[mythtv-users] Is it worth while to stop/start mythtv nightly?

[Johnny Walker]

On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Richard Shaw <hobbes1069 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 8:43 AM, Brent Bolin <brent.bolin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I recently started doing a cron job that stops and starts mythtv nightly -
>>
>> 59 2 * * * root  ( service mythtv-backend stop )
>> 0 3 * * * root  ( service mythtv-backend start )
>>
>> My thoughts we're memory leaks etc... and just getting a clean stop start daily.
>>

I started letting mine shut down to conserve power and generated heat.
The writeups here are pretty good:

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/Mythwelcome

http://www.mythtv.org/wiki/ACPI_Wakeup

This would accomplish your restarts and save on your power bills.

I had to make my frontend machine become my proxy server (for use
while at work) and then add a wakeonlan command to the power button I
use to start up my frontend. With the SSD drive I use as my OS disk on
the MBE I'm up and running in under a minute.

-Johnny

>> Noticed there was a recorded show that had two entries.  Was thinking
>> something was wrong.  Then remembered the cron job.
>>
>> I also do nightly myth fill database.  I'm not sure if this stops
>> mythtv from recording/watching because I'm never up at that time.
>>
>> So I'm wondering if I should combine these processes and just run from
>> a command line(cron job).  I believe /usr/bin/mythfilldatabase will do
>> this.
>>
>> Or if it's not necessary at all.
>>
>> Any input?
>
> I'm not sure what problems your having that you need this but while I
> restart the frontend for various reasons (lockups, exiting for the
> kids to play games, etc.) I can't remember the last time I restarted
> the backend except for reboots or when I've needed to go into
> mythtv-setup. The backend has been rock solid for me for quite some
> time.
>
> Richard
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