On 21/12/05, Robert Johnston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 12/20/05, Nick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd had this working on my master backend for some time but was > > wondering whether MythTV supports using this for any slave machines > > that are needed for scheduled recordings? At the moment I make sure > > they are turned on as and when needed (or left on if being used to > > watch media). > > > > Is it therefore possible to control the slave machines from within > > MythTV to allow them to shutdown/wakeup automatically, assuming > > scheduled recordings are schedulable (via card input priority) on the > > slave? For example, I would much prefer that recordings that could be > > made on the DVB cards in a slave machine were scheduled and recorded, > > rather than defaulting to the composite feed from a cable box in the > > master backend machine. > > > > Any input, or even a simple no, would be appreciated. > > Yes. From what I recall, the Master Backend can send "Magic Packets" > to a slave backend, to trigger it's "Wake On Lan" system. This should > then bring up the slave backend to start it's recording. > > This is all IIRC, however.
For non-WOL equipped machines, is it possible to use a nvram-wakeup type script (as in the case of the MBE) to run on the slave before it shuts down? Nick _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
