HDHomeRun Duo (has 1TB storage)

[Stretchwc]

Hi folks, pretty new to all of this so apologies in advance if I am missing something obvious (it wouldn't be the first time).  

My question is, how do I use HDHomeRun Duo's local hard drive for recording live tv ota and then access via a NextPVR client?  I was planning to use Kodi+NextPVR running on a Firestick TV.

Most of the documentation I am looking at for both HDHomeRun and NextPVR don't seem to match up to the software settings screenshots anymore of the how-to guides.  More expressly, the documentation I can find assumes your tuner and dvr storage are separate devices. That aside, everything seems to be pushing me to use my Windows 10 machine as the recording storage location rather than the HDHomeRun hardware and its empty 1 TB harddrive.  

• HDHomeRun Setup's DVR tab has "use this PC for recordings" which I've left unchecked. It also has a NAS option which when selected doesn't find the HDHomeRun Duo on the network (the HDHR does show via Windows network but is treated as a media device).  I've also left this setting unchecked.
  
• The NextPVR client has media folders, both of which point locally to my windows 10 pc at default locations.  
  

I can confirm the HDHomeRun hardware and antenna work as I can view live tv using both the HDHomeRun software and the NextPVR client.  Both of these clients are running on my windows 10 pc. 

All of this adds up to I can't connect my Firestick TV + Kodi + NextPVR directly to the locally networked HDHomeRun device (leaving my Windows PC uninvolved) which was my (perhaps erroneous) expectation.  If I configure Kodi+NextPVR to point the HDHomeRun ip address (and any of the default ports) it won't connect.  I can connect to the HDHomeRun web config interface from my PC on port 80, but can't on port 8866 or 7799 which I presume is necessary for the NextPVR client.

Anyway, I am bit stuck and will be sad if ultimately I have to use my PC for storage if I am to record shows to watch with NextPVR.  

I understand a lot of this question has external dependencies not directly associated with NextPVR but I am hoping this is still the right place for this question.  Thank you for your thoughts in advance.

[Graham]

... how do I use HDHomeRun Duo's local hard drive for recording live tv ota and then access via a NextPVR client? 

NextPVR is designed to be used with devices that are only tuners and nothing but tuners.  NextPVR receives a broadcast from a tuner and records that broadcast as a file on the device where NextPVR is running (or sends the broadcast to be displayed, as Live TV, on the screen of a device).

NextPVR does not handle the special case of a tuner that is also a storage device.

NextPVR can create recording files on a network device such as a NAS in the same way that any software can create files on a NAS or other network location. But, the broadcast stream would go from the HDHR to NextPVR and back to the HDHR (if the HDHR cab be configured as a NAS).

[mvallevand]

The Duo is for use with the SD DVR service and is not a NAS and I believe you will need to continue to subscribe to the DVR service to use it. NextPVR doesn't need Windows, it will run linux, on x86 NAS or small devices like the Raspberry Pi.

If the real goal is to use Kodi and not use any PC have a look here https://github.com/djp952/pvr.hdhomerundvr/wiki.

Martin

[Stretchwc]

The Duo is for use with the SD DVR service and is not a NAS and I believe you will need to continue to subscribe to the DVR service to use it. 

If the real goal is to use Kodi and not use any PC have a look here https://github.com/djp952/pvr.hdhomerundvr/wiki. 

Martin

I took a shot in the dark that the drive would still somehow be exposed for third party use.  Buggers.

Checking out that Kodi add-on.  Recognized the channel lineup but live stream creation failed. 

In any case, thanks for showing me the light and sending me off in the right direction.

[mvallevand]

djp952 can help you out https://forum.silicondust.com/forum/view...hp?t=71135

Martin