[mythtv-users] shutting down

[Tino Keitel]

On Sat, Oct 20, 2007 at 13:02:04 +1000, victor rajewski wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to find a sensible way to shut my combined front/backend
> down when the power button on either the remote or the computer is
> pressed. I want to check firstly if there are any recordings going on,
> and in that case, do nothing. Where can I check the status of the
> backend?

I have enabled the idle shutdown in mythbackend. The check script for
the idle shutdown checks the existence of a file. If it exists, then
the shutdown won't happen. When I press the power button, then the
script is removed. When the backend isn't recording anything, the next
occurrance of the idle timeout sets a wakeup time (the next recording)
and shuts down the computer. This way, the backend won't do a shutdown
if there is a recording in progress or scheduled for the next minutes,
and will wake up if there is a recording in the future.

Regards,
Tino