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Added Linux script (php)

Requires php 8.1+ and php curl support.

Ubuntu 26.04: apt install php8.5-cli php8.5-curl

[SpiceWare]

This appears to work on Mac as well. I have brew installed on my Mac Studio so installed PHP by using this command in a Terminal session:

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brew install php

After the installation finished I did this to start PHP:

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brew services start php

I ran the Linux version of the script by entering the command:

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php eacapture.php

It found my HDHomeRun devices and reported a successful check-in:

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darrellspice@Mac-Studio SiliconDust % php eacapture.php 
2026-11-12 21:40:21  First launch
2026-11-12 21:40:22  Found: HDHomeRun FLEX 4K 10A2EFDD
2026-11-12 21:40:22  Found: HDHomeRun CONNECT 4K 10803AF0
2026-11-12 21:40:22  Chosen: 10A2EFDD
2026-11-12 21:40:22  Check-in succeeded.
2026-11-12 21:40:22      Clock delta: -0.5 sec
2026-11-12 21:40:22  Next capture to run at 2026-11-12 23:10:29

screenshot of terminal

Directory ~/eacapture was created and contains 2 files:

• checkin_state.json
• eacapture.lock

[nickk]

Woot!

[SpiceWare]

Looks like it did an upload from my Mac:

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2026-11-12 23:10:28  Capturing http://192.168.4.33:5004/auto/ch593000000p0p1?format=dbg&duration=15 to ead2e9f045a873f48ac9379632e3fa8d.tmp
2026-11-12 23:10:44  Upload to run at 2026-11-12 23:11:11
2026-11-12 23:11:46  Uploading ead2e9f045a873f48ac9379632e3fa8d.tmp
2026-11-12 23:11:47  Next capture to run at 2026-11-13 05:16:42

A new Captures directory showed up in ~/eacapture, though it's empty. I'm not very familiar with PHP though I see finishUpload() does an unlink which would explain the empty directory.