PowerScheduler++ 1.4.0.x - Stable versions for MediaPortal 1.4 (2 Viewers)

[Holzi]

I'm having a minor problem when playing movies.
When a movie ends the system seems to enter away mode because the screen blanks.
Pressing any key solves the problem and mp comes back to life but I wonder how to prevent that.
I unchecked the away mode option in windows settings but that didn't help.
I attached a log where the system did what I described.
I am grateful for any hint....

Hello!
Go to windows power options and set "Turn off monitor" to "never"

 

[RicoHTPC]

Well that was pretty easy. Thanks for the hint.
But why wasn't that a factor concerning watching tv?

 

[Holzi]

To be honest I don't know. =)
Maybe because video and TV behave different in MP.

 

[michael_t]

Hello and thank you very much for your work.

Many usershave problemswhenwe come from ahibernation.But we musthibernate to schedule recordings.

I have problems with the imon display and control, not working properly.

For this.Would it be possibleto change the wayoffautomatically.

Scheduled Recordings----Hibernate, suspend
No Scheduled Tasks--------Off.

It would be possible.

Sorry formy English

You can use hibernate as power-saving mode with PS++:

• Either you activate the "PS++ forces system to standby when idle" option - then you can select "Hibernate" as PS++ standby mode.
• Or you let Windows do the standby - then you should configure the Windows power settings to let the computer go to hibernate when idle.

But it is not possible to use different power-saving modes like you proposed and I will not change this, because it would make things very complicate. BTW: power usage is the same in Hibernate and off mode.

Michael

 

[RicoHTPC]

Maybe because video and TV behave different in MP.

I think I know...
After a user action the time after which the screen blanks starts again. Since live TV won't stop until any key is pressed
the screen won't blank in this case.
Sounds reasonable, doesn't it?
Not that it is important now that is don't have the problem any more but I like to understand things...

 

[agamenon]

You can use hibernate as power-saving mode with PS++:

• Either you activate the "PS++ forces system to standby when idle" option - then you can select "Hibernate" as PS++ standby mode.
• Or you let Windows do the standby - then you should configure the Windows power settings to let the computer go to hibernate when idle.

But it is not possible to use different power-saving modes like you proposed and I will not change this, because it would make things very complicate. BTW: power usage is the same in Hibernate and off mode.


Michael

Thank you very much for your reply.
I do not want to make it work, enough has been done.
Just an idea.

Another solution might be to use two plugins.


Powerscheduler1 "Sleep-Hibernate"
-If recording. acts
-No recording. Not act and let stand Powerscheduler2

Powerscheduler2.
-Scheduled always off

It's just an idea in the future could be.

thanks

 

[flow87]

Hey,
I'm running a multiseat config. Look at my hardware in my signature. Im using powerscheduler++ 1.2.1.1 and when the tv server is asleep and i run a client the server wakes up but the tvserver service is stopped. How can i fix that? i think posting logs due running debug mode might not help cause debug mode isnt available on server

 

[michael_t]

Enable "Extensive Logging" in the PS++ config (Advanced tab), restart the tvservice (or reboot the server), reproduce the situation and send me the server logs.

Michael

 

[flow87]

Yesterday i tried reproducing the problem and...... it worked ..... but the TV Tuners

As you can c in my signature im using two firedtvs. as the tvserver wakes up from standby the tuners are no more shown as dvb-c but as n/a and i cannot tune to any channel


---- edit 24th february 2012 15:35 ---

i attached my tv.log from the tvserver. at first i just started the tv server without tuning to any channel. then i waited some minutes till server goes standby. later i started mediaportal on a client and tried to watch a free channel. but it failed. in the "manuel control" tab in the tv server configuration the dvb-c cards showed ab as n/a.

 

[michael_t]

It seems that this is a problem with the FireDTV tv card (driver). I have the same problems with my FireDTV card - I can't use S3, only S4 (hibernate) as power-saving mode. You should activate Hibernate on your computer and select "Hibernate" as standby mode in the PS++ configuration (Standby/Wakeup tab).

Michael