Hi, Udo Richter wrote: >> Further feature request: >> At least on single card systems it would be nice to have VDR wakeup e. >> g. at 03:01 to do just an EPG scan and shutdown afterwards. > > This opens up the discussion about whether VDR should handle external > tasks together with timers. I think that VDR should only handle its own > tasks. I don't think that an EPG scan is an external task. > A timed start could trivially be done by setting a daily timer. More > elegant, the shutdown script could check whether the wakeup time is past > 3:01 and simply set a different wakeup time. With some reminder it could > also realize that the machine did wake up because of the 3:01 tweak, and > give special instructions - like starting EPG scan and shutting down (or > going inactive) after 10 minutes. That's why I posted this feature request. Why is it necessary to have such complex solutions twice -- inside VDR and outside VDR? Ok for a start (and to test the new implementation), scheduling the automated EPG scan could be implemented by a plugin. When the new implementation asks the plugin concerning shutdown it will request 03:01 as next restart time. This leads to the open question regarding manual start detection. As there is no timer, VDR will run in manual mode when it is started at 03:01 and the user inactivity timeout must first pass before VDR will start the EPG scan internally. As you can see, an external solution is much more complex than adding a simple additional restart request for 03:01 -- shure, this time shouldn't be hard coded ;-) Bye. -- Dipl.-Inform. (FH) Reinhard Nissl mailto:rnissl@xxxxxx
