[mythtv-users] MythBackend with no Tuners

[Kevin Wisher]

The link below shows how to setup a dummy tuner.

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Configuring_MythTV_for_the_HDHomeRun_Prime

On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 5:24 PM, R. G. Newbury <newbury at mandamus.org> wrote:

> On 12/31/2011 06:51 AM, Nick Rout wrote:
> > On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 11:33 AM, R. G. Newbury<newbury at mandamus.org>
>  wrote:
> >> For some years I have had a BE/FE setup on this desktop machine at work.
> >>
> >> Purely for research and testing purposes, of course.
> >>
> >> The box has no tuners, but uses a copy of the mythconverg database from
> >> the mythbox at home. The 'programs' 'recorded' here are mainly downloads
> >> or copies of programs recorded at home.
> >>
> >> Recently, I upgraded to Fedora 16 and a new git of master trunk. The
> >> backend starts but after checking the tuners, and finding none, shuts
> down.
> >>
> >> This used to work. I would like to have 'tuners' to match the lineup
> >> inputs and be able to view the upcoming TV schedule.
> >> Does anyone know why this no longer works, and how, if at all, I can
> >> work-around it?
> >
> > The problem of having the backend startup fail can be alleviated by
> > using a dummy tuner, it's an option that started (I think) in 0.24.
>
> Well I seemed to recall something about that, but could not find
> anything in mythtv-setup which looked like it was a dummy tuner.
>
> Can a have a hint please?
>
> Geoff
>
>
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