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whoareyou

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Media Center Server - Questions About Sleep
« on: September 18, 2021, 10:07:24 am »

First off, JRiver is not installed on a true "server".  It is a Windows 10 machine dedicated to JRiver, and set to sleep at 30 minutes. 
When JRiver clients are connected to my server's library (via access key not DLNA), the server will go to sleep while serving music to clients.

I've read through many other posts regarding this, and depending on which posts I've seen (from over a period of many years of posts), it is not clear to me what is expected behavior.
And the behavior seems to differ between format served i.e. TV vs audio.

For example,  is this post the final word on this topic:
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=124334.0

Of course easiest solution is to just leave machine on 24 x 7, but that seems unnecessary.

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tij

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Re: Media Center Server - Questions About Sleep
« Reply #1 on: September 18, 2021, 10:51:26 am »
Quote from: whoareyou on September 18, 2021, 10:07:24 am
When JRiver clients are connected to my server's library (via access key not DLNA), the server will go to sleep while serving music to clients.

Are your media files located on "server" PC or on NAS?

PS. Leaving computer 24/7 is not as wastesful as it seems. Idle power consumption on modern hardware is tiny.

Sleep/wake cycle is stressful on HDD (spinning up in particular) ... of course you should have proper HDD designed for 24/7 (NAS drives or enterprise drives).
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whoareyou

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Re: Media Center Server - Questions About Sleep
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2021, 01:24:30 pm »
Quote from: tij on September 18, 2021, 10:51:26 am
Are your media files located on "server" PC or on NAS?
Not a NAS.  "It is a Windows 10 machine dedicated to JRiver, and set to sleep at 30 minutes. "

Thanks for other info, but I really just want to understand how sleep is supposed to work.

"I've read through many other posts regarding this, and depending on which posts I've seen (from over a period of many years of posts), it is not clear to me what is expected behavior."
and included link from JRiver 26
https://yabb.jriver.com/interact/index.php?topic=124334.0

So, has anything changed since that discussion, or is this current functionality?
It does seem like the only option is to leave the machine on, but I would like to confirm.





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