[mythtv-users] How to check if a tuner is in use

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Hika,

Wednesday, October 15, 2014, 10:10:34 PM, you wrote:

> Hoi Bill,


>>> URL='http://{}:6544/Dvr/GetEncoderList'.format(host)

>> Try the URL developed above (e.g. with your hostname
>> where {} is), from a browser to see everything that's
>> returned. And there's a lot. E.g. <DisplayName>ATSC-0</DisplayName>
>> could be used assuming your cards have unique names.

>>> try:
>>>          request = 'SELECT `cardid` FROM `capturecard` WHERE `videodevice` = "%s" AND `hostname` = "%s"' \
>>>                                  % (card, host)
>>>          c = DB.cursor()
>>>          c.execute(request)
>>>          if c.rowcount == 1:
>>>                  for row in c.fetchall():
>>>                          cardid = str(row[0])

>> One intent of the Services API is to avoid direct access to the
>> MythTV DB. I thought that was the intent of the bindings too.
>> I'd strive to get rid of the code above.

> I'm running 0.27.3 from gentoo, but all I get per encoder on that page
> is:
>     <Id>1</Id>
>     <HostName>GentooServer</HostName>
>     <Local>true</Local>
>     <Connected>true</Connected>
>     <State>7</State>
>     <SleepStatus>8</SleepStatus>
>     <LowOnFreeSpace>false</LowOnFreeSpace>
> and then a lot of info about the recording but no 'Inputs/Input'? So I
> see no other way to retrieve it.

Are there maybe other pages? I tried: GentooServer:6544/Dvr/GetInputList

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  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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