[mythtv] web based setup - External Recorder

[John P Poet]

On Sun, Oct 1, 2023 at 12:27 PM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 9/28/23 17:01, John P Poet wrote:
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> On Thu, Sep 28, 2023 at 12:27 PM Peter Bennett <pb.mythtv at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>>
>> On 9/28/23 08:25, Peter Bennett wrote:
>> >
>> > On 9/27/23 22:50, John P Poet wrote:
>> >> Hi Peter,
>> >>
>> >> Should web setup channel scanning work with an External Recorder? The
>> >> "Start Scan" button is greyed out.
>> >>
>> >> I am in the process of moving into a new house which is taking all of
>> >> my time, but if that code has not been written yet, I will try to
>> >> allocate some time to work on it.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >>
>> >> John
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> > Hi John
>> >
>> > If it works with mythtv-setup then it should work with web setup.
>> >
>> > I use external recorders but I never used channel scan with them, so
>> > it never occurred to me that it was possible to do a channel scan.
>> >
>> > My external recorder gets channels using mythfilldatabase.
>> >
>> > Thanks for letting me know. I will take a look at it and see if I can
>> > add it.
>> >
>> > Peter
>> >
>> Actually, it works. If you hit Save at the bottom of the screen, the
>> Start Scan button is enabled. Then you can start the scan and it works.
>> There seems to be a bug in determining if changes have to be saved. If
>> it thinks changes have to be saved it disables the start save button.
>> Also at the end of a successful scan of an external tuner it says
>> "Failed to find any new channels! ". That is a wrong message.
>>
>> The action of selecting the scan type may be flagging the page as dirty
>> and causing the button to be disabled.
>>
>> I will make some changes. Maybe remove the check for unsaved changes, or
>> automatically save before starting the scan, or prompt with a message
>> asking user to save. Also I will look at the incorrect message at the end.
>>
>> Peter
>>
>
> Thank you Peter!
>
> John
>
> Hi John
>
> I have committed the fixes. You can try it again.
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> - Allow scanning to start even if page needs to be saved. The code will
>   automatically save the page before the scan is started.
> - Fix error message about dirty flag being changed after it was checked.
>
> - Fix "Failed to find any new channels!" that displayed after an import
>   even if it was successful.
>
> Peter
>

Hi Peter,

Unfortunately it still does not work for me. I notice that it is not just
with the External Recorder but also DVB. It is probably all of them, but
those are the only two types I am currently using.

Note that these are not brand new configurations, but ones that I have been
using for awhile. No matter what options I try to change on the "Input
Connections" dialog, the "Start Scan" button is disabled. I have tried both
Firefox and Chrome with the same result.

Is it relevant that the "Scan Type" selection box has a red border?

Since this is apparently not something you can reproduce, I will have to
try and figure out under what conditions the "Start Scan" button is
disabled. Using mythtv-setup works for now, so this will probably have to
wait until I am settled into my house.

Thanks,

John
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