[mythtv-users] diagnosing HDHome Run Prime zero byte recordings

[Gary Buhrmaster]

On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 1:45 AM, Stephen P. Villano
<stephen.p.villano at gmail.com> wrote:
....
> Just for curiosity, how can I determine if a channel has any encryption
> or which option enabled?

"An" easy way is to use the hdhomerun_config cli and tune
the vchannel(s), and then look at the vstatus.

 $ hdhomerun_config <ip_address> set /tuner2/vchannel 123
 $ hdhomerun_config <ip_address> get /tuner2/vstatus
 vch=123 name=DZABC auth=subscribed cci=unrestricted cgms=n/a


Obviously that can be a bit time consuming for each channel
and you have to wait just a after tuning until checking the
vstatus, and even longer if you have Tuning Adapters, so that
the status is accurate; there is an API call to wait for settling
of the status, but nothing in the cli AFAIK.

There are also python bindings available for direct libhdhomerun
library access if you wanted some additional capabilities.

Gary