Using RecStaus.exe to hibernate after a recording

[Darx-starz]

Hi. I have been having a bit of bother with hibernating. I think its to do with RSS newsfeed but not sure. I wrote this little batch file to get round the problem. It uses Recstatus.exe written by Jimh and can be found here

Download recstatus.exe from the link above and put it in the gbpvr install dir.


This utility when run will return a error level depending on the recording status. Follow the link for the examples.

Copy the below into a batch file called checkrec.bat and place it in the gbpvr install dir.
##################################
recstatus.exe time=15 # checks for a show ending in 15 mins. Change the
# value to what you want

if errorlevel 2 goto NOHIB
if errorlevel 1 goto NOHIB

echo "Hibernating" > hibernate.log
date /t >> hibernate.log
time /t >> hibernate.log

rundll32.exe powrprof.dll,SetSuspendState

:NOHIB
echo "No Hibernate possible" > nohibernate.log
date /t >> nohibernate.log
time /t >> nohibernate.log
exit

#################################

Create or edit PostProcessing.bat Add the line at the end of the file (after comskip etc)
##################################
call checkrec.bat
##################################

Disable the logging after you are sure it works.