G+_T Burns Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Hello KITAs. I've been cable TV free for several years and have grown a little frustrated with my Homeworx HW180STB OTA tuners dvr function. It has a USB port for recording but it is not consistent and I have to re-encode to shrink and watch on other devices. My question is multi-faceted 1) OTA tuner - I'm looking at Silicondust's HDHomerun OTA tuners but I'm unsure of which one to get. I have an Apple TV 4, a Roku 3 (old version), several old version chromecasts. Does the HDHR have to be hardwired into the router or can I use a wireless adapter? Will a wireless adapter affect the TX/RX of the TV signal/speed over the network? 2) DVR - This is the big question - I've got a 5 year old HP desktop (i7-2600, 16GB RAM, Samsung evo 500GB) running windows 10 that I don't necessarily want running all the time. Is there another cheaper solution (see storage setup below before suggestion a NAS). 3) Storage setup - I have a TP-Link Archer C9 router that has a USB 3.0 port and file sharing capabilities. I DON'T currently have the cashflow to buy a Synology or QNAP NAS and additional hard drives, so I'm wondering if I can just plug a USB hard drive into the C9 and store the recordings there. Thanks for taking the time to read this long question and thanks for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Carlton Dodd Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 Hmmm... Afraid I can't help, but this is relevant to my interests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Ben Reese Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 I could be wrong, but I don't think the HDHomeRun has DVR/PVR functionality built in. I think it's just a network-accessible tuner. Their website does mention NAS-based DVR that's currently in beta: https://www.silicondust.com/products/software/#hdhomerun-dvr, but I wouldn't expect it to run on your router. This appears to require a NAS running Linux with SSH support - which tells me the software is DVR software is probably running on the NAS and not on their box. While your router probably wouldn't work, a Raspberry Pi just might. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Robert Hafer Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 From my experience, you don't have to hardwire the HDHomerun but the recording quality suffers if you don't. I record on my HTPC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Jason Marsh Posted August 4, 2016 Share Posted August 4, 2016 One word; Tablo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_T Burns Posted August 5, 2016 Author Share Posted August 5, 2016 Jason Marsh - Tablo sounds intriguing but I there's two problems. 1) It is too expensive (HDHR is $89) 2) The DVR storage is on the device, I want to store it on my network. Ben Reese I understand the HDHR doesn't have built in DVR (I'm considering the HRDVR software). I looked into the RPi DVR and the articles seemed to indicate that the RPi didn't have the muscle to record/transcode OTA. Maybe those were outdated and didn't include the RPi3? I'd love to set up an RPi DVR if others confirm it can handle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G+_Mike B Posted August 9, 2016 Share Posted August 9, 2016 DVR doesn't have to stay on all the time. Depending on software, it can wake up on those times it needs to record. You can set the windows power management to go hibernate afterwards. Maybe you can run the hack to make the Windows Media center work on Windows 10. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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