On Mon, Sep 26, 2005 at 05:07:35PM +0200, Nicolas Huillard wrote: > The softdevice developers are really productive : there is a recent > "suspend-patch" for VDR, that allows to stop MPEG routing to the display > when not in use. This should apply to any output method (FF-card, Xine, > softdevice...) > This is linked to a key on the remote, to allow easy suspend/resume. I wouldn't consider myself a softdevice developer. I've merely submitted some bug reports and suggestions, and Stefan Lucke and Martin Wache have been doing the hard work. My suspend patch and the relay control plugin (available from http://www.funet.fi/~msmakela/software/vdr/) work on vdr 1.3.30 and above. I've tested the most recent versions on vdr 1.3.32 and 1.3.33. I cannot recommend the suspend patch for users of hardware-based MPEG decoders. The proper way to suspend the video output would be to send an encoded black picture to the output device, like the suspendoutput plugin does. Some day, I might try to improve that plugin, but don't hold your breath. Maybe vdr 1.5 will get a suspend feature out of the box, given that software-based decoding solutions can decode HDTV channels on powerful processors with advanced power saving features. On my Celeron system, suspending the video output will reduce power intake by about 15 watts - perhaps a little more if the VGA output were somehow switched off. Marko
