unRaid, Docker, legacy HD Homerun - no tuners found

[curiousfunk]

Hello!

I have an original HDHR-US dual-tuner HD Homerun. It's been in use for a long time, with Win7 MCE and for a couple weeks demoing NextPVR in Windows 7. My quick tests in Windows worked great.

Today I began the process of Dockerizing NextPVR on my unRaid server. I believe I created the container correctly - I can access the NextPVR web GUI.

But NextPVR GUI does not list my HD Homerun.

The tuner responds at http://ipv4-api.hdhomerun.com/discover

Code:

[
    {
        "DeviceID": "10199268",
        "LocalIP": "192.168.1.217",
        "Legacy": 1,
        "BaseURL": "http://192.168.1.217",
        "DiscoverURL": "http://192.168.1.217/discover.json"
    }
]

My container's logs report:

Code:

[1] [
{
  "DeviceID": "10199268",
  "LocalIP": "192.168.1.217",
  "Legacy": 1,
  "BaseURL": "http://192.168.1.217",
  "DiscoverURL": "http://192.168.1.217/discover.json"
}
]
[1] Downloading from http://192.168.1.217/discover.json
[1] Unable to connect to HDHR device (http://192.168.1.217/discover.json): The remote server returned an error: (404) Not Found.

When I GET >> `http://192.168.1.217` it succeeds, returning model, device ID, firmware version, etc.

But when I GET >> `http://192.168.1.217/discover.json` it does 404. So it doesn't seem like my tuner is hosting/serving that file?

-- maybe related setup question --

My unRaid server lives at 192.168.1.11

My understanding is that legacy HDHR tuners need the extra parameters:

1. --env HOST_IP=192.168.1.11   <-- this is supposed to be my server's IP?
   
2. --publish 8020-8030:8020-8030/udp
   

I can attach full logs if needed.

[mvallevand]

Can you check http://192.168.1.217/discover.json from your browser? The 404 response is from the HDHR. Maybe you need a firmware update?

Martin

[curiousfunk]

That also 404's.

I've been thinking the same thing. My old tuner is on FW ver 20150406

In the FW changelog, I see:

Release 20161107/20161107b:
* Legacy models: Add support for DeviceAuth and discover.json APIs required for live TV in the latest HDHomeRun VIEW apps.

https://www.silicondust.com/support/down...changelog/

[mvallevand]

You probably were using the BDA (ATSC) mode not HDHR mode on Windows.

Martin

[curiousfunk]

Sorry - not sure what that means (BDA vs HDHR mode).

I'll add: the Win10 HD Homerun app can't find my tuner either. So ... I'll dust off the old Win7 HTPC and try to update the firmware.

[mvallevand]

The HDHR is listing 3 times in Windows is North America.

ATSC
QAM
HDHR

The HDHR mode is the one that needs the new firmware.

Martin

[curiousfunk]

That (updating firmware) fixed it

Thanks for your help @mvallevand!