[mythtv-users] How to check if a tuner is in use

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Daryl,

Monday, October 13, 2014, 10:35:14 PM, you wrote:





> On Mon, Oct 13, 2014 at 3:36 PM, Bill Meek <keemllib at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 10/13/2014 02:09 PM, Hika van den Hoven wrote:
>  
>  Hoi All,
>  
>    How do I check if a tuner is in use by Mythtv. This so I can check in
>    my radio script if the tuner is available.
>    Can I find that in the database or is there a command. Or do I have
>    to check through the logs?
>  
>  
>  You can try this, it works when run on my backend,
>  but not from remote host all the time.
>  
>  $ pe.py --host localhost
>  
>  Display Name   Id    State   Sched Live Title
>    ATSC-0       26       7      1    5   Some show name
>    ATSC-1       28       0      0    0
>    HDHR-0       30       7      3    3   Yet another recording show
>    HDHR-1       32       0      4    2
>    HDHR-2       34       0      5    1
>  HVR-1250       36      -1      6    6
>  
>  0=idle, 7=recording -1=off line
>  
>  http://pastebin.com/JRv8cjj5
>  
>  -- 
>  Bill


I see this in FE >>information center >system status >tuner status 

> Your needs must be different or more complex, I assume.

I need it text based, so a script can understand it.

Both python scripts work, after I changed the header from
#!/usr/bin/env python to #!/usr/bin/env python2
But they also point me to where I might get it from the db myself.


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