[mythtv] Import Test Recorder

[Brendan Fosberry]

I find tivo hardware and scheduling more reliable than mythtv. In the past
I've had jumpy recordings and issues with playback which I am trying to
mitigate with switching to a minimal install and offloading extraneous
recording work. I have a hdpvr and could just use this however then I can't
also watch something on tivo. The hdpvr also has a tendency to freeze and
need restarting. If I schedule and record this way and use the tivo apis to
pull the recording down then I can still watch a show on tivo at the same
time and the entire system is less brittle. I can also make recordings
available throughout the house via minidlna and even back to the tivo.

I have a hdhr prime with a cablecard as well as the tivo however I'm just
insane.

thanks
Brendan

On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 5:58 PM, Raymond Wagner <raymond at wagnerrp.com>wrote:

> On 8/16/2012 18:06, Brendan Fosberry wrote:
>
>> Import test recorder is the closest existing tuner type
>>
>> On Aug 16, 2012 4:48 PM, "Raymond Wagner" <raymond at wagnerrp.com
>> <mailto:raymond at wagnerrp.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     On 8/16/2012 17:46, Brendan Fosberry wrote:
>>
>>         Hi
>>
>>         I'm attempting to generate a tuner for tivo atm through a
>>         mixture of ir
>>         blasting/telnet to schedule recordings on the fly, and curl +
>>         tivodecode
>>         to store the files in mythtvs database. All the components look
>> like
>>         they should work however Im having trouble with the Import Test
>>         Recorder
>>
>>         I have a dummy tuner for tivo which reads a sample mpg file. Once
>>         recording has finished an event is triggered to replace the
>>         recording
>>         using curl. The problem is that tuning times out every time. I
>>         have a
>>         change channel script however it seems to fail regardless of
>> whether
>>         this is set. I could move the change channel command into the
>> events
>>         however it shouldn't make a difference. I am assuming this is
>>         happening
>>         because the Import Test/Demo Test recorders dont have the
>>         correct status
>>         changes. Does anyone have any insight on this?
>>
>>
>>     Why can't these shows be recorded directly by MythTV?
>>
>
> What I'm trying to say is that Tivos only allow you to export certain
> types of material. You can only export analog recordings, ATSC recordings,
> or digital cable recordings marked "copy freely". Anything with any form of
> DRM is locked to that specific machine, and cannot be accessed externally
> for use with the Import Recorder. All three of those listed types can be
> recorded directly by MythTV with the proper hardware. I just don't see the
> purpose of trying to use a TiVo in this manner.
>
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