[mythtv-users] Methods for waking a STB from standby w/IR only

[Erik Sejr]

On 13-05-17 09:57 PM, Bill Meek wrote:
> On 05/17/2013 08:20 PM, Erik Sejr wrote:
> ...
>> As a way around this I was thinking that I could make the channel change
>> script a little smarter if only I knew if MythTV was currently in the
>> LiveTV mode. Does anyone know if there is any way to get that
>> information via Python or Perl bindings? Or anything else really?
> ...
>
> This is a fragment from something else I use, and it's more that
> what you need. You could remove the getRecordersList and only
> check isRecording for the specific recorder you're having
> trouble with.
>
> #!/usr/bin/env python
>
> from MythTV import MythBE
> import sys
>
> try:
>     be = MythBE()
> except:
>     print 'Unable to connect to the backend'
>     sys.exit(1)
>
> freeRecorders = be.getRecorderList()
>
> for recorder in freeRecorders:
>     if be.isRecording(recorder):
>         print 'Recorder {0} is recording'.format(recorder)
>
>
Bill,
Thanks for the response even though as you said in yuor other message
this probably won't solve my problem I was looking for ways to gain this
information as well though the bindings, so very useful anyway!

Erik