[mythtv-users] Tune Backend from command line or API?

[Bret Clark]

On 01/13/2014 08:26 AM, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> On 1/13/2014 8:15 AM, Bret Clark wrote:
>> I've got a cheap Lava antenna before I knew better. Actually it works 
>> well, but I find antenna will move slightly on windy days due to its 
>> weak rotor? I've written (or hacked) a PHP script that will check my 
>> signal strength of channels at various times, but I need to shutdown 
>> the backend first before checking signal levels otherwise I get a 
>> message saying my DVB card is in use. Is there a way to tell send 
>> commands to the backend to tune to a channel whether via command line 
>> or via the web API?
>
> You can tell the backend to lock a tuner, which should unlock it for 
> the system and free it up for external use.
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I will look into that further, thanks for the tip,
BC