Problems watching tv channels via HDHomerun Prime & Kodi 17.x?

by elister

For some reason version 17 of Kodi seems to have issues trying to decode local channels via my HDHomerun Prime. All other normal cable channels worked fine, just the ones that are normally locally broadcasted struggle to play back. The quick fix was to use Live Channels app, which worked fine, but im not exactly in love with the Live Channels app.

The real fix was to turn off automatic updates in the Play Store, un-install Kodi 17.6 manually download and install Kodi 16.1. Local channels work fine now, be it the Nexus Player (quad core x86) or my Mi Box (quad core arm). Not sure whats going on in version 17, but its clearly an issue when it comes to local channels.

EDIT: I had a problem, found a solution through trial and error, so im posting the solution.

BiggussDikkuss

Just be aware Android Kodi Krypton has reliability and TV deinterlacing issues on all Android Hardware platforms: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=306137

raptor75mlt

have you checked the error logs? what is the error being given?

3rob3

Haven't used Kodi in a while, but I remember this happening on my Nexus Player when 17 came out. I think it was because something broke with hardware deinterlacing (was never a problem on my Shield though). You could always just use SPMC instead of Kodi.

NoShftShck16

Are you using the Homerun App? I had issues with the Homerun App as well as Live Channels but using it directly through Plex has been perfect. I'm not familiar with Kodi, does it have Live TV built in like Plex does? I'd be interested to see if it worked on your setup with Plex, maybe its the Nexus Player/Mi Box instead of Kodi.

FWIW I am using the Shield as well and Plex is installed on a dedicated server computer.