[mythtv-users] using mythtv as clockradio

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/20/2016 10:33 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
> OK I looked further. The settings must be requested from the backend:
> <backend>:6544/Myth/GetSetting?HostName=<frontend>
> gives me whole list of settings and their values. Among them:
> 'WatchTVGuide' with a value of 1.
>
> According to the wiki I could directly request the one value with:
> <backend>:6544/Myth/GetSetting?HostName=<frontend>&Key=WatchTVGuide
> but no luck, it returns no value:
>
> <SettingList version="1.0" serializerVersion="1.1">
>     <HostName>pc-Myth</HostName>
>     <Settings>
>        <String>
>           <Key>WatchTVGuide</Key>
>           <Value/>
>        </String>
>     </Settings>
> </SettingList>

And what do you get when you send a GetSetting for a boolean setting 
whose data is false (opposite of pc-Myth's WatchTVGuide data)?  And for 
ones that have, for example, a string type (such as Theme)?

Mike