OpenDCT: An open source digital cable tuner.

[Telecore]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

Have you already changed version.upnp.service.configuration.http_listen_port to 0?

No, sorry I've been renaming the opendct.config files before upgrading to get any new parameters, so I run with defaults. I'll try setting this and also set error_videos_enabled=false after everything gets recorded tonight. Thanks.

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

This is a copy protected URL:

So the cable company gave me bad information. How unusual

Is there a way to tell from the SiliconDust software if the channel is copy protected or not? The tech support guy I know at the cable company has worked with the HDHomeRun, I'd like to use that software to show him that it's copy protected.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by tmiranda

So the cable company gave me bad information. How unusual

Is there a way to tell from the SiliconDust software if the channel is copy protected or not? The tech support guy I know at the cable company has worked with the HDHomeRun, I'd like to use that software to show him that it's copy protected.

This might only be on newer firmware, but I think on the web interface for the device it should show you if you navigate to the channel lineup. Worse case, you can take a look at http://<ip_address>/lineup.xml. The copy protected channels will have a <DRM>1</DRM> element and will also have ?CONTENTPROTECTIONTYPE=DTCP1&DTCP1HOST=x.x.x.x&DTCP1PORT=8888 appended to the URL.

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

This might only be on newer firmware, but I think on the web interface for the device it should show you if you navigate to the channel lineup. Worse case, you can take a look at http://<ip_address>/lineup.xml. The copy protected channels will have a <DRM>1</DRM> element and will also have ?CONTENTPROTECTIONTYPE=DTCP1&DTCP1HOST=x.x.x.x&DTCP1PORT=8888 appended to the URL.

Yup, it shows them all as DRM

I'm disappointed. If only the cable company had told me earlier they were DRMed.

[KryptoNyte]

Out of curiosity, who is your cable provider?

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by KryptoNyte

Out of curiosity, who is your cable provider?

Florida Fiber Networks. It's a small, rural, provider.

[Fuzzy]

Originally Posted by tmiranda

Florida Fiber Networks. It's a small, rural, provider.

A small network, may be your best chance to get it fixed. Just have to talk through them to try and get to the headend engineer, and they may be able to go through and set up the channel flags appropriately.

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by Fuzzy

A small network, may be your best chance to get it fixed. Just have to talk through them to try and get to the headend engineer, and they may be able to go through and set up the channel flags appropriately.

That quest starts today.

[jmv]

Rural is a synonym for restrictive...when frontier (a rural provider) took over Verizon FIOS in my area the cc flag hammer came down...so far Comcast has been cc safe...good luck with your quest...I haven't decided what to do when I lose my last cc free option but likely will go OTA only

[tmiranda]

Originally Posted by jmv

Rural is a synonym for restrictive...when frontier (a rural provider) took over Verizon FIOS in my area the cc flag hammer came down...so far Comcast has been cc safe...good luck with your quest...I haven't decided what to do when I lose my last cc free option but likely will go OTA only

I believe my provider actually gets its feeds from Comcast. I called them yesterday and my "go to guy" was on vacation until tomorrow. The guy I spoke to told me "All those channels are clear QAM". I then asked him to explain why my 3 TVs don't pick up the channels when I run a scan and my HDHomeRun tells me they are DRMed. He told me to call back on Thursday

I am hoping it will get fixed because the cable company has disabled some of the SD channels due to contract negotiations and has instructed their customers to use the HD channel instead (which ironically are not part of the contract negotiations). The problem is the HD channels are among the DRMed channels.

We will see. I want to avoid going down the path of capturing from a cable box.

[Monedeath]

Ok, I have a semi-stupid question, as I'm checking that I'm remembering things correctly, since I can't seem to find it in an easy Google search:

OpenDCT is capable of being run on a system other than the one that SageTV is running on, correct?

I know it's not ideal, and long term I'd prefer to get them running on the same (virtual) box together, but for now, that isn't immediately possible.

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by Monedeath

Ok, I have a semi-stupid question, as I'm checking that I'm remembering things correctly, since I can't seem to find it in an easy Google search:

OpenDCT is capable of being run on a system other than the one that SageTV is running on, correct?

I know it's not ideal, and long term I'd prefer to get them running on the same (virtual) box together, but for now, that isn't immediately possible.

Yes. Just make sure you either enable upload_id or make sure the paths that SageTV will use look the same on both computers and make sure you run the SageTV service as a user that has permissions to access that location.

[oajungen]

I have replaced my FloppyDTV+CAM cards with Cine S2 + CAM from Digital Devices. I am having issues with the new combination as soon as I activate the CAM for the tuners from SageTV I get an error message.

Does anyone know if OpenDCT can handle the combination of Cine S2+CAM?

Will try it during the weekend myself.

[matt91]

We talked about this earlier in this thread, but has anyone had success running this on Ubuntu 16.04?

I still have my 14.04 server running, but it's getting long in the tooth, and I'm hoping to start from scratch (ideally with 16.04) in the next month or so.

I assume that Sage itself will run fine under 16.04, but I suppose I ought to try to confirm that too!

[EnterNoEscape]

Originally Posted by oajungen

I have replaced my FloppyDTV+CAM cards with Cine S2 + CAM from Digital Devices. I am having issues with the new combination as soon as I activate the CAM for the tuners from SageTV I get an error message.

Does anyone know if OpenDCT can handle the combination of Cine S2+CAM?

Will try it during the weekend myself.

I'm fairly certain you will not be able to use OpenDCT for that.

Originally Posted by matt91

We talked about this earlier in this thread, but has anyone had success running this on Ubuntu 16.04?

I still have my 14.04 server running, but it's getting long in the tooth, and I'm hoping to start from scratch (ideally with 16.04) in the next month or so.

I assume that Sage itself will run fine under 16.04, but I suppose I ought to try to confirm that too!

Somewhere in 0.4, support was added. I have installed and tested OpenDCT on 16.04; it should work ok. SageTV on the other hand might not be as simple since in 16.04, they changed the way services are loaded at startup (which is why I had to update OpenDCT).

[matt91]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

Somewhere in 0.4, support was added. I have installed and tested OpenDCT on 16.04; it should work ok. SageTV on the other hand might not be as simple since in 16.04, they changed the way services are loaded at startup (which is why I had to update OpenDCT).

Oh, right. I do recall that now. thanks.

my server runs about a month at a time between reboots, so having to start sage manually each time wouldn't be horrible.

maybe i'll spin up a VM and play with it a bit.

[Toddly]

Originally Posted by EnterNoEscape

If you can post your log, that will probably give me a hint about what's going on.

My halting issue has returned. All was very well for about a week or so but lately my recordings generate lots of errors. Here is the log from last evening with Fallon and Blindspot generating multiple errors during recording. Maybe you can find why this is happening.

Thank You

opendct.zip

[EnterNoEscape]

You experienced several network connectivity problems; the connection kept randomly dropping out. There are at least 3 things pointing to this. The first one is UPnP is removing devices because it's pretty sure they no longer exist. The second one is that new files on your network share can't be created because it's inaccessible. The third one is the latest lineup information couldn't be downloaded because the HDHomeRun was completely inaccessible.

[tmiranda]

An update, for those interested.

I think the root cause of the errors I am seeing is that the cable signal to my house is crappy. I've traded emails with SiliconDust tech support (which I am very impressed with) and spoken to the tech at the cable company.

As it turns out most of the channels I get are not copy protected and OpenDCT is working very well. I need to get the signal to my house improved.

[malbec]

Could use a tip ... upgraded to Win10 and am having a treat getting Sage to work. I have currently reimaged everything from scratch and reinstalled Sage from scratch (v7). SageDCT could not find the HD Homerun tuners when I "scan." As a result I am on to trying OpenDCT. Everything was working well until I tried to preview the channel upon which I get a playback exception message (image attached). Any thoughts on what to try next? I have tried a number of firewall configuration items without much luck. There is nothing on the PC but a clean Win 10 install, HD Homerun setup files, SageTV, OpenDCT, Java 8.91, and Microsoft Visual C++ 2010.

Thanks!