<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi David,</div><div><br></div><div>After a call to</div><div>CardUtil::CreateCaptureCard()</div><div>and</div><div>CardUtil::CreateCardInput()</div><div><br></div><div>The resulting capturecard and inputgroup tables look like:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace">select * from capturecard;<br>+--------+----------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+-----------+----------+--------------+----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------------+-------------+---------------+-----------------+----------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------+----------+------------+--------+-----+----------+-------------+-----------+----------+-----------------+----------------+---------------+----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+------------+-------------+----------+------------+<br>| cardid | parentid | videodevice                                                            | audiodevice | vbidevice | cardtype | defaultinput | audioratelimit | hostname       | dvb_swfilter | dvb_sat_type | dvb_wait_for_seqstart | skipbtaudio | dvb_on_demand | dvb_diseqc_type | firewire_speed | firewire_model | firewire_connection | signal_timeout | channel_timeout | dvb_tuning_delay | contrast | brightness | colour | hue | diseqcid | dvb_eitscan | inputname | sourceid | externalcommand | changer_device | changer_model | tunechan | startchan | displayname | dishnet_eit | recpriority | quicktune | schedorder | livetvorder | reclimit | schedgroup |<br>+--------+----------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+-----------+----------+--------------+----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------------+-------------+---------------+-----------------+----------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------+----------+------------+--------+-----+----------+-------------+-----------+----------+-----------------+----------------+---------------+----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+------------+-------------+----------+------------+<br>|      1 |        0 | /usr/local/bin/mythexternrecorder --conf /home/mythtv/etc/mag-1-2.conf | NULL        | NULL      | EXTERNAL | Television   |           NULL | <a href="http://cubic.sobie.us">cubic.sobie.us</a> |            0 |            0 |                     1 |           0 |             1 |               0 |              0 | NULL           |                   0 |              0 |            4000 |                0 |        0 |          0 |      0 |   0 |     NULL |           0 | MPEG2TS   |        2 |                 |                |               |          |           | mag/1-2     |           0 |           1 |         0 |          1 |           0 |        1 |          1 |<br>+--------+----------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------+-----------+----------+--------------+----------------+----------------+--------------+--------------+-----------------------+-------------+---------------+-----------------+----------------+----------------+---------------------+----------------+-----------------+------------------+----------+------------+--------+-----+----------+-------------+-----------+----------+-----------------+----------------+---------------+----------+-----------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-----------+------------+-------------+----------+------------+<br>1 row in set (0.001 sec)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-family:monospace">select * from inputgroup;<br>+-------------+--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+<br>| cardinputid | inputgroupid | inputgroupname                                                                          |<br>+-------------+--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+<br>|           0 |            1 | <a href="http://cubic.sobie.us">cubic.sobie.us</a>|/usr/local/bin/mythexternrecorder --conf /home/mythtv/etc/mag-1-2.conf|1 |<br>|           1 |            1 | <a href="http://cubic.sobie.us">cubic.sobie.us</a>|/usr/local/bin/mythexternrecorder --conf /home/mythtv/etc/mag-1-2.conf|1 |<br>+-------------+--------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+<br>2 rows in set (0.001 sec)</span></div><div><br></div><div>I am curious about the entry in inputgroup with a cardinputid of zero (0). Is that what you would expect to see or is something amiss?</div><div><br></div><div>I know you did some magic to make "multirec" work without having to create a bunch of inputs. Does this happen automatically with a call CardUtil::CreateCaptureCard() and/or CardUtil::CreateCardInput(), or are extra steps necessary? I see that the default "reclimit" is 1, but did not dig enough to see if that is still relevant. Does the multirec magic happen when schedgroup is 1?<br></div><div><br></div><div>To be clear, I am making these calls via the ServicesAPI and want to make sure I am not missing any steps. I do want multirec to work.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div><br></div><div>John<br></div><div><br></div></div>