OSMC and HDhomeRun stutter

Rickt1962 · 27 November 2015 17:55

Installed OSMC awhile back using the img Everything has been great since upgrading to 2amp power supply ! HDhomerun ran smooth

I just coudnt keep well enough alone !!! I installed a new skin NEON and by accident the setting button was removed… So had to wipe the card and start over. I found your new wizard that uses windows to self install OSMC to Sd card wow ! I like that finally someone put it all together

Here’s my problem after the new install of OSMC the HDhomerun addon the HD channels now studder and the app goes to restart screen.

Should I go back to the old method and use the img install the older version ?

CaNsA · 27 November 2015 18:25

Depends on what’s causing the stutter.
Logs would help

To get a better understanding of the problem you are experiencing we need more information from you. Please see How to submit a useful support request - General - OSMC for advice on how to help us.

Rickt1962 · 27 November 2015 20:34

http://paste.osmc.io/ohihofaqah.vhdl

hope this helps

shertek · 28 November 2015 15:56

Do you have the MPEG codec installed on your Pi/Pi2?

Rickt1962 · 28 November 2015 17:49

Do you mean did I get the password from Raspberry Pi to turn it on. Yes I did

shertek · 28 November 2015 18:31

Are you sure that your codec/license is enabled?

SSH to your pie and run:
./vcgencmd codec_enabled MPG2

This should tell you if the license was properly installed.

CaNsA · 28 November 2015 18:32

It’s not showing the logs above, but I’m not sure it it should.

Rickt1962 · 28 November 2015 18:57

Found the problem ! On the new install some how OSMC turned on Deinterlace Video on the settings of HDhomerun addon. That has never happened before. Thanks guys for helping me

mark-aus-51 · 28 November 2015 20:13

…I use my Hdhomerun expand together with my Raspberry Pi 2 and OSMC, too. HD-Programms don’t stutter although Deinterlancing is on. In my Opinion the HDHomerun Kodi Addon is very buggy.

Because of these Bugs, I made a m3u-File of the channels, wich I can use with Live Tv and the IPTV simple client. This works perfect since a few month.

Greetings
Mark

Rickt1962 · 28 November 2015 20:29

Do you have a colorful Channel logos and channel guide with that setup ?

shertek · 28 November 2015 21:18

Not likely, it’s basically feeding the channel info straight to a plugin, without any overhead. Much faster but no bell and whistle.

Rickt1962 · 28 November 2015 21:39

The HDhomerun addon they came out with last year sucked. The new one they just added works great ! You also must update your firmware on your Homerun for the new addon to work

mark-aus-51 · 28 November 2015 22:26

…of course I’ ve channel logos. I created a logo-folder, which can be activated in the “Live TV“-settings. For EPG I use the Rytec EPG-downloder, which can be integrated in the IPTV simple client.

In my oppinion all this work better and is more comfortable than the HDHomerun-addon.

Rickt1962 · 29 November 2015 00:31

Could you point me in the right direction of creating this for my self

Rickt1962 · 2 December 2015 03:01

Is this what you used ?

github.com

robnewton/HDHomeRun_Stream_Builder/blob/master/README.md

# This is the HDHomeRun Stream Builder #

**HDHR Stream Builder** is a tool written in C#.Net for Windows to assist in managing the integration of the [HDHomeRun](http://www.silicondust.com/products/hdhomerun/atsc/) network streaming device with various aspects of XBMC including the [TVGuide Addon](http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=120377).

## Why in the world do you want a **.strm* file? ##

To be able to tune and play content from my shiney new HDHomeRun Prime on my XBMC clients of course!

XBMC has had support for the HDHomeRun for some time now. Using the following format XBMC will change the channel on the specfied tuner to the channel and program specfied un the url. The easiest way to get this setup is to generate **.strm* files for each channel. Each **.strm* file contains a url like the one below.

> hdhomerun://99999999-0/tuner0?channel=auto:135&program=646

## Isn't there a Perl script that does this? ##

Yes there is a [Perl script](http://code.google.com/p/hdhr-mkchan/) written by JWater7. I had some trouble with the Fios channel scans producing consistent **.strm* files for each channel. I monkeyed with it for a while, but since I'm a complete novice when it comes to Perl, it was just easier for me to port it over to C# real quick. The challenge turned out not to be Perl, but the regular expression for parsing the output of the scan. I found that many channels were being skipped because the regex didn't cover all scenarios in the output data.

## Doesn't the HDHomeRun Config GUI tool do this? ##

The HDHomeRun Config GUI tool has support for generating **.strm* files too, but unortunately has not been updated to work on Windows 7.

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mark-aus-51 · 2 December 2015 15:09

@Rickt1962

No, it´s much easier to create a m3u-file from your HDHomerun for the IPTV Simple Client. You don`t need any tools exept an edititor, like Notepad++ and an Internet Browser.

I´ll explain the necessary steps here, when I´m back home tomorrow.

Greetings
Mark

mark-aus-51 · 2 December 2015 20:35

…enter the IP-adress of your HDHomerun-device in your browser. Then press “enter”: Klick on “channel lineup”.

Then right-click on the first channel-number and select “copy link-url”:

…then open an empty editor (e.g. Notepad++) and put in the first 3 lines the followig:

in line 4 paste your coppied url from the first Channel of the “channel lineup”
Do the same with each TV-Channel, you want to add to your m3u-file (each program needs 4 line)

When ready, safe the editor-file, an rename the file-ending from “.txt” to “m3u”

Use a SSH-program like WinSCP to push the created m3u-file to your Raspberry.

Then select your m3u-file in IPTV simple client:

Make a folder of your Channel-Logos and push the folder with WinSCP to your Raspi, too. The Logos shold have .png-format and a size of 200x200 pixels and they must have exactly the same name like your channel-names. In Kodi you go to “System”-“Settings”- “Live TV”-“Menu/OSD” and select the folder with your channel-logos.

For EPG, I use the Jin`s “Rytec EPG Downloader”. Unfortunately, I know the instructions only from the German Kodi forum. Maybe you find some instructions in this thread or somewhere else.
…much success

Of course my Kodi-devices and my HDHomerun have fixed IP-addresses. SiliconDust strongly recommends to connect the backends and the HDHomerun via LAN to the network for HD-Channel streaming.

Greetings
Mark

Rickt1962 · 4 December 2015 15:10

Cool ! When I get home will give that a try ! Thank You so much !!!

Really want to get my pi’s flawless so the rest of the family are not bitching at me for getting rid of the STB’s