[mythtv] [PATCH] Frontend Idle and automatic shutdown

Isaac Richards ijr at po.cwru.edu
Mon Jun 14 21:31:43 EDT 2004


On Sunday 13 June 2004 06:45 pm, Aaron McCarthy wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> The following patch implements a frontend idle timer which enables the
> backend to automatically shutdown when frontends are connected.  This is
> usefull when the frontend and backend are runing on the same system.
>
> I've included patches to disable the timer in mythgallery, mythmusic and
> mythvideo.
>
> This is my first patch, let me know if it is formatted correctly.

The patch itself looks fine, but it seems awfully invasive.  I think the same 
thing could be more easily accomplished by adding an event filter to the top 
level MythWindow and updating a timestamp based on the last keypress.  

Isaac


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