So ... one of the things I would really like XMBC for windows to have is a "Preferred Power Plan" option.
Basically this would list the power plans available to the OS and let you set one as active when XBMC is running.
I would really like this ... usage scenario: my HTPC is a pretty silent setup .. but sometimes Windows decides to do a quick task in the background ... this raises the cpu usage a bit and the fan kicks in to a higher speed for a while ... sometimes just a few seconds - but it has also lasted for a whole bunch of minutes. After some tinkering I realised that by creating a new power plan in windows power options that 'only' allowed 85% max cpu, the fan is ALWAYS silent.
This is a great solution for me as 85% of a quad core is still way more cpu that I ever need for XBMC; but it also means swapping power plans when I want to run something like Steam (big screen mode) ... hence my suggestion.
Cheers!
Basically this would list the power plans available to the OS and let you set one as active when XBMC is running.
I would really like this ... usage scenario: my HTPC is a pretty silent setup .. but sometimes Windows decides to do a quick task in the background ... this raises the cpu usage a bit and the fan kicks in to a higher speed for a while ... sometimes just a few seconds - but it has also lasted for a whole bunch of minutes. After some tinkering I realised that by creating a new power plan in windows power options that 'only' allowed 85% max cpu, the fan is ALWAYS silent.
This is a great solution for me as 85% of a quad core is still way more cpu that I ever need for XBMC; but it also means swapping power plans when I want to run something like Steam (big screen mode) ... hence my suggestion.
Cheers!
