[mythtv-users] OT: HDHomeRun DLNA beta firmware is out

[Michael T. Dean]

On 01/18/2013 02:39 PM, Mario Limonciello wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Matt Emmott wrote:
>> Since Myth doesn't like to share its tuners, this would no doubt wreak havoc
>> on our systems. Still, pretty neat feature.
>>
>> http://www.silicondust.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2484
> from #hdhomerun today
>
> 13:31:31<•jludka>  someone needs to get around to putting tuner locking in myth
> 13:31:58<rhpot1991>  jludka: hmm that sounds like !fun, no way of
> restricting it to a single tuner?
> 13:32:09<•jludka>  no
> 13:32:20<•jludka>  i believe it will always default to the lowest
> non-locked tuner
> 13:32:52<superm1>  so the HDHR report tuner usage and myth just isn't
> taking and of that info into account right now
> 13:33:37<•jludka>  the hdhomerun hardware allows for the software
> using it to lock the tuner to prevent accidental takeovers
> 13:33:55<•jludka>  for whatever reason, no one ever actually
> implemented that in myth
> 13:34:21<•jludka>  someone should bribe danielk to write it
>
> So danielk what will you accept as bribes? :)

MythTV has supported tuner locking for as long as I can remember--at 
least since 0.18, but I'm pretty sure it was in before that.  And, it's 
supported specifying which tuner since Aug 2009.  It's the LOCK_TUNER 
protocol command, and you can even use it via the Python bindings.

The biggest problem is that you need to run the script before <random 
UPnP client that's not nearly as useful as a frontend> accesses the 
tuner and then you need to release the lock when it's done.

Of course, using the DLNA support on the HDHR, you end up with live, 
unpausable, unrewindable, 
look-kids-this-is-how-we-watched-TV-in-the-1980s-before-DVRs TV (i.e. 
worse than Live TV with MythTV).

Mike