Greetings,
A couple simple questions...
1) My HDHomeRuns (2012 HDHR3-US) with OTA antennas and Android app require an Internet connection to run correctly. Otherwise, the app hangs. Is this normal/working as designed... I can't watch OTA TV without an Internet connection... or is this a bug/issue of some sort? I’m not sure how long it has been like this since I seldom lose the Internet connection and Android apps change frequently.
2) When I run HDHomeRun on my new/first Windows 11 PC, an untitled dialog window opens to state:
"Installing the Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Extension will improve performance and picture quality for this channel"
With button options to 'Install' or 'Not now'.
I don't recall having installed this in the past but maybe it's a necessary step now on Windows 11?
Thanks for any tips!
Internet required to watch OTA TV? MS MPEG2 Video Ext install?
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Re: Internet required to watch OTA TV? MS MPEG2 Video Ext install?
The official silicondust apps on most platforms will require internet access to even load the UI... in addition to that, the way a legacy device works with the silicondust app, the channel map itself has to be hosted by SD as the device does not maintain its list of channels and a scan from setup on a windows based pc will notify SD of the lineup.
The fix is to use other software that does not depend on internet access.
Typically MS no longer includes most codecs needed like they did in windows 7. This includes mpeg2, and now even HEVC (h.265) for video and ac3 for dolby audio (and
nothing really includes ac4, though SD will use online based transcoding for that (hevc and ac4 should not apply for your use case with a legacy tuner).
The fix is to use other software that does not depend on internet access.
Typically MS no longer includes most codecs needed like they did in windows 7. This includes mpeg2, and now even HEVC (h.265) for video and ac3 for dolby audio (and
nothing really includes ac4, though SD will use online based transcoding for that (hevc and ac4 should not apply for your use case with a legacy tuner).
Re: Internet required to watch OTA TV? MS MPEG2 Video Ext install?
>>... in addition to that, the way a legacy device works with the silicondust app, the channel map itself has to be hosted by SD as the device does not maintain its list of channels and a scan from setup on a windows based pc will notify SD of the lineup.
Ah, that rings a bell. I'm ready to buy a new ATSC 3.0 tuner but nobody else is, if you know what I mean.
>>Typically MS no longer includes most codecs needed like they did in windows 7. This includes mpeg2, and now even HEVC (h.265) for video and ac3 for dolby audio (and nothing really includes ac4, though SD will use online based transcoding for that (hevc and ac4 should not apply for your use case with a legacy tuner).
I'll select Install and see if MPEG2 makes 480i OTA look any better.
Thanks for the detailed answers!
Ah, that rings a bell. I'm ready to buy a new ATSC 3.0 tuner but nobody else is, if you know what I mean.
>>Typically MS no longer includes most codecs needed like they did in windows 7. This includes mpeg2, and now even HEVC (h.265) for video and ac3 for dolby audio (and nothing really includes ac4, though SD will use online based transcoding for that (hevc and ac4 should not apply for your use case with a legacy tuner).
I'll select Install and see if MPEG2 makes 480i OTA look any better.
Thanks for the detailed answers!