Capture Service

Capture Service API List

API Command	POST Required?	Description
GetCaptureCardList	No	Get a list of configured capture devices globally, on a certain host, or of a certain type.
GetCaptureCard	No	Get info on a specific capture device, by card id.
AddCaptureCard	Yes	Add a brand new capture device to the database.
UpdateCaptureCard	Yes	Change a specific setting value for a specific capture device.
RemoveCaptureCard	Yes	Remove a particular capture device from the database, by card id.
AddCardInput	Yes	Add a new card input to the database, and associate it with a video listings source.
UpdateCardInput	Yes	Change a specific setting value for a specific card input id.
RemoveCardInput	Yes	Remove a particular card input from the database, by card input id.

Capture APIs

GetCaptureCardList

The GetCaptureCardList API takes the following arguments:

HostName (Optional)

The backend host name you wish to see a capture card list for.

CardType (Optional)

Filter results by a particular capture card type (HDHOMERUN, DEMO, etc.)

Example Query:

http://BackendServerIP:6544/Capture/GetCaptureCardList?HostName=localhost&CardType=HDHOMERUN

Example Return:

<CaptureCardList version="1.0" serializerVersion="1.1">
    <CaptureCards>
        <CaptureCard>
            <CardId>3</CardId>
            <VideoDevice>13100674-0</VideoDevice>
            <AudioDevice></AudioDevice>
            <VBIDevice></VBIDevice>
            <CardType>HDHOMERUN</CardType>
            <DefaultInput>MPEG2TS</DefaultInput>
            <AudioRateLimit>0</AudioRateLimit>
            <HostName>localhost</HostName>
            <DVBSWFilter>0</DVBSWFilter>
            <DVBSatType>0</DVBSatType>
            <DVBWaitForSeqStart>true</DVBWaitForSeqStart>
            <SkipBTAudio>false</SkipBTAudio>
            <DVBOnDemand>false</DVBOnDemand>
            <DVBDiSEqCType>0</DVBDiSEqCType>
            <FirewireSpeed>0</FirewireSpeed>
            <FirewireModel></FirewireModel>
            <FirewireConnection>0</FirewireConnection>
            <SignalTimeout>1000</SignalTimeout>
            <ChannelTimeout>3000</ChannelTimeout>
            <DVBTuningDelay>0</DVBTuningDelay>
            <Contrast>0</Contrast>
            <Brightness>0</Brightness>
            <Colour>0</Colour>
            <Hue>0</Hue>
            <DiSEqCId>0</DiSEqCId>
            <DVBEITScan>true</DVBEITScan>
        </CaptureCard>
    </CaptureCards>
</CaptureCardList>

GetCaptureCard

The GetCaptureCard API takes the following arguments:

CardId (Required)

The database card ID for the device you want informaion for.

Example Query:

http://BackendServerIP:6544/Capture/GetCaptureCard?CardId=3

Example Return:

<CaptureCard>
    <CardId>3</CardId>
    <VideoDevice>13100674-0</VideoDevice>
    <AudioDevice></AudioDevice>
    <VBIDevice></VBIDevice> 
    <CardType>HDHOMERUN</CardType>
    <DefaultInput>MPEG2TS</DefaultInput>
    <AudioRateLimit>0</AudioRateLimit>
    <HostName>localhost</HostName>
    <DVBSWFilter>0</DVBSWFilter>
    <DVBSatType>0</DVBSatType>
    <DVBWaitForSeqStart>true</DVBWaitForSeqStart>
    <SkipBTAudio>false</SkipBTAudio>
    <DVBOnDemand>false</DVBOnDemand>
    <DVBDiSEqCType>0</DVBDiSEqCType>
    <FirewireSpeed>0</FirewireSpeed>
    <FirewireModel></FirewireModel>
    <FirewireConnection>0</FirewireConnection>
    <SignalTimeout>1000</SignalTimeout>
    <ChannelTimeout>3000</ChannelTimeout>
    <DVBTuningDelay>0</DVBTuningDelay>
    <Contrast>0</Contrast> 
    <Brightness>0</Brightness>
    <Colour>0</Colour>
    <Hue>0</Hue>
    <DiSEqCId>0</DiSEqCId>
    <DVBEITScan>true</DVBEITScan>
</CaptureCard>