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More => Old Versions => JRiver Media Center 24 for Windows => Topic started by: 1maynard on April 04, 2018, 06:20:43 pm
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Have a question regarding putting my HTPC to sleep vs leaving it powered up all of the time. Back when I was running Kodi/MediaPortal the only I could get the program to restart with any reliability up was to leave the PC powered on all of the time. When I switched to MC I left it the same way. Since JRiver rarely has given me any start up or lock up issues in the four months I have used it I was thinking of changing my shutdown scheme to put the PC to sleep. Just wondering what most of you do? Any issues waking it up for timer recordings?
Thanks
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In MC Startup settings, choose to run Media Server on Windows Startup. If you do that, the PC will wake, record, and sleep again.
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Jim, I seen that in startup settings. I guess since I had so many issues with the previous program that I was using I was just gun shy. Seemed like every other day when I got home the wife was complaining that her show did not record or that the HTPC would not startup. I was wondering what the majority on here are doing. Tomorrow I will change my power profile and make the change MC startup settings.
Thanks
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Until very recently I always let my HTPC sleep, and all recordings and other activity worked very reliably. The only issue I had was that the HTPC Server could go to sleep beneath an inactive MC Client, which required a restart of the Client to get Wake On LAN message set to the Server.
I currently have my HTPC always on, but that is not because of a MC issue. It is because my router won't allow WOL messages sent from the internet to wake my HTPC, when I want to connect to it from outside my network. That is completely a router issue.
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My MC Server stays on 24/7. But then again, I have it do a lot of processes over night (archiving watched TV, backups, etc). I also don't have to wait for everything to 'spin up' to watch TV. I suppose, if I was audio only, I might look into sleeping.
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My MTPC sleeps except to wake up to record. It works great, and saves me about $20 per month in electricity compared to having it on all the time. I hate unnecessary "wallet leaks" and do what I can to prevent them.
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If I am running from JRemote and I send a request for a track are you saying this will wake my server up from Sleep
I have currently set mine as always on so that I can run on demand. It would make more sense to let it sleep after say 15 min inactivity
Mike
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If I am running from JRemote and I send a request for a track are you saying this will wake my server up from Sleep
Yes. https://wiki.jriver.com/index.php/Wake_on_Lan