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

[Hika van den Hoven]

Hoi Dick,

Monday, October 13, 2014, 10:53:14 PM, you wrote:

> On 10/13/2014 12:09 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?
>   
>   
>      Last night I happened upon another way to look at this using  
> MythWeb. The status of the tuners appeared in the Encoder Status    
> section of Backend Status. I have an HDHOMERUN Prime with three    
> tuners. Right now nothing is recording so that section reads:
>   
>   
> Encoder Status
>      Encoder 1 [ HDHOMERUN : 192.168.0.108-1 ] is local on    
> ThinkCentre-M58p and is not recording.
>      Encoder 3 [ HDHOMERUN : 192.168.0.108-2 ] is local on    
> ThinkCentre-M58p and is not recording.
>      Encoder 5 [ HDHOMERUN : 192.168.0.108-0 ] is local on    
> ThinkCentre-M58p and is not recording.
>   
>   
Thanks, if I read it correctly it's what Bill's script queries. The
other uses a Mythtv system call (MythBE) and only queries the database
to get names and priorities.
Again a reason to learn more about python.

Tot mails,
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