[mythtv] Re:Patch to use LEDs attached to LCD display

[Steven J. Finnegan]

>On Saturday 06 September 2003 06:46 pm, Steven J. Finnegan wrote:
> > Here is a patch to enable the LEDs attached to LCDs controlled by LCDd.
> >
> > This patch will turn on LED #1 if capture card #1 is being used, LED #2 
> for
> > capture card #2, etc. For this purpose, "in use" means either recording a
> > scheduled program, or displaying live TV.
>
>Looks mostly ok, but it seems you're assuming that the recorder numbers are 0
>through the number of recorders currently active, which I don't think is what
>you want.. Say, for example, if you have two tuners, #0 and #1. #1 is
>recording, #0 is inactive. QUERY_ISRECORDING will return 1, since one tuner
>card is recording. You then ask if tuner card #0 is recording, which it
>isn't, so no LEDs will get lit...
>
>Isaac

>Isaac:
>No, that's not quite what I am doing... (at least that's not what I 
>intended...)
>
>Since there is no way (that I can see) to query the total number of 
>recorders in the system, I am first requesting the number of recorders 
>that are currently active. (one, in your example).  I am then querying 
>each recorder in order until I have accumulated that number of active 
>recorders. Does this make more sense now?
>
>Also, I believe the recorders are numbered starting with 1, not 0, correct?
>
>sjf
>
>Ah, ok. Makes slightly more sense.. I'll get stuff committed to CVS soon,
>anyway.
>
> > Also, I believe the recorders are numbered starting with 1, not 0, 
> correct?
>
>Not necessarily. They may have gaps in the numbering as well.
>
>Isaac
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Uh, what happens if I request status on a recorder that doesn't exist? Does 
this crash the backend?

sjf


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