Last night we had been watching TV through our Apple TV without a problem. We turned it off at one point and then later in the evening turned it on again. When we tried to launch Channels DVR, it said that it couldn’t find the server. I thought that there had perhaps been a Windows update or the PC had crashed and just needed rebooting but when I looked at it, it was still running and no updates had been installed.
I rebooted the PC anyway but nothing can connect to Channels DVR server.
If I launch Channels DVR on the PC, the guide doesn’t load and when I go to sources, the HDHomerun isn’t listed nor can it find it even when manually entering the IP address.
I can log into the HDHomerun box on my network and can see its in the same IP range and subnet mask as Channels DVR and its receiving signal over the aerial.
I have both the HDHomerun box and the PC running Channels DVR hard wired to the same router.
If I run the HDHomerun App on any device on the network I just get a black screen.
If I run the Channels DVR app on any device on my network it says it can’t locate the server.
I’ve checked the Firewalls on the PC running Channels DVR and can’t see it blocking anything.
I can log into both interfaces it’s just that Channels DVR can’t seem to locate the HDHomerun box despite them being on then same network, connected to the same router.
I don’t know what else to check or do.
The only thing I would say is that we’ve been without Internet for nearly 2 weeks due to a break in a fibre cable somewhere which requires the road to be dug up next week and the cable replaced. However HDHomerun and Channels DVR have been working fine without it, I just can only get over air channels at the moment, so I don’t think that would have any effect.
Any ideas? No Internet, no phone and now no TV, things are getting desperate. We may have to talk to each other!