does work quite well. This used to mean manually creating a mux for each channel and for each prime box you have (using a separate "network" for each box).
Things recently got quite a bit easier to manage with a new feature in TVH - automatic IPTV networks based off M3U files. By recent I think about a month or two ago. You have to be running a build from git master.
The process looks something like this:
In web admin page of the prime box, go to channel listing, then click to detect channels.
In Kodi, add a source for your prime box - browse to DLNA on the box and add the source.
Create a Kodi playlist with all of the channels, then save the playlist as m3u file.
Repeat above for other prime boxes if you have more than one.
You can then remove the DLNA sources, you don't need them in Kodi, it's just a simple way of generating the M3U
You can host the m3u on a webserver if you want, but no need to, it can just live in the local filesystem.
In TVH, create a new network (one network for each prime box) - type: IPTV Automatic Network.
In URL - use "file:///path/to/file"
In Max # of Streams for the network - set the number to the number of tuners on the box (for Primes, should be 3).
Save the network - it'll read the m3u file and create muxes for each of the defined entries in the m3u file - it'll then run through a normal scan to find the services on the muxes. Then you have to manually link the services to channels & EPG grabber channels.
If you have multiple boxes, create additional networks as above for each of the m3u files you created.
It'll limit the number of streams on the network nicely so it will only use the max number of tuners in the box, and if you have multiple boxes will utilize tuners from the next box when all tuners on the first are in use. If you want, you can control this through the priority setting on the networks.
Now it's just a matter of managing channels through simple text file edits in the m3u files - you can use find/replace to make mass changes. TVH will periodically re-read the files to look for changes. If however you do make a change to an existing mux, the current behavior in TVH is the blow away the mux and re-create it, which means it'll also delete the service so you'll have to re-link it to a channel when it's recreated by the scan.
I don't have any direct experience with the tuning adapters since luckily my local cable system doesn't use them. However the HDHR prime directly supports them via USB port on the box itself. It's supposed to automatically handle the tuning adapter command when you ask the HDHR for a particular channel. That shouldn't be a problem.
Things recently got quite a bit easier to manage with a new feature in TVH - automatic IPTV networks based off M3U files. By recent I think about a month or two ago. You have to be running a build from git master.
The process looks something like this:
In web admin page of the prime box, go to channel listing, then click to detect channels.
In Kodi, add a source for your prime box - browse to DLNA on the box and add the source.
Create a Kodi playlist with all of the channels, then save the playlist as m3u file.
Repeat above for other prime boxes if you have more than one.
You can then remove the DLNA sources, you don't need them in Kodi, it's just a simple way of generating the M3U
You can host the m3u on a webserver if you want, but no need to, it can just live in the local filesystem.
In TVH, create a new network (one network for each prime box) - type: IPTV Automatic Network.
In URL - use "file:///path/to/file"
In Max # of Streams for the network - set the number to the number of tuners on the box (for Primes, should be 3).
Save the network - it'll read the m3u file and create muxes for each of the defined entries in the m3u file - it'll then run through a normal scan to find the services on the muxes. Then you have to manually link the services to channels & EPG grabber channels.
If you have multiple boxes, create additional networks as above for each of the m3u files you created.
It'll limit the number of streams on the network nicely so it will only use the max number of tuners in the box, and if you have multiple boxes will utilize tuners from the next box when all tuners on the first are in use. If you want, you can control this through the priority setting on the networks.
Now it's just a matter of managing channels through simple text file edits in the m3u files - you can use find/replace to make mass changes. TVH will periodically re-read the files to look for changes. If however you do make a change to an existing mux, the current behavior in TVH is the blow away the mux and re-create it, which means it'll also delete the service so you'll have to re-link it to a channel when it's recreated by the scan.
I don't have any direct experience with the tuning adapters since luckily my local cable system doesn't use them. However the HDHR prime directly supports them via USB port on the box itself. It's supposed to automatically handle the tuning adapter command when you ask the HDHR for a particular channel. That shouldn't be a problem.
is coming on the 7th (including tuning adapter). When he is on site I will install and just make sure the HDHomeRun software works then venture to the TVHeadEnd after using the M3U method.