From: Andrew Ruthven Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2007 07:35:36 +0000 (+1300) Subject: Add a README file. X-Git-Tag: 0.1~5 X-Git-Url: http://git.etc.gen.nz/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e017b7cd95eb6f903ec068800af78dd8b9270794;p=mythtv-status.git Add a README file. --- diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..875adc7 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +mythtv-status +============= + +This script will display the current status of your MythTV system at the +command line. It can optionally append it the system MOTD on a regular +basis. + +Sample output looks like: + +-- Begin -- +MythTV status for localhost +=========================== +Status: Mon Oct 15 2007, 8:41 AM + +Encoders: +cerberus (9) - Idle +cerberus (12) - Idle + +Scheduled Recordings: +2007-10-15 13:30:00 - Grey's Anatomy +2007-10-15 18:00:00 - 3 News +2007-10-15 20:30:00 - Mythbusters +2007-10-15 22:00:00 - Flight Of The Conchords +2007-10-16 13:30:00 - Grey's Anatomy +2007-10-16 18:00:00 - 3 News +-- End -- + +Why this tool? +-------------- +Well, as you can see above Grey's Anatomy is currently being recorded +at 1:30 PM. My wife and I sat down to watch one of these episodes (yes +they're repeats, we've only just discovered Grey's Anatomy so repeats +are good) and one of them was very jumpy. It was pretty obvious the +server was under load. My wife was a little annoyed when I admitted +that I was probably compiling a new kernel at the time. + +I wrote this script to notify me when I login about any work that MythTV +might be wanting to do in the next little while (or currently) so we +won't have any repeats of the Grey's Anatomy incident.