StandbyWatcher - avoids standby while something is recorded on vista ::V1.1 released! (5 Viewers)

[MoPhat]

Thats no good idea because if mp is not running (without the plugin) the pc is not going anymore in to standby with the remote control...

the standbywatcher watching if anyone presses the keystroke and if a recording is in progress displays a message, waits if its done and goes then in to standby - if NO recording is in progress the system receives his standby command from standbywatcher and NOT from the remote control.


MoPhat

 

[SilentException]

look at it this way.. instead of waiting and watching for a specific keystroke i'll wait for a wm_powerbroadcast window message that gets sent when user requests for a standby/shutdown/hibernate...

 

[MoPhat]

Sorry SilentExcept, that doesnt work in vista anymore...

Microsoft has removed this possibility.

MoPhat

 

[SilentException]

i know, i'm using xp so it'll work

 

[MoPhat]

For XP you can define in the powerscheduler if a process is running it should prevent the standby... you must only start a specified programm while is recording, thats all.

or you use pvrscheduler, there is a option to that no standby is possilbe while its recording.

MoPhat

 

[canarygsr]

I wish this were built into mediaportal

A) If your watching Live TV with no recording and press the power --->PC sleeps/shuts down
B) If your watching Live TV and recording and press the power button ---> Live TV is turned off and return to the home screen
C) If your watching an old recording/DVD/MP3 etc and recording and press the power button ---> Stops playing old recording/DVD/MP3 and returns to the home screen

With B and C the computer will automatically sleep/shut down from the home screen when the recording is finished.
With A I guess it could just turn off live TV and go to the home screen and then sleep/shut down as per B and C.

So in summary if you press power it just stops whatever its doing and returns to the home screen, if there is a recording still running the computer won’t shut down (using TV service standby handler)

***Note this is for single seat installs Multi seats this isn’t an issue.

I was led to believe some people don’t like you being able to turn the computer off while watching live TV (they fear they may press the button accidentally)



Cheers

 

[hjbaard]

I have managed to supress the powerbutton (I'm using a Gyration rc) through the enery settings in vista and added the ctrl + alt + S combination for the power button in EventGost.
If I press the power button when a recording is going I get an error from the MP Watchdog that says that MP was crashed unexpectedly.

I've installed MP RC4 on Vista 32bit home premium.

What do I do wrong here?

 

[MoPhat]

You should deactivate the watchdog, because standbywatcher kills the mp process, and restarts if its needed

MoPhat

 

[peque]

Eeemm.... I'm start dealing with standby in Vista 32 these vacation days (I used to keep PC allways on...)... I've discovered plenty of little but very useful plugins... But I don't understand this one... Well... I understand what's for... but in my case, Vista doesn't go on standby if a recording is running... Am I missing something?

 

[MoPhat]

Eeemm.... I'm start dealing with standby in Vista 32 these vacation days (I used to keep PC allways on...)... I've discovered plenty of little but very useful plugins... But I don't understand this one... Well... I understand what's for... but in my case, Vista doesn't go on standby if a recording is running... Am I missing something?

that plugin/extension is only needed if you let the system go to suspend mode with your power button.

under xp you can prevent the suspend mode while a recording is in progress, under vista microsoft has removed this functionality ... why ever...

greetz
MoPhat