[mythtv-users] Query backend status

[R Kannan]

Date: Sun, 4 May 2014 15:44:57 -0400
From: Robert Dege <livemotion at gmail.com>
To: Discussion about MythTV <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Query backend status
Message-ID:
	<CAM5_Hm6mb7kfeGJqnNsE+TS6R3oZi6cf0ha1pPCBWK1CXLsuag at mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

@Hika:  I'd like to write a shell script that will automatically update the
system when mythbackend is idle (not recording, and no mythfrontend usage).


On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 2:24 PM, Hika van den Hoven <hikavdh at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hoi Robert,
>
> Sunday, May 4, 2014, 8:17:44 PM, you wrote:
>
>> Is it possible to query the backend to determine if a frontend is
>> connected?  I currently have two frontends.  One runs on the backend
>> system, and the other connects over the network.
>> I'd like to verify that no one is wacthing a show or video before
>> installing system updates, or reboot (if necessary).
>
>> Thank you
>> -Robert
> You can ping the other frontend and check the log, but isn't it
> simpler to physically check and then bring mythbackend down during the
> update.
>
> Tot mails,
>   Hika                            mailto:hikavdh at gmail.com
>

I would like a the same for an automatic shutdown but my frontend is a
UPnP video player. I have not found a successful way of detecting a UPnP
playback in progress before shutting down the backend.

Thanks for any pointers