[mythtvnz] mythtv-status

[Andrew Ruthven]

Hey,

Heh, goes to show what happens when I'm not checking my mailing list
folders. ;)

The change to skip idle encoders was committed in June 2010 (v0.9.5).
The reason was the addition of being able to have multiple streams on
the same encoder. Some users had 12 "encoders" on their systems and
display was getting a bit long. I imagine that number has only
increased.

Cheers,
Andrew

On Fri, 2016-09-09 at 09:31 +1200, Karl -skooobie wrote:
> So, there is a small bug. Andrew will be releasing a new version in
> the next few weeks plus adding some other small fixes along the way.
> The workaround if you want to use the YAML file is to search in
> mythtv-status for the first occurrence of "encoder_skip_idle" and
> change the "||" to a "//"
> 
> On 9 September 2016 at 07:11, Karl -skooobie <skooobie at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Actually after checking I can see the YAML variables being used for
> > colour and encode_details but not the encoder_skip_idle. When I
> > used the command line it is okay and all three get used, just not
> > with myth-status.yml. I've raised this question with Andrew.
> > 
> > On 9 September 2016 at 03:27, Karl -skooobie <skooobie at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > can you try other config keys, such as colour:0 ? Do you see
> > > greens and reds?
> > > 
> > > Here's my process:
> > > 
> > > kh at kh:~$sudo touch ~/mythtv-status.yml
> > > kh at kh:~$sudo chmod 775 mythtv-status.yml
> > > kh at kh:~$echo 'encoder_skip_idle: 0' >> ~/mythtv-status.yml
> > > kh at kh:~$echo 'colour: 1' >> ~/mythtv-status.yml
> > > kh at kh:~$echo 'encoder_details: 0' >> ~/mythtv-status.yml
> > > kh at kh:~$ cat mythtv-status.yml 
> > > encoder_skip_idle: 0
> > > colour: 1
> > > encoder-details: 1
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On 9 September 2016 at 02:39, Karl -skooobie <skooobie at gmail.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > > It can go in any of the following locations:
> > > > 
> > > > mythtv-status.yml (current directory)
> > > > ~/mythtv-status.yml
> > > > /etc/mythtv-status.yml
> > > > /usr/local/etc/mythtv-status.yml
> > > > .mythtv-status.yml
> > > > ~/.mythtv-status.yml
> > > > /etc/.mythtv-status.yml
> > > > /usr/local/etc/.mythtv-status.yml
> > > > 
> > > > Make the file readable with permissions of course.
> > > > 
> > > > On a side note I found it easier to make an alias of the
> > > > command, which makes launching and adding extra info simple and
> > > > much faster to execute. To do this simply edit the ~/.bashrc
> > > > file or ~/.bash_aliases if you want all of your aliases in a
> > > > separate file, then add this line:
> > > > 
> > > > alias ms='mythtv-status --noencoder-skip-idle --colour --
> > > > encoder-details'
> > > > 
> > > > You need to restart for bash to know these alias but it will
> > > > now be permanent and you can simply enter ms at the prompt. The
> > > > cool thing with adding these extra switches, like noencoder-
> > > > skip-idle and --colour and --encoder-details is that is looks
> > > > nicer and provides a nice level of detail. Here's mine, with my
> > > > new 'ms' alias...
> > > > 
> > > > kh at kh:~$ ms
> > > > 
> > > > MythTV status for localhost
> > > > ===========================
> > > > Status..........: 2016-09-09 02:33:17
> > > > Total Disk Space: Total space is 465.8 GB, with 137.4 GB used
> > > > (29.5%)
> > > > 
> > > > Encoders:
> > > > kh (9) - Watching LiveTV
> > > > kh (10) - Idle
> > > > kh (11) - Idle
> > > > kh (12) - Idle
> > > > 
> > > > Recording Now:
> > > > Infomercial (TV ONE, Enc: 9, Chan: 1) Ends: 05:35:00
> > > > 
> > > > Scheduled Recordings:
> > > > 2016-09-09 19:30:00 - Enc: 9, Chan: 2 - The Voice Australia
> > > > (TV2)
> > > > 2016-09-10 13:30:00 - Enc: 9, Chan: 3 - Married At First Sight
> > > > USA (TV3)
> > > > 2016-09-10 18:30:00 - Enc: 9, Chan: 10 - David Attenborough's
> > > > (PRIME)
> > > > 2016-09-10 19:00:00 - Enc: 11, Chan: 1 - Hyundai Country
> > > > Calendar (TV ONE)
> > > > 2016-09-10 19:00:00 - Enc: 9, Chan: 3 - Johnny English (TV3)
> > > > 
> > > > You can also now add a shortcut on Unity if you use Ubuntu
> > > > flavour by adding a *.desktop to /usr/share/Applications and
> > > > then specifying the Terminal=True command. But I like just
> > > > Ctrl-Alt-T and then 'ms'
> > > > 
> > > > Cheers, Karl
> > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > On 8 September 2016 at 21:57, Austin Green <austin.green at orcon.
> > > > net.nz> wrote:
> > > > > The --noencoder-skip-idle flag works on mine, but not the
> > > > > mythtv-status.yml file - where should that live? Tried it in
> > > > > my home directory, no effect. Not obvious from the Perl
> > > > > script (I'm not familiar with Perl)
> > > > > Austin.
> > > > > 
> > > > > On Thu, 8 Sep 2016 16:58:32 +1200
> > > > > Karl -skooobie <skooobie at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > > ... you can use --noencoder-skip-idle on the command line,
> > > > > or if you have a config
> > > > > > file called  mythtv-status.yml have a setting like this:
> > > > > > encoder_skip_idle: 0
> > > > > 
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