Have I Got A TapeWorm?

[PeteCress]

When I was fooling around with MythTV, I tried an app called "TapeWorm".

Since going to SageTV, I have not touched TapeWorm and indeed SageTV is running as a service on a Windows Home Server that was built up post-MythTV by quite a few weeks - i.e. there's no chance I accidentally installed TapeWorm there.

The install folder for TapeWorm resides on the server - but it's never been opened. In fact I just discovered it there when searching.

But over the past few days, when I turn on my TV and fire up the HD200 underneath it I've been seeing TapeWorm screens briefly before the HD200 completely boots up.

Does this sound familiar to anybody?

[PeteCress]

Upon reflection, I'm thinking maybe the HD200 is going into some kind of screensaver-shows-.JPGs mode.

Seems more than possible that I've got a few screen shots from TapeWorm laying around *somewhere* in the network - and, IIRC, the HD200s have functionality built into them that scans for images across the entire network.

Does this sound more plausible?

[stanger89]

Yeah, there's no way a windows app will display through the HD200 other than through a screenshot.

[evilpenguin]

Ok, I have to confess: I swear i've seen something wierd like that when my HD200 booted up also. It only happened once, but I never figured it out.

[PeteCress]

Originally Posted by evilpenguin

Ok, I have to confess: I swear i've seen something wierd like that when my HD200 booted up also. It only happened once, but I never figured it out.

Last nite (a few days after this all began) my SageTV functionality got weird... acting like there was only one or 2 tuners instead of four... and then a lot of "No Signal".

I rebooted the server and things went back to normal.

Dunno if there could be a connection or not....

I'm thinking, though, that maybe it's just good practice to re-boot every so often.

[PeteCress]

Originally Posted by evilpenguin

Ok, I have to confess: I swear i've seen something wierd like that when my HD200 booted up also. It only happened once, but I never figured it out.

I caught it this morning - having forgotten and left the HD200 powered up overnite.

It's definately some sort of screen-saver option that's kicked in. Didn't recognize 90% of the images, but there were enough obvious system icons that it seems like a slam-dunk.

Now that I know about it, I like it. My Better Half complains (legitimately IMHO) that the digital pix we shoot go on disc and then nobody ever sees them again. I figure I'll take a little time; find out how to point the screen saver to our photo directories; and let Nature take it's course.

[JetreL]

Originally Posted by PeteCress

Last nite (a few days after this all began) my SageTV functionality got weird... acting like there was only one or 2 tuners instead of four... and then a lot of "No Signal".

I rebooted the server and things went back to normal.

Dunno if there could be a connection or not....

I'm thinking, though, that maybe it's just good practice to re-boot every so often.

I had issues with with memory leaks over time not to mention other random flaky issues. I installed an app to reboot the computer every morning ~5:00 am and all my issues went away.

[PeteCress]

Originally Posted by PeteCress

I figure I'll take a little time; find out how to point the screen saver to our photo directories; and let Nature take it's course.

This has been a hit with the wife. I would recommend it to others.

Originally Posted by JetreL

...I installed an app to reboot the computer every morning ~5:00 am...

Can you name the app? I'd like to do the same.

[GKusnick]

Originally Posted by JetreL

I installed an app to reboot the computer every morning ~5:00 am and all my issues went away.

Originally Posted by PeteCress

Can you name the app? I'd like to do the same.

Windows ships with a utility called shutdown.exe that can initiate a reboot from the command line. That combined with Scheduled Tasks should get you what you want.