[mythtv-users] Myth+HDHR Prime+charter=only file size 'B"

[Mike Perkins]

On 12/09/15 13:06, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 9:11 AM, Mike Perkins
> <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk> wrote:
> ......
>> Is there any reason why the # tuners can't be defaulted to 1 when HDHR Prime
>> is selected as tuner type? That would seem to me to be logical.
>
> I have not looked at the code in that area recently, but I suspect
> that you have not written and submitted the patch to detect
> a) whether the device is a Prime, and (b) whether the device
> has a validated CableCARD(*)(**).  I also suspect that such
> a patch would be welcomed(*).  There is always room for
> improvement.
>
> (*) Well, the plan is to move to a web based setup, so patches
> to the existing capture device setup would likely have a "short"
> lifetime, but then again, "short" might be quite some time.
>
> (**) Bonus points for detecting that a CableCARD is inserted,
> but not yet validated, issuing a warning to the user (only a
> warning, since a few MSOs do not require validation).
>

:)

This is only academic to me as I'd have no means to test the code out, being UK 
based.

Of course, we have our own problems, as my other post indicates.

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Mike Perkins