VDR User wrote: > There is no reason to behave otherwise unless > it's done thru some kind of "auto-shutoff? [y/n]" setting. As said above, its called "Min User Inactivity" and can be set to 0. > Also, a coffee-maker is not a device used for entertainment purposes. > Nobody turns their coffee-maker on and then sits there watching it. I > hope not anyways. Hmmmm. Can a coffee maker run VDR? :) > How about if a timer is set to record within the next x minutes (defined > by the user), warn and ask to confirm shutdown? > This seems like a reasonable way to deal with the issue to me. Called "Min Event Timeout", and will ask "Recording in xxx minutes, shut down anyway?". Any other existing options you want to know of? Cheers, Udo