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Re: [opensuse] Building a MthTV system
- From: John Andersen <jsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2007 20:20:24 -0800
- Message-id: <200704222020.25438.jsa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Sunday 22 April 2007, John Andersen wrote:
> On Sunday 22 April 2007, Joseph Loo wrote:
> > I am thinking of building a myth tv system. I want to hibernate my
> > computer when it is not in use but wake up when it needs to start
> > recording or to use the box. Are there any programs or facilities that
> > allow this?
>
> These facilities are built into MythTV as long as you have some
> support in the bios for it. Myth will wake it in time for it to boot
> and stabilize the OS prior to recording.
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.5
11.5 Using Shutdown/Wakeup
What does the MythTV Shutdown/Wakeup function do? The scheduler on the Master
backend (MBE) keeps track of the idle status of the entire MythTV system,
including the Slave backends (SBE). If it considers the system to be idle,
and thus ready to shutdown, it sets the wakeuptime to the time of the next
recording and then proceeds to shut down all Slave backends and then itself.
Once it is time to begin recording, the Master backend and the Slave Backends
are automatically woken up. This system allows MythTV to record like a normal
VCR, thereby conserving power when not in active use.
In order to use the Shutdown/Wakeup function there must be some method of
waking up the Master backend. There are any number of solutions, but we will
discuss in detail two possibilities:
Use another server that runs 24/7 and have it send a WakeOnLAN (WOL) packet
to wake the Master backend. This assumes that you have the WOL tools
installed, and that your Master backend motherboard supports WOL.
Use your motherboard's BIOS wakeup capability. You'll need a motherboard that
supports BIOS wakeup, and some tools. Two that work are:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nvram-wakeup and ;
http://www.malloc.de/tools/wakeup_clock.html
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> On Sunday 22 April 2007, Joseph Loo wrote:
> > I am thinking of building a myth tv system. I want to hibernate my
> > computer when it is not in use but wake up when it needs to start
> > recording or to use the box. Are there any programs or facilities that
> > allow this?
>
> These facilities are built into MythTV as long as you have some
> support in the bios for it. Myth will wake it in time for it to boot
> and stabilize the OS prior to recording.
http://www.mythtv.org/docs/mythtv-HOWTO-11.html#ss11.5
11.5 Using Shutdown/Wakeup
What does the MythTV Shutdown/Wakeup function do? The scheduler on the Master
backend (MBE) keeps track of the idle status of the entire MythTV system,
including the Slave backends (SBE). If it considers the system to be idle,
and thus ready to shutdown, it sets the wakeuptime to the time of the next
recording and then proceeds to shut down all Slave backends and then itself.
Once it is time to begin recording, the Master backend and the Slave Backends
are automatically woken up. This system allows MythTV to record like a normal
VCR, thereby conserving power when not in active use.
In order to use the Shutdown/Wakeup function there must be some method of
waking up the Master backend. There are any number of solutions, but we will
discuss in detail two possibilities:
Use another server that runs 24/7 and have it send a WakeOnLAN (WOL) packet
to wake the Master backend. This assumes that you have the WOL tools
installed, and that your Master backend motherboard supports WOL.
Use your motherboard's BIOS wakeup capability. You'll need a motherboard that
supports BIOS wakeup, and some tools. Two that work are:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/nvram-wakeup and ;
http://www.malloc.de/tools/wakeup_clock.html
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