Dummy Tuner

For people who require a tunerless backend, are developing in a Virtual Machine or are on a test-only system you will not normally be able to or need to access a tuner which limits alot of the development and testing you can do.

Below describes how you can add a dummy tuner just for the purpose of getting guide data in, you will not be able to play this back in LiveTV or record from this.

Instructions

• Create a valid MPEG2 file on the machine.

• Create a new capture card
  • Set the Card Type to 'Analog V4L capture card' or MPEG encoder
  • Set the Video Device to the location of your MPEG2 file

• Create your video source as normal

• Go to channel editor
  • Add new channel (Ensure you add an XMLTV ID)

• Gather listing data as per normal