PrimeNetEncoder - HDHomeRun Prime Network Encoder

[LazyGun]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

You sure that channel is not Protected SageTV cannot record protected channels.

How do I tell?

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by LazyGun

How do I tell?

Check your ports in Sage Properties they should be 5000 , 5001 ,5002 not 7000, 7001,7002

[LazyGun]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Check your ports in Sage Properties they should be 5000 , 5001 ,5002 not 7000, 7001,7002

The encoders are listed twice. Once with the 700* ports, and again with the 500* ports. This happened after I switched those around within the PrimeNetEncoder.properties file, as I had seen someone else do that.

In Sage, I am using the Tuners with the 500* range.

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

You sure that channel is not Protected SageTV cannot record protected channels.

PS Your ports in the Sage Properties appear to be reversed.... Did you let SageTV auto discover them ?

this one is definitely wrong.
mmc/encoders/-552182259/encoder_host=10.0.0.5\:7002
mmc/encoders/-552182259/encoder_merit=0
mmc/encoders/-552182259/encoding_host=10.0.0.5\:7002
mmc/encoders/-552182259/fast_network_encoder_switch=false
mmc/encoders/-552182259/forced_video_storage_path_prefix=
mmc/encoders/-552182259/last_cross_index=0
mmc/encoders/-552182259/last_cross_type=100
mmc/encoders/-552182259/live_audio_input=
mmc/encoders/-552182259/multicast_host=
mmc/encoders/-552182259/never_stop_encoding=false
mmc/encoders/-552182259/video_capture_device_name=PrimeNetEncoder 1321CEC6-2

If you look in his tuner logs, those are the ports PrimeNetEncoder told sage in the PROPERTIES request, if that is the case, then it s a problem on the PROPERTIES generation in PrimeNetEncoder.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by LazyGun

The encoders are listed twice. Once with the 700* ports, and again with the 500* ports. This happened after I switched those around within the PrimeNetEncoder.properties file, as I had seen someone else do that.

In Sage, I am using the Tuners with the 500* range.

Get rid of all the entries for your prime in Sage.properties. make sure this property is set.
network_encoder_discovery=true

Make sure sagetv is shutdown when editing.. Make sure primenetencoder is started before restarting Sage.... You then can setup your tuners sage will autodiscover them

[LazyGun]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Get rid of all the entries for your prime in Sage.properties. make sure this property is set.
network_encoder_discovery=true

Make sure sagetv is shutdown when editing.. Make sure primenetencoder is started before restarting Sage.... You then can setup your tuners sage will autodiscover them

Alright, I did that. Same result though.
Sage picked up 3 tuners on the 500* range.
I configured 5000 and get No Signal when watching tv.

PrimeNetEncoder shows that tuner 0 is Recording/Locked when I type status.

tuner 0 log is attached, along with new sage.properties.

I didn't clean out the tuner log, sorry, you will need to scroll to the bottom.

And thanks for taking the time to look at this.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by LazyGun

Alright, I did that. Same result though.
Sage picked up 3 tuners on the 500* range.
I configured 5000 and get No Signal when watching tv.

PrimeNetEncoder shows that tuner 0 is Recording/Locked when I type status.

tuner 0 log is attached, along with new sage.properties.

I didn't clean out the tuner log, sorry, you will need to scroll to the bottom.

And thanks for taking the time to look at this.

Everything looks ok ... are you on the latest firmware and hdhomerun software on the server ... if so can you power cycle your prime?

[LazyGun]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Everything looks ok ... are you on the latest firmware and hdhomerun software on the server ... if so can you power cycle your prime?

I am, and I did. No change.

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by LazyGun

I am, and I did. No change.

Your properties are different from mine I will post mine and all you have to so is change the unit name of the prime... and replace yours shutdown PrimenetEncoder and restart it. You can get rid of the tuner 4 entries etc... if you want or compare them. I use the Primeencoder for OTA also.

[LazyGun]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Your properties are different from mine I will post mine and all you have to so is change the unit name of the prime... and replace yours shutdown PrimenetEncoder and restart it. You can get rid of the tuner 4 entries etc... if you want or compare them. I use the Primeencoder for OTA also.

I have it working!

It was Comcast..of course. I noticed I was missing some channels. I then poked around in the HD Home Run software, and in the channel detection page that pops up in the browser (not in the windows GUI), every channel had DRM next to it.

I called them, and said I was missing a bunch of channels, and that the copy flags were on. The lady at the other end fixed the channel lineup, and the DRM icons vanished.
She then tried to sell me the DVR service

Thanks for spending all the time looking into this for me, and apologies for not thinking of this first.

Cheers

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by LazyGun

I have it working!

It was Comcast..of course. I noticed I was missing some channels. I then poked around in the HD Home Run software, and in the channel detection page that pops up in the browser (not in the windows GUI), every channel had DRM next to it.

I called them, and said I was missing a bunch of channels, and that the copy flags were on. The lady at the other end fixed the channel lineup, and the DRM icons vanished.
She then tried to sell me the DVR service

Thanks for spending all the time looking into this for me, and apologies for not thinking of this first.

Cheers

No problem

[kchase56]

I am having issues as well. See attachments.

I followed the network discovery method as well.

Any ideas?

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by kchase56

I am having issues as well. See attachments.

I followed the network discovery method as well.

Any ideas?

Where are your PrimeNetEncoder properties. Also make sure your channels are not DRM.

[jvl711]

Originally Posted by nyplayer

Where are your PrimeNetEncoder properties. Also make sure your channels are not DRM.

FYI... I am planning on adding a check for DRM at some point. There is a command I can run to see if the channel is copy freely. I think this might help some on the diagnostic front. I have noticed there are more channels that are copy protected lately. If I see a DRMed channel was tuned I can write some info in the log.

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by jvl711

FYI... I am planning on adding a check for DRM at some point. There is a command I can run to see if the channel is copy freely. I think this might help some on the diagnostic front. I have noticed there are more channels that are copy protected lately. If I see a DRMed channel was tuned I can write some info in the log.

A more 'robust' method would be to periodically do a scan for DRM'd channels, and 'disable' those channels on the Prime's lineups. I was thinking of writing a program to do this, but was thinking of making a few tweaks in the core to better support it, but run as a plugin, you could set a lineup as the 'source' lineup, being the lineup of all channels you want, and most likely tied to an HD-PVR and cable box, and then the 'target' lineup being the one (a copy) tied to the HDHR's.

[kchase56]

Channels aren't DRM.

See attached properties file.

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by kchase56

Channels aren't DRM.

See attached properties file.

Have you tried viewing the channel on the HDHR web interface? It could be the cable co changed the lineup and there is no channel 1026. In any case, you log shows that the Prime is not sending any data to PrimeNetEncoder.

[kchase56]

Prime web interface works just fine with 1026.

I noticed the following in the tuner log:

10/02/2015 15:18:58 - Passing stream to SageTV unaltered (ffmpeg stream copy)
10/02/2015 15:19:01 - Starting TunerOutput thread for stdin to ffmpeg then stdout to SageTV MediaServer
10/02/2015 15:19:01 - Tuner output thread constructed for UploadID: 260363778
10/02/2015 15:19:01 - Tuner output thread HDHomeRun(UDP) -> PrimeNetEncoder(SDIN) -> ffmpeg(STDOUT) -> SageTV Media Server(TCP)
10/02/2015 15:19:02 - Sleeping to allow ffmpeg to fully launch: 500
10/02/2015 15:19:02 - Sending write open command
10/02/2015 15:19:02 - Tuner bridge has transfered: 0
10/02/2015 15:19:02 - TunerBridge thread started udpPort: 5000
10/02/2015 15:19:02 - Write open sent successfully
10/02/2015 15:19:02 - Tuner bridge has transfered: 0
10/02/2015 15:19:02 - Unhandled Exception writing stream to file: Address already in use: Cannot bind

[nyplayer]

Originally Posted by kchase56

Prime web interface works just fine with 1026.

I noticed the following in the tuner log:

10/02/2015 15:18:58 - Passing stream to SageTV unaltered (ffmpeg stream copy)
10/02/2015 15:19:01 - Starting TunerOutput thread for stdin to ffmpeg then stdout to SageTV MediaServer
10/02/2015 15:19:01 - Tuner output thread constructed for UploadID: 260363778
10/02/2015 15:19:01 - Tuner output thread HDHomeRun(UDP) -> PrimeNetEncoder(SDIN) -> ffmpeg(STDOUT) -> SageTV Media Server(TCP)
10/02/2015 15:19:02 - Sleeping to allow ffmpeg to fully launch: 500
10/02/2015 15:19:02 - Sending write open command
10/02/2015 15:19:02 - Tuner bridge has transfered: 0
10/02/2015 15:19:02 - TunerBridge thread started udpPort: 5000
10/02/2015 15:19:02 - Write open sent successfully
10/02/2015 15:19:02 - Tuner bridge has transfered: 0
10/02/2015 15:19:02 - Unhandled Exception writing stream to file: Address already in use: Cannot bind

Can I ask why you have your ports the reverse of everybody else ??? Everone else has them coded like this.

tuner0.port=5000
tuner0.transcoder.port=7000
tuner0.enabled=true
tuner0.transcode.enabled=false
tuner0.transcode.deinterlace=true
tuner0.transcode.bitrate=4000
tuner0.transcode.scaling=
tuner0.transcode.preset=veryfast
tuner0.transcode.codec=libx264

Also it would help if you post the sage.properties file.

[kchase56]

That was the format used in the properties file that was part of the PrimeNetEncoder v1.2.2.zip file.

Here's my Sage.properties file, but you can see what was added via the Network Discovery if you look in the PrimeNetEncoder-tuner0.txt file.