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

Another Sillyname anothersname at googlemail.com
Fri Nov 5 16:12:42 UTC 2010


On 5 November 2010 15:27, Brent Bolin <brent.bolin at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 10:19 AM, Johnny Walker <johnnyjboss at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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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>
> I use the back end to heat my house :)
>
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