[mythtv-users] Way to check the status of a tuner from command line

[Raymond Wagner]

Eric A. Boney wrote:
> So since I haven't been able to figure out the cause of my tuner going 
> "off line" on my slave server I was hoping for a quicker fix for now. 
> Seems that once this tuner goes unconnected, the only way to fix it is 
> to reboot the server entirely. Even restarting the backend or stopping 
> and then starting it again still won't bring the tuner back to a 
> connected status on the master backend.
>
>
> So is there anyway I can test the status of this tuner from the 
> command line so that I can setup a simple script to to reboot the 
> system if the tuner is in a non-connected status?
Check the Python bindings.


from MythTV import MythTV
myth = MythTV()
myth.getRecorderList()
             [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

If the tuners are accessible and not in use, they will be 'free':

myth.getFreeRecorderList()
             [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10]

If they are not accessible, they will not be in the list:

myth.getFreeRecorderList()
             [0]

If the tuner is not recording, it is 'offline':

myth.isRecording(1)
             False