Posts by LybsterKodi

  • RPi4, Haupagge & tvheadend with LibreElec 10

    I'm trying to put together a RPi4, Haupagge WinTV-DualHD tuner to replace my current setup of an RPi3 running LibreElec /Kodi and an RPi3 with TVHat running LibreElec & TVHeadend (OK I know KODI is there as well). The idea is to go from two machines to one. I've been having difficulty with v10 of LibreElec some freezing and no audio. I've just downloaded v9.2.8 LibreElec to try. I had v4.3 TVHeadend server and 4.2 client.

    Does anyone have suggestions for a known working setup?

    ps I'm good with Windows but not Linux so if I need to download / run commands please remember newbie here.

  • USB Tuner recommendations for RPi

    Thanks for the responses

    Mario77

    I tried changing all the bits I had spares for, the connector between the TVHat and the antenna's coax isn't one of those. I've ended up blaming it because I've eliminated (I think) the other options. Things work fine as long as the Pi isn't disturbed so I may source another connector if I don't go down the RPi4 route. If I go that way I'll probably go for a Hauppage dual tuner.

    JoeAverage

    "why that ?" - because it was suggested I start reading the source headers

    "your are more on the safer side if you buy elder hardware" - that is a very good point, and one I hadn't really thought about.

    ten17eighty1

    "Also the thing with the price is you have to remember you'll probably never need to buy one again, so there's that. :)" - you obviously didn't realise I'm a Yorkshireman living in Scotland so I have a double helping of hating to spend money.

    Good point though.

  • USB Tuner recommendations for RPi

    chewitt

    I appreciate that people here are volunteers but whilst I have umpteen years Windows experience I have virtually zero Linux knowledge and I would prefer not to have to learn yet another programming language just to find which bits of hardware are currently supported. On the other hand its possible I may be misunderstanding your recommendation.

    ten17eighty1

    Thanks, that give me some useful information. I've had a look on Amazon and my wallet is cringing <G> I also tried contacting Haupagge and was told to ask elsewhere.

    CvH

    Thanks. I already have a TV Hat and I want to replace it since the antenna connection is very sensitive to minor disturbance.

  • USB Tuner recommendations for RPi

    Currently I have 2 RP3s. Both running LibreElec & Kodi. One is just for viewing films stored on a 6TB USB drive and the other has TVHeadend and a TVHat. The pair ran really well until I installed a laptop cooling fan which needed me to move the RPis. Ultimately I trace the trouble I was having with recording on the sensitivity of the connection to the TVHat PCB - the smallest nudge can cause signal loss which requires much messing before recording again works.

    I've found this (DVB-T2 USB Devices - LinuxTVWiki) but its 6 years old and I know the Hauppauge line will work with RPi just wondering if there are any others that people would recommend.

  • Clonezilla & multiple disks

    I'm having to reinstall LibreElec & TVHeadend on an RPi3 (TVHeadend went weird and decided not to end recordings) - no problem. I decided that to make life easier for myself I'd create a clone of the Micro SD card so if it happened again it would be a simple swap. I'm using 64GB Micro SD cards because recordings get stored on there as well (I had a lot of problems when I tried to use an SSD in a USB slot).

    Long story shortened: I ended up thinking to use a live Clonezilla USB stick in my laptop running Linux Mint. This laptop has 64GB disk so I have 3 64GB disks and a 32GB disk to choose from. How, with the cryptic identification Clonezilla gives each how can I select the source & target from the three possibles (I can thankfully eliminate the 32GB memory stick).