[mythtv-users] mythhdhrrecorder setup

[James Abernathy]

On 12/6/18 12:21 PM, glen wrote:
> On Thu, 2018-12-06 at 11:53 -0500, James Abernathy wrote:
>> I’ve giving this a test.  On the wiki it states in part:
>>
>>
>>       Example usage in MythTV
>>
>>   * In mythtv-setup, select "Capture cards"
>>   * Select "New capture card"
>>   * Select "External (black box) recorder" as the card type
>>   * Specify the executable and (usually) append an arbritary unique
>>     device name, for example: /home/mythtv/bin/mythhdhrrecorder
>>     --devicename 0
>>   * Specify the Max Recordings as 1
>>   * Select "Finish" to create the capture card
>>   * Repeat as needed for the number of tuners you want MythTV to utilize
>>   * Perform video source setup as usual
>>   * For each tuner, go to input connections and add the video source,
>>     and select "Fetch Channels" if the video source is newly created
>>     to populate the channel data (this does not work with ATSC video
>>     sources due to the major/minor numbering, but workarounds exist)
>>
>>
>> I can’t find the setting for Max Recordings.  I’m using the latest 
>> 29.1 Mythtv backend and I got this mythhdhrrecorder script from the 
>> github link in the wiki.
>>
>> Has that been changed to force it to 1 and no need to have an option???
>>
>> Jim A
>>
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> I used input connections, select tuner, then under interactions between tuners, set maximum recordings. i don't know
> if it is right thing, but i have no problems using 4 tuner quattro with the hdhrrecorder external

I kind of assume Interactions was the place.  I can't seem to get it 
configure though.  My setup is OTA ATSC USA only.  I have the XMLTV 
setup just like my productions system, but here's part of the log I see 
from mythtv-setup

Dec  6 12:21:11 ubuntu-test mythtv-setup.real: mythtv-setup[8945]: I 
ScreenLoad cardutil.cpp:2188 (GetHDHRdesc) 
CardUtil::GetHDHRdescription(1074C841) - trying to locate device
Dec  6 12:21:11 ubuntu-test mythtv-setup.real: mythtv-setup[8945]: I 
ScreenLoad cardutil.cpp:2188 (GetHDHRdesc) 
CardUtil::GetHDHRdescription(1043ECAB) - trying to locate device
Dec  6 12:21:11 ubuntu-test mythtv-setup.real: mythtv-setup[8945]: I 
ScreenLoad cardutil.cpp:2188 (GetHDHRdesc) 
CardUtil::GetHDHRdescription(1043ECAB) - trying to locate device
Dec  6 12:21:12 ubuntu-test mythtv-setup.real: mythtv-setup[8945]: I 
ScreenLoad recorders/vboxutils.cpp:106 (doUPNPSearch) VBox: 
GetDeviceDesc() failed for <Unknown>
Dec  6 12:21:12 ubuntu-test mythtv-setup.real: mythtv-setup[8945]: I 
ScreenLoad recorders/vboxutils.cpp:49 (probeDevices) VBox: Using UPNP to 
search for Vboxes (3 secs)
Dec  6 12:21:15 ubuntu-test mythtv-setup.real: mythtv-setup[8945]: I 
ScreenLoad recorders/vboxutils.cpp:106 (doUPNPSearch) VBox: 
GetDeviceDesc() failed for <Unknown>
Dec  6 12:21:15 ubuntu-test mythtv-setup.real: mythtv-setup[8945]: E 
ScreenLoad v4l2util.cpp:58 (Open) V4L2(): Could not open '': 
#012#011#011#011eno: No such file or directory (2)
Dec  6 12:21:15 ubuntu-test mythtv-setup.real: mythtv-setup[8945]: E 
ScreenLoad cardutil.cpp:1783 (ProbeV4LAudioInputs) ProbeAudioInputs() -> 
couldn't open device
Dec  6 12:21:15 ubuntu-test mythtv-setup.real: mythtv-setup[8945]: E 
ScreenLoad v4l2util.cpp:58 (Open) V4L2(): Could not open 
'/usr/bin/mythhdhrrecorder --devicename 1': #012#011#011#011eno: No such 
file or directory (2)


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