[mythtv-users] setting up a AirTV Anywhere tuner with MythTV

[glen]

On Fri, 2022-06-24 at 11:17 -0400, James Abernathy wrote:
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 11:06 AM Greg Oliver <oliver.greg at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 9:56 AM glen <glenb at glenb.net> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2022-06-24 at 09:03 -0500, Greg Oliver wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 5:56 AM James Abernathy
> > > > <jfabernathy at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > When I signed up for Sling TV streaming service to complement
> > > > > my OTA MythTV system I had the opportunity to get a package
> > > > > deal that gave me a AirTV Anywhere OTA tuner/DVR that would
> > > > > integrate with the Sling TV app so you could have the OTA
> > > > > channels alongside the streaming channels.
> > > > > 
> > > > > The integrated OTA DVR part of this isn't working out very
> > > > > well. So I thought about maybe seeing if I could somehow hack
> > > > > the thing to work with Mythtv as a Quad Tuner only. At a
> > > > > minimum I could remove the 1TB SSD and use it elsewhere, but
> > > > > maybe find an API interface for it?
> > > > > 
> > > > > Any thoughts on how to proceed?
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > I would assume if you programmed a channel changing script to
> > > > talk to it (it appears to run android), you could use the
> > > > MythTV streaming recorder to record them as tuners.  I do not
> > > > have one to play with, but it seems there is a lot of info out
> > > > there to use them without Sling.  There must be an API that
> > > > Sling uses to talk to them and figuring it out with packet
> > > > captures should be fairly simple I would guess (guess the main
> > > > word here!).
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> > > 
> > > 
> > > i don't believe it would be simple to use sling's api and have
> > > myth to record a stream in the absence of getting something to
> > > override the hdcp and just record from the android box. i believe
> > > that these services use some form of a token that must be changed
> > > all the time to pass the stream and also a degree of redirection.
> > > i don't think a myth tuner as it stands could record from sling
> > > in the absence of a hdmi recording device and something to strip
> > > hdcp which is not authorized typically
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > There should be no HDCP on OTA, and afaict, theat device is not
> > even hdmi, but rather just communicates over the network.  I may be
> > completely wrong though :)
> > 
> 
> 
> The AirTV Anywhere is a stand-alone box that plugs into the ethernet
> or wifi and connects to the antenna.  You view streaming channels or
> OTA via the Sling app on either FireTV, Shield TV or other client. 
> When you first plug and turn on the AirTV, you can use the Sling app
> on Firetv to set up the DVR.  Once you scan channels you just see the
> OTA in the Sling guide.  If you select to record on an OTA channel it
> uses the 1TB internal drive.  If you select to record on a streaming
> channel it records it on the Cloud DVR.
> 
> Jim A
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if i understand, it sounds like the hdhomerun app and dvr service. if
thats the case there is probably an api as there is with the hdhomerun.
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