Creating a Desktop Shortcut on Mac to Watch TV using an HDHomeRun and FFmpeg

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Installing FFmpeg on a Mac (without Macports): https://youtu.be/AUxxpK24f8c
Installing MacPorts on macOS Sierra (plus installing ffmpeg): https://youtu.be/N22Ic6ZRPXI

FFmpeg playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLErU2HjQZ_ZOPDZ71Khzt5PX4X4j6flkg

FFplay Command to Watch TV
ffplay -i "http://<ip_address_of_hdhomerun>:5004/auto/v8.1" -ac 2 -vf "yadif" -fs
FFplay Command to Watch TV (with transcode)
ffplay -i "http://<ip_address_of_hdhomerun>:5004/auto/v8.1?transcode=internet480" -ac 2 -vf "yadif" -fs
FFplay Arguments

-i input
-ac number of audio channels
-vf “yadif” deinterlace
-fs fullscreen

Move to Desktop
cd ~/Desktop
Create Script File
touch channel_8.1.sh
Open Script in TextEdit
open -e channel_8.1.sh
Script Contents
#!/bin/sh
ffplay -i "http://<ip_address_of_hdhomerun>:5004/auto/v8.1" -ac 2 -vf "yadif" -fs
Make Script Executible
chmod +x channel_8.1.sh

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