[mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center

[GZ]

On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 10:20 PM, Reynolds, Brian
<Brian.Reynolds at fiserv.com> wrote:
> Of course, this brings up another topic...  can Myth and/or MCE be setup to go to sleep when nothing is recording and nobody is watching live TV?
> I'm sure I can wake-up (either OS) when a scheduled program is about to start... but can they wake up when someone wants to watch a live TV and/or
> pre-recorded program from a front-end/extender?  I'm thinking that this will require using "Wake-up on LAN".  However, I don't know if the front-end
> (client/extender) will send the necessary "Wake up" commands.  In order to use this, will I need to setup my own work-around (either OS)?  I really like to
> keep my machines sleeping when possible.  Each machine costs me $6-10 (in electricity costs) per month when running 24x7.  I'm a cheap SOB. :)
>

Hi Brian,
I don't think anyone has touched on this (apologies to the list if
this was already answered).  Mythtv does include functionality that
allows you to shut down the backend when the system is not in use.
This can be further customized to allow automatic wakeup/shutdown for
combined backend/frontend systems. For more information, see the
following wiki pages:
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/ACPI_Wakeup
http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythwelcome

In order to replicate this behavior in windows, you would need to be
able to query the Win MCE recording schedule, have some software that
can program the ACPI wakeup, and force a shutdown of the system (but
only when a user isn't on).  This is likely possible, but I'm not
aware of such software (and this list is probably not a good place to
get such expertise).

-Greg