[mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center

[Reynolds, Brian]

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> On Behalf Of GZ
> Sent: Saturday, February 12, 2011 8:29 PM
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> Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] MythTV vs. Windows Media Center
> 
> 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

Thanks for the info, Greg.  Now that you mention it, I do remember seeing that in the Wiki.  I'll go read it again.