2011-02-21, 07:51
The Power Scheduler plugin that comes packed with Mediaportals server works to "wake up" the PC but the option to put the computer to sleep AFTER recording is somewhat... nonexistent and only works if Mediaportal is in idle for a certain amount of time...
Then i thought, this could potentially be a major hurdle to integrate for ALL back-ends... not just MediaPortal.
My Question to the developers:
What are your plans to tackle this issue "globally" for all back-ends etc...?
Will XBMC have it's own power options built in and simply use it's own timers/alarms to wake the computer and put to sleep after recordings etc, and just let the backend handle the schedules for when to start and stop recording??
This would seem like the logical way...
Otherwise you'll have one hell of a lot of confused/frustrated users and will have to come up with countless workarounds for different back-ends...
then the question is raised, if XBMC has it's own Power-scheduler built in, and you set it to say:
Wake 5 mins before program starts
but also set the backend to start recording 5 mins before the program starts...
in the time it takes for the computer to start and the tvservice to kick in... will the backend have missed its "5 minute" window and simply not start??
RATHER, to solve that issue... you would have to have XBMC wake the computer say 5mins before the RECORDING is scheduled to start, giving the computer that 5min timeframe to resume and start the tv service in time for the recording to begin...
How it would work:
Lets say we set the backend to start a half hour recording from 7:00PM - 7:30PM at the following intervals:
2mins Before program starts
5mins After Program finishes
XBMC TV Power Settings Would then Be Set:
Wake computer 5mins before Scheduled Recordings:
In this case the computer would wake up at - 6:53PM, then the backend would begin to record at it's 2min interval at 6:58PM
Put computer to sleep 1min after Scheduled Recordings:
In this case the computer would stop recording at 7:35PM and XBMC's Power Settings would send the computer to sleep at - 7:36PM
Would this be the best way?
I'm sorry if this is all confusing, i just had to ask.
Anyways, I'm interested to hear the developers thoughts on this.
Cheers,
Loggio.
Then i thought, this could potentially be a major hurdle to integrate for ALL back-ends... not just MediaPortal.
My Question to the developers:
What are your plans to tackle this issue "globally" for all back-ends etc...?
Will XBMC have it's own power options built in and simply use it's own timers/alarms to wake the computer and put to sleep after recordings etc, and just let the backend handle the schedules for when to start and stop recording??
This would seem like the logical way...
Otherwise you'll have one hell of a lot of confused/frustrated users and will have to come up with countless workarounds for different back-ends...
then the question is raised, if XBMC has it's own Power-scheduler built in, and you set it to say:
Wake 5 mins before program starts
but also set the backend to start recording 5 mins before the program starts...
in the time it takes for the computer to start and the tvservice to kick in... will the backend have missed its "5 minute" window and simply not start??
RATHER, to solve that issue... you would have to have XBMC wake the computer say 5mins before the RECORDING is scheduled to start, giving the computer that 5min timeframe to resume and start the tv service in time for the recording to begin...
How it would work:
Lets say we set the backend to start a half hour recording from 7:00PM - 7:30PM at the following intervals:
2mins Before program starts
5mins After Program finishes
XBMC TV Power Settings Would then Be Set:
Wake computer 5mins before Scheduled Recordings:
In this case the computer would wake up at - 6:53PM, then the backend would begin to record at it's 2min interval at 6:58PM
Put computer to sleep 1min after Scheduled Recordings:
In this case the computer would stop recording at 7:35PM and XBMC's Power Settings would send the computer to sleep at - 7:36PM
Would this be the best way?
I'm sorry if this is all confusing, i just had to ask.
Anyways, I'm interested to hear the developers thoughts on this.
Cheers,
Loggio.