If you are seeing a guide issue in the HDHomeRun app please create a new thread in this forum (or file a trouble ticket) and we will help.

Please post the Device ID of your HDHomeRun, your location, the channel number, the channel name/description, and a description of what is wrong.

The channel ...

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Changelog thread for HDHomeRun related development.

Future home of documentation:
https://github.com/Silicondust/documentation/wiki

libhdhomerun repo:
https://github.com/Silicondust/libhdhomerun

Release announcements:
https://bsky.app/profile/silicondust.com

Latest downloads:

HDHomeRun Software:
Windows: https://download.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/hdhomerun_windows_beta.exe
Mac: https://download.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/hdhomerun_mac_beta.dmg

App downloads:
Win10: https://www ...

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Updates:
To participate in the Progress Release program you will need to keep up with installing new releases as they become available. In some cases updates may be downloaded and installed automatically. An ...

The HDHomeRun Prime will show as a DLNA device named "HDHomeRun DMS"

Some clients may show three "HDHomeRun DRI" devices - these are used by WMC and should be ignored when using a DLNA client.

If you see "HDHomeRun DRI" devices but do not see the "HDHomeRun DMS" device then the HDHomeRun is not ...

It may take 30 seconds after the computer resumes before WMC can access the tuners due to the time it takes WMC complete the association process. This is normal.

If the tuners are not available after 30 seconds then something may be blocking UPnP SSDP communication.

Test case:

1) Run WMC and go ...

This thread documents solutions to PlayReady update failing to install as part of the WMC Setup process.

Solution 1:

1) Go into Control Panel, click "Uninstall a program", and uninstall "PlayReady PC Runtime".

2) Run Windows Media Center. Update PlayReady by going through Tasks, Settings, TV ...

By default all tuners configured for Digital Antenna in the HDHomeRun software are expected to receive the same set of channels. The grouping is used by the dynamic tuner allocation feature where the next available tuner with the same source is chosen.

For two antennas in different directions:

1 ...

The HDHomeRun software now includes a WMP plugin to play live TV in WMP.

This is used by HDHomeRun Setup and HDHomeRun Config (GUI) for previewing channels (both VLC and WMP are supported).

It is also possible to use the Open URL feature in WMP to directly play a specific channel. The URL must be ...

The HDHomeRun installer can normally be used to upgrade, repair or uninstall the HDHomeRun software.

If critical files have been deleted the installer may not be able to complete an upgrade (reporting that it failed to uninstall the previous version).

The Microsoft FixIt for installer programs can ...

The HDHomeRun can be connected directly to a PC via an Ethernet cable.

The HDHomeRun is auto-MDX so does not need a cross-over cable.

Software: This feature requires HDHomeRun software release 20070829 or later.

Network configuration: Configure the PC to use a static IP address in the 169.254.x.y ...

The channel editor stores the configuration in an xml file

The default location is:
XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Silicondust\HDHomeRun
Vista/7: C:\ProgramData\Silicondust\HDHomeRun