[mythtv-users] Cable box always on

Brad DerManouelian myth at dermanouelian.com
Thu Mar 27 18:33:16 UTC 2008


Preston Crow wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-03-27 at 10:34 -0700, Brad DerManouelian wrote:
>>> I think the ideal behavior would be for Myth to realize that it's
>> about
>>> to record something through a tuner with an external channel change
>>> command, and if the tuner is not already in use, then send the
>> channel
>>> change command two minutes early, with an environment variable
>>> specifying the number of seconds before recording should start.
>> And screw up the last 2 minutes of whatever program it was recording 
>> before this recording.
> 
> That's why there's the caveat of "and if the tuner is not already in
> use."  If the tuner is already in use, then you have one of two
> possibilities:

Yeah, I skipped that part the first time.

> What I would like is a reliable solution to insure that the box is
> powered up if it's off, along with a reliable solution to power it off
> when not in use.

Well, I've given my reasons for not wanting to mess with things that 
don't necessarily need to be messed with. Let me know how it works out 
for you.

> Even if it doesn't save power, it will shut off an
> annoying light source.  (Yes, I should get a second back end and move it
> to the basement.)

Sounds like you're over-engineering a piece of electrical tape over an LED.



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