[mythtv-users] Checking status via API

Marc Rawji mrawji at gmail.com
Mon Feb 27 05:41:44 UTC 2017


On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 4:56 AM, Daniel Frey <dmfrey at gmail.com> wrote:

> you can do a HTTP GET to /Dvr/GetEncoderList. There is a Program object
> that indicates what the input is currently doing. You can determine from
> the as well if it is recording or watching live TV.
>
> On Sat, Feb 4, 2017, 11:59 PM Marc Rawji <mrawji at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Everyone,
>>
>> I am running a combined mythbackend / mythfrontend in my living room... I
>> have a couple of Kodi clients on other hosts (like tablets). If I
>> understand correctly, Kodi uses the API to gain access to the recordings.
>>
>> Is there a way that I can query the API to find out if there are any
>> clients currently watching content via the API?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Marc
>>
>>
>
Thanks Daniel... I just tried that and the response from that API is the
same whether or not a client is playing something... am I using it wrong?

I am calling it like this:
curl http://localhost:6544/Dvr/GetEncoderList | xmllint --format -

Thanks,
Marc
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