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HDHomeRun

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HDHomeRun

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  • Latest Version

    HDHomeRun 20231214 LATEST

  • Review by

    Sophia Jones

  • Operating System

    Windows XP / Vista / Windows 7 / Windows 8 / Windows 10 / Windows 11

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  • Filename

    hdhomerun_windows_20231214.exe

HDHomeRun is a companion application to the popular standalone HDHomeRun TV Tuner box that has the built-in capability of detecting TV broadcast signals that are detected “over the air”, and transforming that TV channel into digitally streamed streams that you can connect to your local (or even public) network and access it via your home computers, media streamers, standalone DVR storage (NAS or PC HDD) and a wide array of portable hardware ranging from TVs to smartphones and game consoles.

The desktop app is intended to streamline the process of accessing the TV streams and is specially designed to allow beginners and PC novices to easily set up feed sharing without encountering any problems. This is achieved with a three-step approach – stable hardware and software design, easy to use interface that promotes easy access to all of its tools and services, and finally a wide range of compatibility with media players on PC and other devices. As a standard previewing app, It comes bundled with HDHomeRun QuickTv, but you can also set it up to work with popular multimedia players such as VideoLAN VLC and Windows Media Player.



In its essence, the HD Home Run application is not a fully enabled multimedia player that many people expect at first, but a powerful configuration utility that can regulate the way other video players and devices are interacting with the network-attached HDHomeRun TV Tuner box that sits somewhere in your home and receives over the air broadcast feeds of all of your favorite television channels via a standalone antenna that you have to provide.

It is important to note that while PC usage of this app is free, some services (such as DVR functionality) and mobile (especially iOS) viewer apps can be pricey.

Installation and Use

HDHomeRun PC app comes in an installation package that is a little bit under 100MB in size. To install it, simply open the EXE file and follow on-screen instructions until the transfer procedure is complete.

Upon first firing up the app, you will realize that it is in fact just a small configuration utility that plays the role of “driver” between your chosen Preview/Main video player app, and the TV tuner hardware.  The app has a simple plain windows design with 4 tabs – Location (where you can set your country and postal code), Application (for picking your preferred Main and Preview video player app), Tuner, and Advanced (for configuring detection of the tuner, channels, and built-in support for reinitializing drivers).

Once set up, you can follow the instructions on how to access the video feeds from your HDHomeRun tuner to your PC, and then other devices in your home. Please be aware that some mobile apps are not free, and in some cases, you need to pay to unlock access to specific mobile platforms (like iOS).

Features and Highlights
  • The official companion application of the HDHomeRun TV Tuner box.
  • Configure your PC to receive video feeds of your free over the air television channels.
  • Distribute this video feed to all multimedia devices in your local network.
  • Premium unlocks - Full support for DVR functionality.
  • Compatible with all modern versions of Windows OS (XP and newer).
  • 100% FREE!


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What's new in this version:

HDHomeRun 20231214
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20231020
- Remove old Windows 7/8 HDHomeRun VIEW app (as per EOL notice)
- Update firmware on HDHR5 and newer models to 20231020


HDHomeRun 20230719
Windows/Mac Installer:
- Update firmware on HDHR5 and newer models to 20230719

HDHomeRun App Mac:
- Nextgen TV certification release


HDHomeRun 20230713
Windows/Mac Installer:
- Update firmware to 20230713

HDHomeRun App Mac:
- Fix problem where playback could stall when seeking ATSC 3.0 content
- Fix issue where last few seconds of a recording were not displayed
- Fix issue where captions were not displayed when within the last 15 seconds of a recording
- Fix issue where rewinding within 15 seconds from the end of a recording stopped playback
- Fix problem where audio started playing 2 seconds after video when seeking some ATSC 3.0 content
- Add parental control support for ATSC 1.0 and ATSC 3.0 (ATSC 3.0 support requires HDHomeRun firmware 20230713 or newer)
- Improved ATSC 1.0 and ATSC 3.0 subtitle support
- Improved auto-selection of the subtitle track
- Fix issue introduced in 20230503 recording from non-ipv6 models or when operating an ipv4-only network
- Nextgen TV certification release candidate


HDHomeRun 20230505
Windows/Mac Installer:
- Update firmware to 20230505

RECORD engine:
- Fix issue introduced in 20230503 recording from non-ipv6 models or when operating an ipv4-only network


HDHomeRun 20230503
Windows/Mac Installer:
- Update firmware to 20230503

HDHomeRun Mac App:
- Fix problem where English audio track was selected when the language preference was non-English and a matching audio track was available
- Fix possible crash in live TV without DVR when seeking after stream failure
- Eliminate higher RAM use when a record engine isn’t present
- Improvements to DVB subtitle support
- Improvements to diagnostic information
- Require MacOS 10.13 or newer (minimum version supported by Apple build system)
- Also available from the Apple App Store (does not include record engine)


HDHomeRun 20230303
Windows/Mac Installer:
- Update firmware to 20230303

HDHomeRun Mac App:
- Fix possible crash on startup related to config file
- Fix possible stall changing/stopping channel
- Return to the episodes view automatically after seeking past the end of a recording
- Improvements to fast-forward/rewind
- Improvements to skip forward/back while paused
- Improvements to subtitle handling

RECORD engine:
- Fix problem where a tuner timeout was incorrectly reported as “DVR failure” error.


HDHomeRun 20221205
Windows/Mac Installer:
- Update firmware to 20221205

RECORD engine:
- Asustor: Official HDHomeRun RECORD package for Asustor released
- Synology: Official HDHomeRun RECORD package for Synology released
- FreeBSD: Improve OS version compatibility
- Faster automatic failover when recording and multiple HDHomeRun devices are available

libhdhomerun:
- Fix discover problem where the IP address or interface goes away and comes back within the lifespan of the disocver object
- Add return value to thread_cond_wait_with_timeout to indication cond trigger vs timeout
- Windows: avoid busy waiting when doing a thread_join


HDHomeRun 20221031
Windows/Mac Installer:
- HDHomeRun Setup: Remove device rescan button on Channels tab to avoid confusion with channel scanning
- Update firmware to 20221031

RECORD engine:
- Fix crash when running on a system where the kernel was compiled without IPv6 support
- Improvements to diagnostic logging

libhdhomerun:
- Windows: fix problem discovering on some virtual interfaces
- Fix problem discovering on old Fire TV devices running Fire OS 5
- Move IP address classification functions to hdhomerun_sock


HDHomeRun 20221024
HDHomeRun Mac App / libhdhomerun:
- Fix crash bug in discover handling


HDHomeRun 20221023
Wndows/Mac Installer:
- Windows NAS Installer: Fix problem upgrading/installing record engine on WDC NAS devices
- Windows HDHomeRun Setup: Fix possible DHCP conflict when using Hyper-V bridged networking
- Mac: Fix problem uninstalling record service on MacOS 12.06
- Update firmware to 20221023

HDHomeRun Mac App:
- IPv6 support
- Upgraded discover support
- Native ARM64 support (dual architecture)

RECORD engine:
- IPv6 support
- Upgraded discover support
- Optimized handling of a new DVR request for the same channel from the same client
- Improvements to URL generation so the URLs are valid from .local names or if port forwarding across private subnets
- Fix problem where duplicates could start recording at startup while existing recordings are still being detected
- Fix parsing of URLs without URI after the IP address
- Security: Improved IP validation
- Mac: Native ARM64 support (dual architecture)

hdhomerun_config:
- IPv6 support
- New hdhomerun_config discover options -4 (IPv4 only) -6 (IPv6 only) and –dedupe (only return one IP address for each device). Options must be after the discover command. For example: hdhomerun_config discover -4 –dedup
- Discover results sorted by device id and ip address priority
- Mac: compile native ARM64 support (dual architecture)

libhdhomerun:
- IPv6 support
- New discover2 API
- New multi-type discovery
- Mac: compile native ARM64 support (dual architecture)


HDHomeRun 20220822
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20220303
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20220204
- Windows 10/11: Install latest HDHomeRun app
- NAS Install: Add support for WDC EX2100/DL2100/DL4100 running OS5
- Update firmware to 20220203


HDHomeRun 20220203
- Windows 10/11: Install latest HDHomeRun app
- Update firmware to 20220203


HDHomeRun 20220128
Windows/Mac Installer:
- Update record engine to 20220128
- Update HDHR5/HDVR/HDFX firmware to 20220128

RECORD engine:
- Use https for image URLs


HDHomeRun 20220126
Windows 10/11 App, Mac App:
- Improvements to audio 5.1 conversion
- FHD video quality options

Windows 7:
- Upgrade from TLS 1.0 to TLS 1.2 for web services

Windows/Mac Installer:
- Update record engine to 20220126
- Update firmware to 20220125

RECORD engine:
- Upgrade old image links in recordings
- Windows: Performance optimization


HDHomeRun 20211212
Windows 10/11 App, Mac App:
- Fix problem with audio volume level when converting between some speaker configurations


HDHomeRun 20211210
Windows 10/11 App:
- ATSC 3.0 audio support
- Improved audio multi-channel conversion

Mac App:
- ATSC 3.0 audio support
- Improved audio multi-channel conversion

Windows Software:
- Latest Windows 10/11 app
- Latest installer/toolchain

RECORD:
- FreeBSD: Target FreeBSD 12.3 and compatible


HDHomeRun 20210720
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20210624
Windows/Mac Installer:
- Update record engine to 20210624
- Update firmware to 20210624

Windows/Mac App:
- Fix possible video stall or app crash with DVB subtitle rendering
- Improved audio channel count transition handling
- Improve support for radio/music channels that feature a slideshow
- Smoother video playback

RECORD:
- Support multicast/IGMP with multiple network interfaces


HDHomeRun 20210301
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20210227
- Update record engine to 20210227
- Update HDVR/HHDD firmware to 2021027

Record:
- Fix problem causing high CPU load during playback
- Playback performance improvement


HDHomeRun 20210224
Windows:
- Update record engine to 20210224
- Update firmware to 2021024

Mac:
- Update record engine to 20210224
- Update firmware to 20210224

Record:
- Multi-stream performance improvement


HDHomeRun 20210210a
- HDHomeRun Setup: Support DVB-C on HDHR5-2DT/4DT models
- HDHomeRun Setup: Add BDA compatibility mode for Emby
- HDHomeRun Config GUI: Improvements to ATSC 3.0 support
- NAS Installer: Support latest WDC OS release
- NAS Installer: Support latest QNAP OS release
- Update firmware to 20210210/20210210a

Record:
- Performance and memory optimization storing recordings to disk


HDHomeRun 20210210
- HDHomeRun Setup: Support DVB-C on HDHR5-2DT/4DT models
- HDHomeRun Setup: Add BDA compatibility mode for Emby
- HDHomeRun Config GUI: Improvements to ATSC 3.0 support
- NAS Installer: Support latest WDC OS release
- NAS Installer: Support latest QNAP OS release
- Update firmware to 20210210/20210210a

Record:
- Performance and memory optimization storing recordings to disk


HDHomeRun 20210118
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20210105
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20210104
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20210103
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20201030
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20201028
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20201018
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20201017a
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20201015
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20201014
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20201009
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20201008
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20200907
- Upgrade libraries to support latest TLS security requirements (fixes guide on Windows 7/8, fixes scan for legacy devices)
- HDHomeRun Setup: Auto-detect JRiver Media Center
- Update firmware to 20200907
- Drop Vista support
- Drop Totalmedia support


HDHomeRun 20200602
- Change log not available for this version


HDHomeRun 20200521
- Windows BDA: Workaround for NextPVR not working due to PID filter support
- Windows WMP: Fix A/V sync problem when the audio frame duration is longer than the timestamp step size
- Update firmware to 20200521


HDHomeRun 20200225
- Windows 7/8/8.1: Support MPEG2/AC3 content without DirectShow codecs or VLC installed
- Windows 7/8/8.1: Support audio codec changing mid-stream
- Windows 7/8/8.1: Reduce CPU load playing video content
- Windows 7/8/8.1: Fix resource leak.
- Windows Media Player: Support MPEG2/AC3 content without DirectShow codecs or VLC installed
- Windows Media Player: Support audio codec changing mid-stream
- Windows Media Player: Fix resource leak.
- Update firmware to 20200225


HDHomeRun 20190621
Windows:
- Support new SCRIBE and SERVIO models
- Latest HDHomeRun RECORD service for Windows – see RECORD below
- Update firmware to 20190621

RECORD:
- Support running multiple record engines acting together as a pool
- Support operation with multiple IP addresses on the same network interface
- Support operation with multiple isolated AutoIP networks
- Support user configurable limits to the number of concurrent recordings/viewings
- Support configuring max concurrent recordings to 0 to disable recording on a specific record engine
- Detect SDCardFSfilesystem on Android
- StorageID in announcements changed to upper-case
- Robust validation of RecordPath
- Improvements to GUID handling
- Fix problem where changes in available channels may not have been detected
- Fix problem detecting show boundaries when buffering live TV
- Fix handling of HTTP requests that immediately disconnect without waiting for a response
- Enforce use of HTTP-POST for operations that change configuration
- Drop unused DisplayGroupID/DisplayGroupName fields

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