[mythtv-users] using mythtv as clockradio

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Hika,

Thursday, January 21, 2016, 12:26:29 PM, you wrote:

> Hoi Michael,

> Thursday, January 21, 2016, 7:36:15 AM, you wrote:

>> 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
>> _______________________________________________

> If I query the full list I see AlwaysOnTop = 0
> If I do:
> <backend>:6544/Myth/GetSetting?HostName=pc-Hika&Key=AlwaysOnTop

> <SettingList version="1.0" serializerVersion="1.1">
>    <HostName>pc-Hika</HostName>
>    <Settings>
>       <String>
>          <Key>AlwaysOnTop</Key>
>          <Value/>
>       </String>
>    </Settings>
> </SettingList>

> If I query the full list I see AudioOutputDevice = ALSA:pulse
> If I do:
> <backend>:6544/Myth/GetSetting?HostName=pc-Hika&Key=AudioOutputDevice

> <SettingList version="1.0" serializerVersion="1.1">
>    <HostName>pc-Hika</HostName>
>    <Settings>
>       <String>
>          <Key>AudioOutputDevice</Key>
>          <Value/>
>       </String>
>    </Settings>
> </SettingList>

> Etc., Etc

Oh and to complete the test. If I query a dummy value say:

<backend>:6544/Myth/GetSetting?HostName=pc-Hika&Key=DummyValue

the same result, but if I make Key all lowercase it's ignored and I
get the full setting list. If I also add a value for Default that
value is returned, but if I only send a Default say:

<backend>:6544/Myth/GetSetting?HostName=pc-Hika&Default=None

I get the full settings list.

Also swapping HostName and Key in place has no effect.

Tot mails,
  Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com

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