[mythtv-users] Can I pass parameters to my channel changing script?

[Jan Ceuleers]

Hi.

My cable provider is forcing me to switch to digital. I currently have 
four HVR-1900 tuners connected to analogue cable. These are set up in 
Myth as tuners belonging to a single video source.

I will be transitioning two of these tuners to a new (yet to be created) 
video source, and will connect them to a couple of set-top boxes instead 
of straight to the cable.

Since these STBs are identical I need to control them with dedicated IT 
blasters. So my problem is how to tell the channel changing script which 
STB to change the channel on.

I see that the LIRC channel change script on the wiki [1] is capable of 
receiving a blaster number on its command line, but how do I pass it to 
that script from Myth? Of course I looked on the wiki and googled.

Of course, I could create a separate video source for each STB. But I'd 
rather not do that since it's redundant from the scheduler's point of 
view: I'd have to load the XMLTV data into the database twice (and more 
if I ever get a third/fourth STB).

[1]: http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/LircChannelChanger

Thanks, Jan