gb-pvr does not pick up channels during scan

[dannyv45]

Greetings all,

I'm very new to all this and I'm having problems setting it all up.
I’m having a problem getting GB-PVR to pick up any channels from my HDhomerun. I’ve installed the HDHomerun software and ran a channel scan and it picked up about 30 OTA stations with very good signal strength over an ATSC antenna. I was able to view these channels with VLC and they were crystal clear.

I installed GB-PVR as per the instructions adding as the first entry into the BDA.INI file as follows

[Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner xxxxxxxx-0]
TUNING_TYPE=ATSC
RECEIVER_ONLY_MODE=1
FILTER_RECEIVER=Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner xxxxxxxx -0
PIN_RECEIVER_IN=Input0
PIN_RECEIVER_OUT=Output1

[Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner xxxxxxxx-1]
TUNING_TYPE=ATSC
RECEIVER_ONLY_MODE=1
FILTER_RECEIVER=Silicondust HDHomeRun Tuner xxxxxxxx -1
PIN_RECEIVER_IN=Input0
PIN_RECEIVER_OUT=Output1

Entering the device ID in place of xxxxxxxx

I signed up for schedualsdirect and created my channel lineup.

I then selected digital recording source and selected the HDHomerun

I then selected schedualsdirect as my EPG and updated the EPG. This bought in the channel lineup with no problems.

I then mapped digital channels and it scanned all 68 channels and signal indicator would display a signal every so often. But at the end of the scan it would display a message stating that no channels were found please check connections on your device or configuration.

I’ve uninstalled HDHomerun software as well as GB-DVR then reinstalled but still have this problem.

I’m using the latest version of gb-dvr v1.02.13 and the latest version of HDHomerun which now comes packaged with totalmedia which I also installed. I uninstalled totalmedia to configure gb-pvr and I still have the same problem.

I hope I’ve given enough information. I’ve also included the log files.
Please help I’m really stuck

[whurlston]

If you are running a software firewall, make sure you add exceptions for PVRx2.exe, GBPVRRecordingService.exe and Config.exe

[dannyv45]

If you are running a software firewall, make sure you add exceptions for PVRx2.exe, GBPVRRecordingService.exe and Config.exe

Thank you for your reply,

I have the windows firewall shut off and the HDHomerun and PC are setup on a hub. So the routers firewall does not come into play.

[dannyv45]

I figured out the problem. It seems I overlooked a very simple step in the setup process. After I updated the EPG data I was presented with a list of channels from schedualsdirect. I did not enable any of the channels and just did a map. I went back and selected a few channels and remapped and it found all the channels. Such a simple oversite that had me troubleshooting for hours. After I setup my channels I did a few schedualed recordings and the results were fantastic. Well its off to setup GBPVR with PCH.

@SUB

A suggestion. You may want to program GBPVR to have the channels check boxes default to enable after the first initial EPG update. This may save the enduser some headache in a situation like I had.