Since my HDHomeRun Connect died in a lightning storm possibly due to static build-up. I bought a replacement HDHomeRun Flex Duo as well as a lightning arrester/suppressor with a ground.
Here are the ones that I went with:
I had considered the 4 tuner with ATSC 3.0 support, but with the threat of the channels becoming encrypted and the increased price made me go with the duo.
Device Setup
- Add the lightning arrester/suppressor between the antenna and TV tuner and attach a ground wire
- Plug in antenna, ethernet, and power into the HDHomeRun
- Assign the HDHomeRun a static IP in your router
- Reboot the HDHomeRun
- Update the firmware: http://hdhomerun.local
Preparing Docker
setup.yml should be a copy of the mythtv docker-compose.yml, but update the image to dheaps/mythbackend:setup and add VNC_PASS=<super_secret_pass> to the environment section. Some key portions are:
- network_mode: host
- otherwise mythtv-setup will not be able to detect your HDHomeRun
- hostname: <your_hostname>
- otherwise mythtv-setup will use whatever generated hostname docker feeds it
- environment variable VNC_PASS
- the password to connect to VNC
Starting Docker
First and most importantly make sure your mythbackend is NOT running. I did this with:
- docker compose down
- docker ps
Next is starting the docker containers for mythtv-setup:
- docker compose --file setup.yml up
Running Setup
Connect vnc to <ip_address>:5900. Then you will get prompted with several questions.
- Add user to mythtv group? NO
- Ignore the error and continue? NO
- Would you like to start the mythtv backend? NO
- Would you like to run mythfilldatabase? NO
After answering the questions, I got dumped to the terninal.
On the command line run:
- mythtv-setup.real
When done with setup exit with ESC and make sure to save changes if prompted. Then close vnc and press ctrl-C on the terninal running the docker container.
Appendix
Troubleshooting
- mythweb: Unable to connect to 127.0.0.1:6543
- in setup make sure that under General -> IP v4 address is set to the correct IP
Sources
- https://info.hdhomerun.com/info/update#updating_from_the_web_interface
- https://hub.docker.com/r/dheaps/mythbackend
- https://mizar.mythtv.org/wiki/Configuring_MythTV
- https://mizar.mythtv.org/wiki/Setup_General
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