[mythtv-users] How do I disable a tuner

[Raymond Wagner]

On Aug 29, 2013, at 12:50, Gary Buhrmaster <gary.buhrmaster at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:41 PM, Eric Sharkey <eric at lisaneric.org> wrote:
> ....
>> To anyone's knowledge, has this been scripted up into something
>> callable either from the frontend or as a command line script callable
>> from a button press or other mechanism?
> 
> Never tried it, but the python bindings have a lockTuner method
> (along with a freeTuner method).  So, it should simply be a
> matter of a few lines of python.

Be aware that those Python methods will automatically clear the lock when you disconnect from the backend, so you will either need to run a persistent script to hold the lock, or send those backend commands manually.