HDTV reception and network streaming in a box for $169
Linux.com has an excellent introduction to “HDHomeRun,” a piece of hardware that will detect over-the-air HDTV signals and let you stream them to all the computers in your home. The box “only” costs $169 and integrates with most popular DVR software: Windows MCE (yuck!), SnapStream BeyondTV, SageTV, MediaPortal, GB-PVR, MythTV, Pluto, and VLC.
To use the box, you simply connect one or both inputs to a signal source, connect the Ethernet to your LAN, and plug in the power. Silicondust provides a GUI tool for connecting to the HDHomeRun from Windows and an LGPLed command-line client for Linux and Macs. Download the libhdhomerun source code from Silicondust and compile it to get a standalone binary named hdhomerun_config that can be run from any location on your system. It is also a good idea to fetch the latest firmware update from the same download page, which you will then upload to the HDHomeRun using hdhomerun_config.
With your signal sources connected, you first run hdhomerun_config discover, which will report to you the device IDs of all HDHomeRuns on your network. If you have more than one, you will need to note their device IDs so you can send them commands individually. With just one HDHomeRun, you can specify the device ID or use the string FFFFFFFF as a wild card.
Streaming HDTV - [Linux.com]
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