Add support for playback of requested Live TV channel from Frontend Services API

[Justin Randall]

The pull request URL is ​https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/pull/173

Needs code review and independent testing.

This is a simple change to extend the Frontend Services API with a new POST method for requesting Live TV playback tuned to a specific channel ID.

• Makes sure requested ChanID is "valid" i.e. non-negative, non-zero.
• Checks current state of frontend GUI and attempts to change to Live TV.
• If current state is Live TV then requested channel identifier passed to network control for tuning.

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PlayLiveTV

The PlayLiveTV API takes the following arguments:

ChanId (Required)

Parameter Type: Integer

Parameter Description: The database channel id for tuning.

Example Query:

http://FrontendIP:6547/Frontend/PlayLiveTV?ChanId=1234

[Justin Randall]

New version of patch compatible with recent changes to trunk.

[Bill Meek]

Hi,

The above attachment doesn't build.

I appears that the most recent pull request was merged (perhaps in your own tree?) In any case, I can't find it.

Please attach a diff of the code that builds (and works) here. Thanks.

It might help to define your use case. Note that Frontend/GetStatus plus Frontend/SendKey _may_ do what you want.

[paul-h]

Sound like a useful addition. Justin any chance of an updated patch?

[Stuart Auchterlonie]

Bill,

Could you review please?

[Stuart Auchterlonie]

We have moved all bug tracking to github [1]

If you continue to have this issue, please open a new issue at github, referencing this ticket.

[1] - ​https://github.com/MythTV/mythtv/issues