That would make sense as the recommendation for telnetd was @EXEC_ONCE and for running ntpdate was @EXEC.

When the empeg 'sleeps', is the player app still running or has it been terminated and it only starts again when you wake up the empeg?

I just answered that - it's still running. I have 14 player processes - is that right, how come so many?

Under what circumstances would the player app be stopped?