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by PTSD
Fri Mar 01, 2024 12:34 am
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: HDHomeRun RECORD time source on Windows DVR?
Replies: 5
Views: 340

Re: HDHomeRun RECORD time source on Windows DVR?

Thanks Nick. Yeah that "(correction of 28799s)" just plain looked wrong. Something strange is happening somewhere under the hood with that "RealTimeIsUniversal" setting enabled, and I'm satisfied that disabling it is the right thing to do for an HDHomeRun Windows DVR. It's defini...
by PTSD
Thu Feb 29, 2024 4:14 pm
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: HDHomeRun RECORD time source on Windows DVR?
Replies: 5
Views: 340

Re: HDHomeRun RECORD time source on Windows DVR?

The app however can be more prone with issues when system time isn't set correctly with proper time zone but typically if windows is displaying the correct time and is in the correct time zone, it will be correct. Windows is still displaying the correct time and time zone after applying this tweak ...
by PTSD
Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:55 pm
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: HDHomeRun RECORD time source on Windows DVR?
Replies: 5
Views: 340

Re: HDHomeRun RECORD time source on Windows DVR?

Here's a snippet from today's log file where the UTC time zone change in the RTC is reflected. (I planned to add the entire log as an attachment here but can't figure out how to do that.) 20240229-14:41:21 System: server time = Thu Feb 29 14:41:21 2024 (correction of 0s) 20240229-14:41:21 Recording:...
by PTSD
Thu Feb 29, 2024 3:31 pm
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: HDHomeRun RECORD time source on Windows DVR?
Replies: 5
Views: 340

HDHomeRun RECORD time source on Windows DVR?

I recently configured an Intel NUC for HDHomeRun DVR recording. So far so good... This NUC is running a basic install of Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021, with Microsoft Store functionality restored to allow install of UWP apps. This morning I applied my usual post-install registry tweaks to Wind...
by PTSD
Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:10 pm
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.
Replies: 40
Views: 2314

Re: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.

Whoever answers support emails at MeCool confirmed the behavior after I sent them sample video files along with instructions on how to reproduce it. (There was a bit of a language barrier, but we got there.) I was on the latest firmware available at the time, but it was definitely before 3.0.6. I g...
by PTSD
Thu Feb 29, 2024 12:04 pm
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.
Replies: 40
Views: 2314

Re: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.

Thanks Nick & Co. for your usual stellar support. I will definitely install the update when it comes out in Google Play Store. Not sure though when I will have time for another round of local recording and playback testing on the KM2 Plus. At this point I'm sold on the idea of keeping recording ...
by PTSD
Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:46 pm
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.
Replies: 40
Views: 2314

Re: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.

I shut down the KM2 Plus again, disconnected the Plugable SSD carrier, powered the device back on, told Android Settings to Forget the Samsung storage, then uninstalled HDHomeRun and reinstalled it (with a few restarts of the device sprinkled in along the way). I want to make absolutely sure that th...
by PTSD
Wed Feb 28, 2024 11:25 pm
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.
Replies: 40
Views: 2314

Re: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.

After disabling recording on the KM2 Plus I was surprised to see that the one Live TV recording I successfully made there was no longer listed on the Recorded tab? So I had to re-enable recording on that device to make that Live TV recording show up again. (I assumed that "Use this device for m...
by PTSD
Wed Feb 28, 2024 9:08 pm
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.
Replies: 40
Views: 2314

Re: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.

(Back to testing internal storage...) After inspecting the partition table that Android 11 created on my Samsung EVO 970 drive I reconnected the Plugable carrier to the KM2 Plus and powered it back on. The HDHomeRun gear menu still did not display the option to "Use this device for making reco...
by PTSD
Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:37 pm
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.
Replies: 40
Views: 2314

Re: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.

[...] My experience with the KM2 Plus required daily reboots, or else any MPEG-2 video (HDHomeRun app, Kodi, etc) would all lag and stutter, becoming unusable if you had more than a day or two of uptime. I assumed it was something buggy in either the OS or hardware decoder. Support confirmed it qui...
by PTSD
Wed Feb 28, 2024 8:25 pm
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.
Replies: 40
Views: 2314

Re: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.

Before beginning this testing of the KM2 Plus using "internal" device storage I connected my Plugable USB-C carrier to my PC and used diskpart to entirely 'clean' the enclosed Samsung 970 EVO Plus NVMe drive. Then I moved it back to the KM2 Plus and powered it on. After booting to the Goog...
by PTSD
Wed Feb 28, 2024 7:13 pm
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.
Replies: 40
Views: 2314

Re: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.

Our KM2 Plus also plays streams from remote hosts just fine, as confirmed by using my own Wintel PC for DVR storage, and now the Intel NUC Windows DVR I setup as a workaround. Just can't figure out why the KM2 Plus doesn't like playing .mpg files from it's own local filesystem. With Android 9 on the...
by PTSD
Tue Feb 27, 2024 9:52 pm
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.
Replies: 40
Views: 2314

Re: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.

The first page of that thread hasn't been kept up to date, unfortunately, but my preferred device is the SEI804 series (Homatics/Dune/RockTek/Nokia). I have replaced my Shield Pro with it, specifically a RockTek G2. Excellent device with AV1, AC-4, and it's fast. That model can regularly be found o...
by PTSD
Mon Feb 26, 2024 10:04 pm
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.
Replies: 40
Views: 2314

Re: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.

Is page 2 too late to point out that the MeCool KM2 Plus is a garbage device and you should return it if you're still able? I tested out one of these for the native AC-4 support, and had no end to troubles with it, both MPEG-2 and elsewhere. Support was able to confirm the problems but could do not...
by PTSD
Mon Feb 26, 2024 9:19 pm
Forum: HDHomeRun Software Setup & Troubleshooting (Live & DVR)
Topic: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.
Replies: 40
Views: 2314

Re: Black screen with "Audio only", etc.

We can block specific device/codec/resolution combinations on the server side. Do you see the audio only message on 1080i (CBS, NBC), 720p (ABC, Fox), and/or 480i (most everything that isn't a major network)? Thanks Jason. All recordings here are on the major networks' primary channels, so 1080i an...