AdHush

Get AdHush on your TV.

AdHush can mute commercials on your actual TV. Just set it up on a Raspberry Pi. Instructions below.

HDMImutes ads over your WiFiStreaming deviceRoku, Fire TV, Apple TVSplitterLIVEYour TVAdHush Box

Step 1: The shopping list

PartWhy you need it~Price
HDMI splitter, 1×2Copies your Roku's picture: one feed to the TV, one to the box. Get a powered 1×2 that supports 1080p. OREI is reliable.$15–20Shop →
USB 3.0 HDMI capture card (MS2130 chip)Lets the box see the picture. The MS2130 chip is the one AdHush is tested on.$15–25Shop →
Raspberry Pi 4 starter kit (2GB or more)The box itself. Get a kit with the fan. It runs around the clock and needs the cooling.$90–110Shop →
microSD card, 32GB (high endurance)The box's storage. Skip if your kit includes one.$10–15Shop →
2 short HDMI cables (3 ft)Splitter to TV, splitter to capture card. Your existing Roku cable covers the third leg.$10–15Shop →

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Step 2: Set up the Raspberry Pi

A Raspberry Pi is just a tiny computer. You write its operating system onto the microSD card from your regular computer with the free Raspberry Pi Imager. Twenty minutes, most of it waiting.

First time? Watch “Raspberry Pi 4 Getting Started” by Crosstalk Solutions. It’s the video we used for the first AdHush Box.

The three settings that matter when the Imager asks (gear icon, “Edit settings”):
  1. OS: Raspberry Pi OS Lite (64-bit).
  2. Your home WiFi name and password.
  3. Enable SSH with a username and password you’ll remember. No monitor or keyboard ever needed.

Step 3: Connect everything

  1. Unplug the HDMI cable from the back of your TV (leave it in the Roku) and plug it into the splitter’s INPUT.
  2. Capture card into splitter OUTPUT 1, TV into OUTPUT 2. This order matters. It’s the one wiring mistake that breaks everything (you’d get a black screen).
  3. Capture card’s USB into one of the Pi’s blue USB ports. Blue means fast.
  4. On the Roku: Settings → Display type → 1080p, and Settings → System → Advanced system settings → Control by mobile apps → Enable / Permissive. That last one lets the box mute it.

Step 4: Install the AdHush software

  1. Sign in on your account page and click “Have an AdHush Box? Set it up”. You’ll get a ready-made install command.
  2. Connect to your Pi: ssh yourusername@raspberrypi.local
  3. Paste the command and press enter. It installs everything, links the box to your account, and starts on every boot.

Step 5: Power it on

Plug in the Pi and turn on the TV. The screen blinks black for about two seconds on power-up (a one-time handshake) and the first channel detection takes a minute. After that, ad breaks go silent on their own. Watch it live from your account page.

If something’s off: a black TV picture usually means the capture card and TV are swapped on the splitter outputs (Step 3). Rarely it’s a splitter that won’t cooperate; a different brand fixes it. If the box can’t mute the Roku, recheck “Control by mobile apps”.

Wanna watch on your PC? Two-minute setup →