[mythtv-users] LiveTV on slave backends

Steve Hill steve at nexusuk.org
Fri Jun 25 13:40:42 UTC 2010


If all the inputs on the master backend are in use and the slave backend 
is powered off, selecting "Watch TV" in a frontend causes the frontend to 
display an "All inputs are in use" message, rather than trying to wake the 
slave.  If I manually wake the slave then it works fine (but I have to 
make sure I hit "Watch TV" in the short period between the slave 
connecting and deciding it is idle and shutting down again; which 
basically means I need to watch the log scrolling by).

Is it possible to get the slave backend to automatically wake when it is 
needed for live TV (either because all the other inputs are in use, or 
because the user has selected a channel that is only available from a 
specific backend)?  I realise that this will require a "Please wait..." 
message to be displayed until the slave finishes booting, but that's 
better than the current situation.

(As an aside, sometimes the "all inputs are in use" box doesn't respond to 
me hitting "select" on my remote control and I have to ssh into the 
machine and restart the frontend).

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  - Steve
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