Thanks Hans,
Played with nvram/wakeup last year and i do see the advantages when
integrated in freevo ;-)
Gonna play with it tonight !
/Robert
Monday, June 14, 2004, 8:58:25 AM, Hans wrote:
> Hi!
> (I don't know why I always have problems with this list; this is my third try
> to get this mail through..) As promised, I hereby send a patch which tries to
> integrate nvram-wakeup into Freevo. This patch is not yet well-tested, and
> one problem I already stumbled over is that it is still possible to shutdown
> the computer too short before a recording, so that the wakeup-time lies in
> the past and no recording happens. I thought that the user should be warned
> about this (some customizable warning is already contained in the patch) but
> should not be forbidden to do so. For recordings at night for example, the
> attached patch should work.
> Some other thoughts on this patch:
> - nvram-wakeup is only called if the whole system is shutdown via Freevo's
> main menu. Maybe this should be done on Freevo shutdown, too? (For people
> using an external shutdown)
> - If CONFIRM_SHUTDOWN is set, there is a dialog box anyways, so this is
> padded with some additional information in case of a scheduled recording.
> Also, the WARN_SHUTDOWN option has no effect in this case. (Ideally, I
> would like an AlertBox for confirmation if WARN_SHUTDOWN is set and the
> user should be warned, regardless of CONFIRM_SHUTDOWN.)
> - Maybe some of the functionality should go into the recordserver itself?
> (Until now, recordserver.py was the only place using TV_RECORD_PADDING)
> - It would be nice if Freevo would shutdown again after recording. For this,
> one would need to check that noone is using it, so I thought maybe a
> screensaver-like plugin for the main menu would be cool. For instance,
> after ten minutes without user events, a big nice analog clock appears,
> and if this plugin maintains a flag whether Freevo has been used at all yet,
> this could be used for automatic shutdown after recording. Comments?
> Also, I am not sure that I put all code at the right places, but I am willing
> to correct everything if you tell me your opinions (/problems you see). Ah,
> and I did not (yet) increase the config file version, because I was not sure
> about the policy behind that (the options all have sane defaults), whether
> it's for important options or also for the announcement of new features (or
> only for releases)?
> Ciao, / / .o.
> /--/ ..o
> / / ANS ooo
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