Tvheadend

I need a web-browser or in RaspBIAN terms a "web interface" to see the TVH GUI? Am I understanding this correctly?

Yes, that is correct. You need a webbrowser to use the webinterface ( the GUI).

Since Raspbmc is based on Debian you should be able to install a webbrowser in a similar way as you would on debian, using apt-get.
You do need some desktop environment for that ( which you can also install), but i do not know what is installed per default on Raspbmc.

Hope this helps,

Alex.

PS
You say you have no network, but your hdhomerun is connected to your network, as is your raspberry pi, isn't it?
So what exactly do you mean by 'I have no network in which to connect the pi' ?

The Raspberry PI device has RaspBMC for an OS. It has no webbrowser. It does not have a terminal (terminal emulator). There is no way to use apt-get or any other method of app installation.

I have no network. The hdhomerun has an ethernet port. The Raspberry PI has an ethernet port and I have an internet switch from which I hope to take the hdhomerun signal, send it to the PI and have the PI process the TV signal and send it thru the PI's HDMI to my TV. I have no network if by that you mean Apache2 or the like. As I (almost) understand the meaning of: network, that is some software that acts to serve "objects" between devices. I have heard MythTV/Buntu called a "media server" but whether that is a network I have no idea. For a beginner at this, the terminology is confusing, at best. Thanks.

Hi Mark,

Although your remarks are no real question, some comments on them down here:

Mark Preston wrote:

The Raspberry PI device has RaspBMC for an OS. It has no webbrowser. It does not have a terminal (terminal emulator).

See:
http://www.raspbmc.com/wiki/user/using-ssh/

There is no way to use apt-get or any other method of app installation.

Once you are logged in using ssh you should be be able to use apt-get or whatever is on there.

I have no network. The hdhomerun has an ethernet port. The Raspberry PI has an ethernet port and I have an internet switch from which I hope to take the hdhomerun signal, send it to the PI and have the PI process the TV signal and send it thru the PI's HDMI to my TV.

That is called a network, so you do have a network. However, do you also have a router?( you say 'switch', but you need some device that routes and assigns ip addresses. probably yes you have one, since you are connected to the internet somehow...).
Then you can just add another computer or laptop to you network and use the browser on that computer. ( how are you accessing this forum?).

I have no network if by that you mean Apache2 or the like. As I (almost) understand the meaning of: network, that is >some software that acts to serve "objects" between devices.

No, that is a server ( not a network). Apache is a 'webserver'.

Hope this helps.

(and hopefully, which would be the easiest way forwards, you do have some other computer or laptop somewhere,like the machine you use to get to this forum, and you can just go to the webinterface.)

Alex.

Please allow me to start over. I have a Raspberry PI. It's sd card has Raspbian. Raspbian is not an OS in the sense that you can browse the internet, copy or delete files or have word processing. It is a stripped down single purpose OS.

The PI has internet access (via wifi dongle into usb hub, into the PI), but Raspbian has no browser. Whatever it gets from the 'net it gets via add-ons (e.g., a YouTube add-on, a EuroNews add-on) or it natively updates it's own OS bits and pieces. There is no terminal. There is no place to type:

sudo ifconfig or ssh

The original purpose of my post was to see if either the Raspbian has a web-browser (Firefox like) app (or even a tvheadend add-on) that shows a place to put a URL. I wanted to access the tvheadend GUI and set up my tuner. As there is no way to input: http://192.168.0.XXX:9981 and bring up the tvheadend control panel.

Across the room I have a computer, which has internet access. It is not connected to the PI/Raspbmc. I guess it could be, but I don't know how to do that. I do have a spare wifi router. It is not connected to the PI or to this computer.

I apologize. I still cannot put into words what I'm trying to do. And I fear that writing a post several pages long, giving the least little detail would be taking others time for nothing. Unfair.

No problem, we can still try to help, but we should try to split the various issues:

- One issue is the browser on rasbmc itself. This youcan better ask at the raspbmc-forum i guess.

- the other issue is the network: The hdhomerun also needs a router with DHCP as far as I know.
So best would be to hook the hdhomerun and the pi to your router.
Then also ( temporarily) use the cable in the computer and also connect it to the router. ( so, disconnect the cable from where it goes now, and plug into the router).

You should now have a network with 3 devices on one router, and you can use the browser on the computer to look at the other devices.

Alex.

I have now, the PI connected to a router. Also connected to that router are: this computer. And the SiliconDust HDHomeRun tv tuner.

I can find the tuner at: 192.168.0.100 and I can find the router's webgui at: 192.168.0.1, and the XBMC's webgui is: 192.168.0.102.

The XBMC webgui is mostly empty white space. Upper right side has, for selecting: Remote, Movies, TV Shows and Music.

Looking at: http://192.168.1.102:9982 shows "No Data Received" Reload.

TVH is enabled or active in Raspian (used to be called RaspBMC).

Getting there ; - )

The XBMC webgui is mostly empty white space. Upper right side has, for selecting: Remote, Movies, TV Shows and Music.

That is indeed how the default xbmc-interface looks.

Looking at: http://192.168.1.102:9982 shows "No Data Received" Reload.

The gui is at port 9981.
So, in your case go to
http://192.168.1.102:9981

Alex.

PS: on a sidenode: Is this yourhomenetwork that the computer was attached to or some other network?
You probably could connect the WAN-port of your router to the internet port that the computer was initially connected to to get internet.

Mr. Alex: Thanks for all this help. I don't have a home network. Not in a way I take you to mean. I have placed an unused wifi router into this bunch of devices. The router has a cable (cat 5e ethenet) from my computer's ethernet port, also into the router are the PI's port and the tv tuner port. Beyond that my main computer gets to the internet from a wifi (USB) adapter. I have no access to the modem via a cable. It's in an apartment across from this computer.

I have never been able to connect the internet into the PI via the cables. I posted at Ubuntu Forums (my OS) about how-to connect in this manner, but the consensus is to use a wifi dongle on the PI. So this is what I mean by not a networked system. If you know a way, I would love to have a wired system. I'm not at all concerned about the speed of the ethernet vs. wifi, or that the stream speed would be cut in half, 'cause it's setup from wifi to wired.

As an aside: I had to pull the SD card and re-install the NOOBS on it. My Hulu video add-on was giving "error no. 2", and wouldn't run whatsoever. Also, the :9981 returned nothing found at all. This is the 2nd reason I'm re-installing the software.

The new rbcm install asked if I wanted ssh and on saying "yes", I now cannot get to the 'net, as I either don't understand how to make the PI talk through the computer's 'net access or don't have the right hardware accessory.