Not sure this is needed as mcebuddy should handle the metadata in the correct format for the hdhrdvr by itself.


Yes and no.
Mcebuddy does insert some basic metadata so that the program shows up in the HDHomeRun front-end.
However, the limitations are:
Each recording gets a new gray block with ...

[I had posted this on the DVR software forum, but this seems to be a more appropriate place for it.]

This post is for folks who would like to bring in external recordings into the HDHomeRun environment.

HDHomeRun identifies compatible files by looking for a JSON structure in the first 12032 bytes ...