[mythtvnz] RedButton

[Solor Vox]

On 21 May 2010 20:50, Brett Miller <blmiller at slingshot.co.nz> wrote:
> Do you think this script & mheg-5 epg should be integrated into Myth in
> a similar way to the web based epg-scraper script  ?
> Is one problem getting control of a tuner off the backend, to be able to
> select a channel ?

Hi Brett,

I've talked with some mythtv devs about it.  They seemed to indicate
that it would need to be added to XMLTV project to get added to myth.
However, most of the code for XMLTV project is python, not awk/bash.
I haven't been able to get a hold of any of the XMLTV devs to ask if
it's something they would be willing to include.

My long term goal is to be able to run it without needing dedicated
access to the tuner. Since myth 0.23 already has an integrated
rb-browser that can run when watching live tv, it seems possible to
pipe that data into the scripts without having to manually run
rb-download.  However, the MHEG dump only takes 60-90 seconds to
complete.  So running it between 2 - 4 am when I'm not recording
doesn't seem like that big an issue.  Since I have dual tuners, I the
second marked as "open as needed."

Unfortunately, I've had to get replacement parts for my desktop so
haven't had time to spend working on this just yet.

Cheers,
sV