[mythtv-users] mythtv-setup --- Does a CLI Exist?

[jim]

On 05/06/2015 06:12 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
> On 06/05/15 19:33, jim wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 05/06/2015 02:11 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>>> On 06/05/15 18:35, jim wrote:
>>>> On 05/06/2015 12:46 PM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>>>>> On 06/05/15 17:04, Justin Alcorn wrote:
>>>>>> I think I've seen this discussed a few times, but it sure would 
>>>>>> be nice to
>>>>>> have a web or CLI option for config.  I don't have X running on 
>>>>>> any other
>>>>>> computers.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Let's get this straight: You don't have X running on any of your 
>>>>> other
>>>>> computers *at all*? Not even the ones with frontends on them?
>>>>>
>>>>> You do *not* need to have X running on any backend where you need 
>>>>> to run
>>>>> mythtv-setup, just the one you are accessing it from. Trust me, 
>>>>> I've run my
>>>>> setup this way for fifteen years or so. 'ssh -Y <hostname>' will 
>>>>> get you there
>>>>> with X forwarding.
>>>>>
>>>>> Almost all of the screens in mythtv-setup require user decisions, 
>>>>> so I'm not
>>>>> sure why a CLI would be useful. Other than updating storage directory
>>>>> locations or downloading channel icons, a user has to make a decision
>>>>> practically everywhere.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> An example would be running a channel scan and adding the 
>>>> discovered channels.
>>>> The user doesn't need to make any decision. A channel edit could be 
>>>> used later
>>>> to eliminate any unwanted channels.
>>>>
>>> (Please don't top post)
>>>
>>> If I attempted to run a channel scan on a system which already had 
>>> channels
>>> configured, I'd end up with an unholy mess which would require manual
>>> intervention - and I don't mean mere editing.
>>>
>>> If you are happy with a mess of channels with random numbers, all 
>>> interspersed
>>> with your existing config, then go ahead.
>>>
>>> Doing a clean channel scan from my location is not possible, because of
>>> interference from other transmitters. YMMV.
>>>
>>> Like I said, manual input required.
>>>
>> My bad on the top post. Was moving too fast.
>>
>> Yes, there are times when the full GUI is needed - just like there 
>> are times
>> when it is not needed. Having the option would be nice. On an 
>> original install,
>> or if I move a system from one location to another, and don't care 
>> about the
>> previous channels, it would be nice to clear any existing data and 
>> run channel
>> scan, adding the channels - from the CLI.
>>
>> I have a HDHomerun tuner.  It supports channel scanning and will 
>> write to a
>> file. I guess one could parse the file and write to the mythconverg 
>> tables - but
>> isn't that reinventing the wheel as Mythtv already has that capability?
>>
> Of course you then have to associate all those new channels with 
> xmltvids...
>
Good point. It would be better if there were a functional CLI so the 
existing mythtv-setup capability could be used. Not finding one, I just 
wrote some code to run the HDHomerun scan and parse the results for 
mythconverg table entry. Associating xmltvids next. I am only using OTA 
so it shouldn't be too difficult.