[mythtv] Apple TV support (heartbeat to riptide/watchdog)?

[Charles Lesburg]

Hi all.  I am not a good enough programmer to do this myself, but I am
wondering if anyone is intrepid enough to give this a shot.

First, the rationale: the Apple TV is a great platform to run mythfrontend.
However, there is a "heartbeat" that is issued by the normally-running
Finder process every minute or so.  If the system (riptide and watchdog
processes, I believe) don't get a heartbeat for 5 minutes, the machine
reboots.  For mythfrontend to run, the Finder must be quit.  I have been
unable to disable the ripstop/watchdog process to stop the rebooting.

Now, the potential solution: if mythfrontend issued an equivalent heartbeat,
then the machine wouldn't reboot.  There is a wealth of information
available at http://wiki.awkwardtv.org/wiki/Watchdog.  Again, I wish I could
do this myself, but alas I need to ask for help.

-cal
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