hi everybody,
at home i have a mythbuntu media pc. it will shutdown
if no tv recording is sheduled and no user programs like mediaplayers
webbrowsers and so on open. this works with an preshutdown script which
simply checks if one of the programs i define is still active. this
works very good. the only problem is that sometimes i forgott to close
vlc player or some other programs.
so i have a new good idea to safe
power consumption ;) my new plan is to monitor if the pc outputs sound.
if this pc gives no music or tv sound it is on for nothing ! the best
way i think is to monitor the output of soundcard or device if there is
activity at the last 15 minutes. if not shutdown.
But how i can detect
this ?
Any hints or new directions are very welcome
ps: i had a idea
to detect when als is going in power safe mode, but this only works if
outputs set to mute. so this is no alternative.
Greetings from Robert
from Cottbus, Germany !
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