[mythtv-users] Question about getting Myth Backend status

[Michael T. Dean]

On 05/17/2007 09:38 AM, Brian Walter wrote:
> I need to write a program/script that will reboot the backend whenever 
> it is not 1) recording and 2) nothing is active in the job queue.
>
> Is there a module/script/?? that will return this, or, what values from 
> the DB do I query to find this information out?

wget 'http://mythhostname:6544/xml'

If it's a "use every once in a while" script.  For regularly shutting 
down or whatever, check out mythwelcome and mythshutdown.

Mike