[mythtv-users] 0.25 Music & Videos Questions

[Scott & Nicole Harris]

>>>>> This is a standalone frontend, which I (and more importantly the wife)
>>>>> views as nothing more than an appliance. You turn appliances off when
>>>>> you're not using them, preferably with the remote that came with 
>>>>> it...no
>>>>> different than a TV. You don't need to be "special" to turn the TV 
>>>>> off,
>>>>> you simply press the power button. I'd think most people would expect 
>>>>> to
>>>>> be able to "press the power button" (exit and reboot) from the
>>>>> appliance's
>>>>> on screen menu and have it do what ever it is it's supposed to do,
>>>>> properly.
>>>>
>>>> This is one of the nice things about using minimyth. It runs on a
>>>> readonly
>>>> file system, with unionfs and tmpfs layered on top. Every night, I
>>>> just turn
>>>> it off at the power switch, without needing to shutdown, knowing that 
>>>> the
>>>> underlying file system will be unaltered ready for a clean boot the 
>>>> next
>>>> day.
>>>>
>>> Actually, minimyth does the right thing if you select "Exit and
>>> Shutdown" from the pop-up menu. It doesn't take very long either...
>>
>> Yes it does, but if you are used to just pulling the plug every night,
>> you have an awkward choice every time you change a playlist: do I trust
>> myself to remember to shut down properly tonight, or should I do it now
>> and then have to reboot before I can continue? It would be handy if
>> minimyth had a "restart the frontend process" option.
>>
>I cant see how Minimyth will do it properly, when its a "Feature" of 
>MythFrontend.  As I understand it, Minimyth is the same code, just packaged 
>as a Netboot image.  Unless of course it is distribution specific.

>I personally dont have the issue, as I have my frontend configured to 
>shutdown itself when it is idle, part of my shutdown script exits the 
>frontend properly, waits for the frontend process to disappear, then 
>shutsdown.   I do see the issue, when I create a playlist on frontend #1 
>(or mythweb), then go and try and play that playlist on frontend #2.

Could you share your script?