[mythtv-users] Help needed for scripted recordings

[John P Poet]

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 11:16 AM Klaas de Waal <klaas.de.waal at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> I am attempting to fix bug #13571 and to test this I need to start and
> then delete recordings lots and lots of times. It would be great if I can
> start a script that starts a recording on a specified channel, wait 10
> seconds, delete the recording, wait 10 seconds, start a recording etc etc.
> And I then want to run another instance of the script on another channel,
> etc.
> Has anyone a script available that does something like this, or a basic
> example on how to build something?
>
> Thanks,
> Klaas.
>

Hi Klaas,

If I was doing something like that, I would used the Services API.  For
example, if you tell to add a recording it will return the recordid. With
the recordid you can stop the recording and such.

As needed, I have been adding to a set of utilities inspired by Bill Meek:
https://github.com/jpoet/MythTVPython
Which might help with some examples.

I would be willing to write a python script to do exactly what you want,
but it might be awhile before I get to it.  I have been fighting a cold
(not Covid-10) and not feeling like doing much critical thinking. If you
want me to write something for you in a week, though, let me know.

John
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