[mythtv-users] 0.25 Music & Videos Questions

[Paul Gardiner]

On 14/04/2012 11:21, Michael Watson wrote:
> On 14/04/2012 8:09 PM, Paul Gardiner wrote:
>> On 14/04/2012 10:39, Mike Perkins wrote:
>>> On 14/04/12 04:46, Paul Gardiner wrote:
>>>> Scott& Nicole Harris<snharris99 at live.com> wrote:
>>>>> 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'm not sure how, but it does. I also do exactly what Mike described to
save playlists: i.e., I select "Exit and Shutdown". Then the next day
the playlists are still there.

I agree though: it would make a lot more sense if every time one created
a new playlist it was written back.

P.