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

Daryl McDonald darylangela at gmail.com
Sat Sep 12 17:46:27 UTC 2015


On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 10:11 AM, Mike Perkins <mikep at randomtraveller.org.uk
> wrote:

> 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.
>
> --
>
> Mike Perkins
>
>
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> Just out of curiosity, I wonder what would happen if you now "delete all
tuners on host" , already being limited to 1 and then set it up, probably
deleting resets to 2?
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