Vista & Standby Best Practices? (1 Viewer)

[putkonen]

TV-Server Version: MP1.0
MediaPortal Version: MP1.0
MediaPortal Skin: Blue3 wide
Windows Version: Vista SP1
CPU Type: AMD X2 6000+
HDD: Samsung SATA 500 GB + Seagate SATA 1 TB
Memory: 4 GB DDR2
Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H
Video Card: Integrated 780G
Video Card Driver: 9.2
Sound Card: Intregrated Realtek
Sound Card AC3: optical out
Sound Card Driver: 5.10.0.5767
1. TV Card: Cinergy 1200 DVB-C
1. TV Card Type: DVB-C
1. TV Card Driver: 4.8.3.18
2. TV Card: Cinergy 1200 DVB-C
2. TV Card Type: DVB-C
2. TV Card Driver: 4.8.3.18
3. TV Card:
3. TV Card Type:
3. TV Card Driver:
4. TV Card:
4. TV Card Type:
4. TV Card Driver:
MPEG2 Video Codec: MPC
MPEG2 Audio Codec: MPA
h.264 Video Codec: CoreAVC
Satelite/CableTV Provider:
HTPC Case: Antec Fusion V2
Cooling: Scythe Mini Ninja
Power Supply: Antec 430W
Remote: MCE Remote
TV: CRT + Panasonic PT-AX200 projector
TV - HTPC Connection: Sub-D + HDMI (integrated)

I'm looking for a way to enable standby with good WAF. With XP it was easy, just push "Power TV" on MCE remote and PC went to sleep. However, because with Vista this is not supported, what would be the easiest way to make PC go to standby? My PC is set to sleep after 15 minutes of idling, so I thought solution would be to push "start" button on the remote in order to go to the home screen and wait. Unfortunately this does not work, as if TV is turned on it is shown on a small PIP screen and PC will not go to standby. One has to manually first turn MP's TV off which is a bit of a hassle.

 

[Paranoid Delusion]

Mostly, I let the sleeptimer put MP to sleep if its running, this does seem to work very well, combined with a power socket, that recognises the drop in electrical consumption and turns TV\audio off as well

 

[tourettes]

1) start (MCE button)
2) press stop if tv running

btw. my wife doesn't see it as a hasle. One extra button press shouldn't be too hard for anyone Also such use case has been working without any single issues on Vista over a year already.

 

[putkonen]

I programmed red button on the remote control to activate "standby windows" command on MediaPortal. However my PC doesn't seem to wake up for scheduled recordings after that (it worked with XP). Also I haven't yet been able to get MPStandbyHandler to kill MP before standby and restart it when resuming (this also worked with XP).

Will try your tips.