[vdr] Re: Shutdown after recording

["Mario Ivankovits" <Mario.Ivankovits@ops.co.at>]

Not a joke, but i think we should give the shutdown-procedure an ear ;-)

1) The "power" button should only "mute"
2) The shutdown script can check to see if the volume is muted (every 5
Minutes or so)
3) If the user cant hear anything (volume = zero) it is a good assumption to
shutdown until the next record should be started.

The disadvantage about this is, that the vdr-box always has to start muted.
But this is only one keypress. Maybe it is possible to check if the boot-up
was initiated by the rtc?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Gerald Stieglbauer" <gstiegl@cosy.sbg.ac.at>
To: <vdr@linuxtv.org>
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 12:35 PM
Subject: [vdr] Shutdown after recording


> Hi there!
>
> The normal use of a videorecorder is for recording and replaying. If the
> videorecoder is in the recording mode, which is initiated through a timer
> event, the recorder is woken up from a standby-mode. Then it records the
> broadcast and then it goes back into the standby-mode.
>
> If using a computer with vdr, wake-up from the standby-mode is possible
> through writing into the RTC. The information when the computer has to
boot
> is usually written when the vdr calls the shutdown script.
>
> My question is now, which is the best way to put the vdr-computer to sleep
> again after a recording session, which is started after a RTC wake-up
event?
>
> For now I have only found two methods, which are unsatisfying for me:
> 1) Vdr shutdown the computer after the user-inactivity-time.
>    a) is this time very long, the computer runs the whole night, which
robs
> my sleep and waste power.
>    b) is this time very short, the computer shuts down while cooking a
coffee.
> 2) Using the "after recording script" to shutdown the computer. But how
can I
> get the information for programming the new RTC-timer event, if there are
> further timers set?
>
> One suggested solution would be: The recording script must return a value
on
> which vdr decides to start the usual shutdown procedure.
>
> Maybe there a some other ways, which I cannot see through my blindness.
> Please report them to me...
>
> Thx,
> Gerald.
>
>
>