[mythtv-users] Ceton infinitv 6 Eth & mythtv?

[Matt Mossholder]

On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 11:42 AM, Ronald Frazier <ron at ronfrazier.net> wrote:

> I actually don't remember for sure why I did that. I think the reason
> might have been at attempt at optimizing power/heat. As you say, when you
> set the channel to zero, it still says it is tuned, and if I recall
> correctly, it still reports a signal lock and a list of programs, correct?
> So I think I must have figured that if it's doing all that, then it must be
> doing some work to monitor the signal, parse the MPEG-TS packets, etc.
> Setting the frequency to zero would turn it off completely, potentially
> saving power and generating less heat. Never did any kind of testing, so I
> have no idea if the savings are significant or negligible.
>
> Curious...what does ceton's demo apps do when you are done watching? Do
> they leave it tuned to a frequency, or do they zero it out too? Also, can
> you reproduce this problem via manually changing settings in the web
> interface?
>

 I'll check the demo app when I get home, but it uses a completely
different API (UPnP/SOAP/etc. ).  I did search through the python code to
see if there was anything that looked like it was trying to de-tune, but
didn't find anything. It might be handled internally to the device via the
new API.

I have a Kill-a-Watt, so we can see what the difference in power
consumption is, if we can figure out how to de-tune w/o hosing things.

I can definitely reproduce via the Ceton web interface. I didn't even
mention MythTV in the ticket, since it would just be a red herring for them.

But I'm glad to know that, with that one change, everything works just
> fine. It confirms our suspicions that it would all be compatible. Now I
> wonder if it's a bug in the firmware, or a defect in your particular unit.
> And thanks for following through on this. I've been dying to know if it
> works, but my 4-tuner model has been working great and serving all of our
> needs, so I can't justify upgrading just to satisfy my curiosity.
>

No problem... I needed another tuner, and figured it would be worth a shot.
Plus, I bought it on a real credit card in case I had to return it :)

And for the record, I currently have all 6 tuners recording random shows,
via CableCard. I've been recording a few other programs over night, but
this is the first time I have had all 6 going at once.

    --Matt
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