[mythtv-users] mythhdhrrecorder setup

glen glenb at glenb.us
Thu Dec 6 17:21:20 UTC 2018


On Thu, 2018-12-06 at 11:53 -0500, James Abernathy wrote:
> I’ve giving this a test.  On the wiki it states in part:Example usage
> in MythTVIn mythtv-setup, select "Capture cards"Select "New capture
> card"Select "External (black box) recorder" as the card typeSpecify
> the executable and (usually) append an arbritary unique device name,
> for example: /home/mythtv/bin/mythhdhrrecorder --devicename 0Specify
> the Max Recordings as 1Select "Finish" to create the capture
> cardRepeat as needed for the number of tuners you want MythTV to
> utilizePerform video source setup as usualFor each tuner, go to input
> connections and add the video source, and select "Fetch Channels" if
> the video source is newly created to populate the channel data (this
> does not work with ATSC video sources due to the major/minor
> numbering, but workarounds exist)
> 
> I can’t find the setting for Max Recordings.  I’m using the latest
> 29.1 Mythtv backend and I got this mythhdhrrecorder script from the
> github link in the wiki.
> 
> Has that been changed to force it to 1 and no need to have an
> option???
> 
> Jim A
> 
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I used input connections, select tuner, then under interactions between
tuners, set maximum recordings. i don't knowif it is right thing, but i
have no problems using 4 tuner quattro with the hdhrrecorder external
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