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

[Daryl McDonald]

On Sat, Sep 12, 2015 at 2:39 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hoi Daryl,
>
> Saturday, September 12, 2015, 7:46:27 PM, you wrote:
>
> > 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
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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?
>
> I guess that you mean, if then virtual tuner count again will be 2?
> The answer is yes.
> And also about numbering. I you 'delete on all', numbering resets to
> starting at 1. If you 'delete on this host only' numbering continues
> where it stopped.
> This is because in the first case the table is truncated, so it can be
> sure no lower numbers exist. If you only delete part of the tuners any
> of the lower number could still be in use. (unless you add a test, but
> the number of available numbers is enumerable for the purpose, so
> unneeded))
>
>
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>
> "Zonder hoop kun je niet leven
> Zonder leven is er geen hoop
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> Zeker als je hoop moet vernietigen om te kunnen overleven!"
>
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>
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OK thanks.
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