Add HDHomeRun driver packages

[jdierkse]

I'm currently in the process of making a HDHomerun driver package. I've created packages for DSM 4.3 (1.0.0) and DSM 5.0 (1.0.1) for just about every relevant architecture, and they can be found on http://syno.dierkse.nl If there are people who can test these packages, that would be awesome. Meanwhile I'll finalize the creation and create a pull request once done.

[SathishN]

After changing the tuner type to ATSC, and restarted services it shows up the right countries,

I'm still waiting for mux to scan!!

When I stop the HDHomeRun package DiskStation> /var/packages/hdhomerun/scripts/start-stop-status stop killall: userhdhomerun: no process killed

Is that expected?

[SathishN]

wow.. it worked.. gr8, thanks a lot @jdierkse

[jdierkse]

@SathishN, I will look into creating an install window which will query for the correct tuner mode. The killall message can occur when there is no userhdhomerun process running, and can be ignored. Awesome that the drivers work, thanks again for testing!

[SathishN]

@jdierkse thanks for all your hard work :)

[Smiggel]

@SathishN Do you run it on DSM 4 or 5?

[schumi2004]

Confirmed working on DS211 DSM5 (88f6281) Thank you @jdierkse I think you made a lot of people happy certainly since you fixed it for (i think) every architecture, awesome

[schumi2004]

@jdierkse want another challenge ;) comskip (commmercial skipping tool) http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=150084

[SathishN]

@Smiggel it works on DSM 5.0-4458.

[jdierkse]

@schumi2004 I first would like to see whether I can compile TvHeadend with transcoding support for Synology, but it looks very interesting! Can TvHeadend use ComSkip?

[schumi2004]

What would be the benefit of adding transcode to TVH? About comskip, comskip itself is more a standalone app triggerd by a post-processing script in TVH http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=150084&pid=1400001#pid1400001 It generates a EDL file which XBMC can use to skip commercials, should also be possible to do it on the fly but not yet tested it.

[jdierkse]

@schumi2004: transcoding would allow one to send channels in a lower resolution than the raw stream, which would enable one to watch tv over lower bandwidth connections. I'll put ComSkip on my todo-list :)

[schumi2004]

@jdierkse ok cool. Did you contact @adamsutton already for your transcoding idea?

[jdierkse]

@schumi2004 Not yet, but transcoding is already an option in TvHeadend as far as I know.

[Smiggel]

@jdierkse works fine on DSM 5! Thanks for the great work!

[gebruikerh]

Hi jdierkse, thank for the effort. But could you also get it work for the HDHR3-4DC (4 tuner bvd-c). I can see it tvheadend...but not with correct tuners.. The same problem as I had with DSM 4.

[jdierkse]

@gebruikerh can you post the ouput of hdhomerun_config discover?

[permster]

Is there a package for the mv6282 (Armada 300)? I would be glad to test it out. I'm on DSM 5.

[jdierkse]

@permster I guess the 88f6281 package should work for you.

[TonVH]

Hope someone can help. Trying to get TVheadend working on a DS414 with DSM v5.

I installed the HDhomerun driver (ArmadaXP) from http://syno.dierkse.nl/ then installed TVheadend. Now when I start TVheadend from the icon on the TopLeft of the DSM Desktop then I get an error saying page "http://192.168.1.222:5000/webman/3rdparty/tvheadend/tvheadend.cgi" does not exist.

If I start from "http://192.168.1.222:9981/extjs.html" then I get the correct TVheadend window. Next I go to "Configuration/TV Adapters" but the dropdown contains nothing.

How do I proceed or where can I find instructions on this?

[jdierkse]

@antoniong, does /var/log/messages show any error messages, or perhaps running dmesg shows some errors?

[TonVH]

@jdierkse: I do not really know what to look for so I restarted my NAS and put the log in here http://pastebin.com/Hs3h95ak I can see a lot of error messages "hot plug.c ....... failed to get ....." at 10:04:25 probably not important.

At 10:01:22 there are many messages pertaining to the HDHR but I see no problems there.

More important probably is at 10:04:39 "about experimental version, older and more". Also at 10:05:25 there are 4 messages (I have 2 HDHR3) "TVheadend .... (no such device)"

Dmesg shows no errors:

"[ 295.787203] hdhomerun: creating dvb device for 1220E3D6-1 [ 295.818558] DVB: registering new adapter (HDHomeRun) [ 295.836138] HDHomeRun HDHomeRun.3: DVB: registering adapter 3 frontend 0 (HDHomeRun DVB-C 1220E3D6-1)... [ 295.882571] HDHomeRun3: DVB Frontend registered [ 295.887203] HDHomeRun3: Registered DVB adapter3 [ 295.920835] hdhomerun: device /dev/hdhomerun_data3 created [ 295.960126] hdhomerun: userhdhomerun connected" 4 times this for each channel.

[jdierkse]

@antoniong, It seems like you're starting TvHeadend (probably automatically) before you're starting the HDHomeRun driver. Try stopping TvHeadend and restarting, and re-check for errors.

[TonVH]

Stopped TVheadend and restarted it. get these error messages:

May 1 10:14:40 DS414 tvheadend[10677]: HTTP: 192.168.1.111: /extjs.html -- 401 May 1 10:25:53 DS414 afpd[18645]: [afp_dsi.c:791-E] bad function 7A May 1 10:30:53 DS414 afpd[18645]: [afp_dsi.c:429-E] afp_alarm: child timed out, entering disconnected state May 1 10:45:14 DS414 tvheadend[22443]: dvb: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0: unable to query (err=Invalid argument) May 1 10:45:14 DS414 tvheadend[22443]: dvb: /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0: unable to open (err=No such device) May 1 10:45:14 DS414 tvheadend[22443]: dvb: /dev/dvb/adapter2/frontend0: unable to open (err=No such device) May 1 10:45:14 DS414 tvheadend[22443]: dvb: /dev/dvb/adapter3/frontend0: unable to open (err=No such device) May 1 10:45:14 DS414 tvheadend[22443]: dvr: Output directory for video recording is not yet configured for DVR configuration "". Defaulting to to "/usr/local/tvheadend/var". This can be changed from the web user interface. May 1 10:45:19 DS414 tvheadend[22443]: HTTP: 192.168.1.111: / -- 401

"bad function 7a" could be the culprit? I checked tvheadend.org but found no list of error messages there.

[jdierkse]

@antoniong, Is the HDHomeRun package started? Do the HDHomeRun kernel modules turn up when you run lsmod? Are there any userhdhomerun processes running?

[TonVH]

I turned off TVheadend and HDHomerun. Restarted HDHR then TVheadend. There is still nothing in the drop down. There is a proces "userhdhomerun" present but in sleepmode.

Messages contains:

May 1 11:09:36 DS414 kernel: [ 4148.155697] dvb_core: Unknown symbol refrigerator (err 0) May 1 11:09:37 DS414 kernel: [ 4148.841319] hdhomerun: dvb device for this tuner already exists, ignore request 1220A78E-0 May 1 11:09:37 DS414 kernel: [ 4148.859666] hdhomerun: dvb device for this tuner already exists, ignore request 1220A78E-1 May 1 11:09:37 DS414 kernel: [ 4148.878826] hdhomerun: dvb device for this tuner already exists, ignore request 1220E3D6-0 May 1 11:09:37 DS414 kernel: [ 4148.897270] hdhomerun: dvb device for this tuner already exists, ignore request 1220E3D6-1 May 1 11:09:51 DS414 tvheadend[32364]: dvb: /dev/dvb/adapter0/frontend0: unable to query (err=Invalid argument) May 1 11:09:51 DS414 tvheadend[32364]: dvb: /dev/dvb/adapter1/frontend0: unable to open (err=No such device) May 1 11:09:51 DS414 tvheadend[32364]: dvb: /dev/dvb/adapter2/frontend0: unable to open (err=No such device) May 1 11:09:51 DS414 tvheadend[32364]: dvb: /dev/dvb/adapter3/frontend0: unable to open (err=No such device) May 1 11:09:51 DS414 tvheadend[32364]: dvr: Output directory for video recording is not yet configured for DVR configuration "". Defaulting to to "/usr/local/tvheadend/var". This can be changed from the web user interface.

Dmesg contains:

[ 3950.743177] hdhomerun: userhdhomerun disconnected [ 3950.748557] hdhomerun: userhdhomerun disconnected [ 3950.753287] hdhomerun: userhdhomerun disconnected [ 3950.758321] hdhomerun: userhdhomerun disconnected [ 3950.763049] hdhomerun: userhdhomerun disconnected [ 4148.155697] dvb_core: Unknown symbol refrigerator (err 0) [ 4148.826724] hdhomerun: userhdhomerun connected [ 4148.831284] hdhomerun: userhdhomerun connected [ 4148.835829] hdhomerun: creating dvb device for 1220A78E-0 [ 4148.841319] hdhomerun: dvb device for this tuner already exists, ignore request 1220A78E-0 [ 4148.849736] hdhomerun: userhdhomerun connected [ 4148.854200] hdhomerun: creating dvb device for 1220A78E-1 [ 4148.859666] hdhomerun: dvb device for this tuner already exists, ignore request 1220A78E-1 [ 4148.868847] hdhomerun: userhdhomerun connected [ 4148.873384] hdhomerun: creating dvb device for 1220E3D6-0 [ 4148.878826] hdhomerun: dvb device for this tuner already exists, ignore request 1220E3D6-0 [ 4148.887342] hdhomerun: userhdhomerun connected [ 4148.891836] hdhomerun: creating dvb device for 1220E3D6-1 [ 4148.897270] hdhomerun: dvb device for this tuner already exists, ignore request 1220E3D6-1 [ 4148.905716] hdhomerun: userhdhomerun connected

[jdierkse]

@antoniong, the dvb device for this tuner already exists, ignore request puzzle me. After stopping the HDHomeRun package, are there still any dvb modules loaded?

[TonVH]

That print was while HDHR was running. I stopped HDHR and TVheadend and then started (in this sequence) HDHR and then TVheadend.

The whole output of Dmesg is here http://pastebin.com/K4rK1uv2 since it is rather large I only enclosed the last lines. I know only a tiny bit of Linux so have no idea where to look or what is useful to know.

Op 1 mei 2014, om 14:50 heeft J. Dierkse notifications@github.com het volgende geschreven:

@antoniong, the dvb device for this tuner already exists, ignore request puzzle me. After stopping the HDHomeRun package, are there still any dvb modules loaded?

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[jdierkse]

@gebruikerh I've uploaded new packages to http://syno.dierkse.nl which should solve your problems.

[jdierkse]

@antoniong, I actually see quite serious crashes in your dmesg; Which DSM are you on, and which version of HDHomeRun have you installed?

[TonVH]

Did following: deleted the old HDHR, installed the new one, restarted NAS then I still could not select although in Dmesg it looked good. So I halted TVheadend and restarted that (to prevent failures of aut. starting) but no go.

It looks very much better but still I cannot select the tuner(s) in Configuration. I enclosed Dmesg (http://pastebin.com/gZggpcY2) and Messages (http://pastebin.com/PBmPwV0U).

Op 1 mei 2014, om 17:24 heeft J. Dierkse notifications@github.com het volgende geschreven:

@antoniong, I actually see quite serious crashes in your dmesg; Which DSM are you on, and which version of HDHomeRun have you installed?

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[jdierkse]

@antoniong, At least the crashes are gone, but it still seems that TvHeadend is started before the HDHomeRun driver. Try restarting TvHeadend.

[TonVH]

This is getting weird.

I stopped & uninstalled TVheadend, stopped & uninstalled HDHR Next rebooted the NAS. Installed HDHR BUT this ends with an error message(!):

May 1 18:46:26 DS414 kernel: [ 938.297279] dvb_core: Unknown symbol refrigerator (err 0) May 1 18:46:27 DS414 entry.cgi_SYNO.Core.Package.Control[1].start[17914]: pkgstartstop.cpp:121 Failed to start package hdhomerun

and Dmesg shows:

[ 812.377046] dvb_core: Unknown symbol refrigerator (err 0)

It's a pity I will have to postpone further testing to tomorrow (HDHR's are needed tonight).

Question. I have also installed DVBlink on this NAS. Can it be that this may be a problem?

Op 1 mei 2014, om 17:44 heeft J. Dierkse notifications@github.com het volgende geschreven:

@antoniong, At least the crashes are gone, but it still seems that TvHeadend is started before the HDHomeRun driver. Try restarting tvheadend.

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[jdierkse]

@antoniong, it seems like Unknown symbol refrigerator has something to do with ACPI support built into the kernel. I'll have a look to see whether I can build the kernel without ACPI support.

[jdierkse]

@antoniong, which exact version of DSM 5 are you running?

[jdierkse]

@antoniong, I've put a version with kernel modules built without ACPI support, and you can download it in http://syno.dierkse.nl/special/hdhomerun_armadaxp_1.0.1-1.spk

[gebruikerh]

@jdierkse. Thanks for the new upload. I will trie it tommorrow and let know the outcome

[TonVH]

@Dierkse At the end of the install procedure, after pressing "Apply" there is an error message "kon de pakket service niet uitvoeren" "could not execute the package service".

I rebooted the NAS but still cannot execute the package.

Op 1 mei 2014, om 21:48 heeft J. Dierkse notifications@github.com het volgende geschreven:

@antoniong, I've put a version with kernel modules built without ACPI support, and you can download it in http://syno.dierkse.nl/special/hdhomerun_armadaxp_1.0.1-1.spk

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[jdierkse]

@antoniong, which exact version of DSM 5 are you running?

[TonVH]

@dierkse: Using DSM 5.0-4482 dated 2014/04/18. The latest update to my knowledge Op 2 mei 2014, om 09:51 heeft J. Dierkse notifications@github.com het volgende geschreven:

@antoniong, which exact version of DSM 5 are you running?

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[gebruikerh]

@jdierkse your new driver works! thanks allot!

[TonVH]

@jdierkse :

Checked versions and if I understand correctly then your driver is for version 4458 and I have version 4482. Can it be that there is a big difference?

In Dmesg (http://pastebin.com/tA3cibPe) & Messages (http://pastebin.com/VMRp40cT) I see a number of error messages pertaining to HDHR. I enclosed them.

[naumanmy]

jdierkse thanks for the HDHomerun drivers. I also installed the tvheadend-testing 3.9 .

hdhomerun_config discover hdhomerun device xxxx found at 192.168.200.45

Though I am running into an issue., Maybe I am not seeing the information correctly. The tvheadend is asking me for a username password and I have no idea what that is so I cannot test that. can you please let me know what the default u/p is? okso I uninstalled it and tried to install the 3.4 from synocom and it asks me for the u/p in a pop up. your pack did not , but it also said that the default is admin admin and I tried that on your package and it works thanks

[jdierkse]

@antoniong, 4482 is the same kernel as 4458, so that version should just work for you. I think removing ACPI from the kernel didn't do much good for the package. All I'm seeing in messages is that it fails to start hdhomerun... Unfortunately at this point I don't know whether the package is flawed for ArmadaXP, or whether you have some specific setup that causes these issues. I haven't heard of anyone else even trying the ArmadaXP package, so until anyone does I think I can't really help you, sorry...

[jdierkse]

@naumanmy, The username and password are by default the same as your admin credentials for DSM.

[TonVH]

@jdierkse: I will try to see if I can get anyone with a DS414 to also test it.

What wonders me is that previous (HDHR) version seemed to install/start correctly. The problem was not seeing any tuners in TVheadend.

Op 5 mei 2014, om 09:52 heeft J. Dierkse notifications@github.com het volgende geschreven:

@antoniong, 4482 is the same kernel as 4458, so that version should just work for you. I think removing ACPI from the kernel didn't do much good for the package. All I'm seeing in messages is that it fails to start hdhomerun... Unfortunately at this point I don't know whether the package is flawed for ArmadaXP, or whether you have some specific setup that causes these issues. I haven't heard of anyone else even trying the ArmadaXP package, so until anyone does I think I can't really help you, sorry...

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[TonVH]

@jdierkse:

I have posted a message on the English & Dutch Synology forums. Hoper another DS414 + HDHR user will react.

Op 5 mei 2014, om 09:54 heeft J. Dierkse notifications@github.com het volgende geschreven:

@naumanmy, The username and password are by default the same as your admin credentials for DSM.

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[samukas]

@antoniong. Curious if you had this issue with DSM4.3 as well, and it's DSM5 that screw things up or if HDHomeRun didn't work with 4.3 either.

[TonVH]

I have never used the HDHR + TVheadend with DSM 4.x.

The strange thing is that DVBlogic has no problem whatsoever with the HDHR. Works like a gem.

Op 5 mei 2014, om 19:53 heeft Samukas notifications@github.com het volgende geschreven:

@antoniong. Curious if you had this issue with DSM4.3 as well, and it's DSM5 that screw things up or if HDHomeRun didn't work with 4.3 either.

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[Smiggel]

I have tested HDHR withTV from @jdierkse on DSM 4.3. Worked excellent. Driver is really stable. Never crashed on me. Only thing is I used it on a DSM 211+.

[samukas]

Confirmed running on the new EDS14 (Armada370 processor) under DSM4.3. No DSM5 for this model yet.