When using the long-term support version 12.04 Precise Pangolin one might find these lines helpful:
# check the status: if /usr/bin/lynx -dump localhost:6544/Status/GetStatusHTML | grep -e "is watching Live TV" -e "and is recording"; then echo "Recording Now"; fi # In this year, 2012, one can use these funny lines to get the time of the next recording in a decent format. # You have to first do the complete conversion of mythtv-status as instructed in the comment #4 above: # scheduled next: mythtv-status | grep " " | (read -n 19 i; echo $i;) | cut -c 12-16 > ~/recordings1-time.txt; # Day mythtv-status | grep " " | (read -n 19 i; echo $i;) | cut -c 5-6 > ~/recordings1-dd.txt; # Month mythtv-status | grep " " | (read -n 19 i; echo $i;) | cut -c 8-9 > ~/recordings1-mm.txt; # in the end in a decent format: echo 2012-$(cat ~/recordings1-mm.txt)-$(cat ~/recordings1-dd.txt) $(cat ~/recordings1-time.txt) > ~/recordings1-date.txt; -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/945582 Title: MythTV Status doesn't work with MythTV 0.25 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/mythtv-status/+bug/945582/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs