Any provision of auto shutdown after recording?
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2010-04-21, 09:01 AM
Hi.
I would like to know if GBPVR has some provision of automatic shut down of the computer after a scheduled recording has been completed. If yes, where can this time be set? Thank you.
2010-04-21, 09:53 AM
Set your computer to go to standby after for example 5min. of inactivity.
Working fine for me this way.
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2010-04-21, 10:14 AM
Using built-in Windows features. No need for GB-PVR to get involved.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using...rmgmt.mspx http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/windows...ement.aspx
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2010-04-22, 02:27 PM
Hi.
Thank you very much for the helpful advice. 1) I hope that a system in standby mode will consume very less power than otherwise. This is very important as I have various electrical outages throughout the day and my system is kept alive through an expensive UPS. Keeping a system running 24 hrs a day is taxing on the UPS battery life as it discharges and recharges. 2) If the system goes on standby after 1st recording, will it automatically wakeup and perform another scheduled recording? I hope it does. Otherwise, it would not help as I have many scheduled recordings throughout the day. Thanks for reply. Regards.
2010-04-22, 02:35 PM
1. Use Hibernate instead. It uses less power then Standby.
2. Yes. The system should wake automatically for a schedule recording.
2010-04-27, 06:27 AM
hoborg Wrote:Set your computer to go to standby after for example 5min. of inactivity. GBPVR is unable to wake up the PC from Standby for a scheduled recording. I am using a Dell Optiplex GX270 P4 Desktop with Windows XP SP2. Am using the latest GBPVR version. Thanks for help.
2010-04-27, 06:34 AM
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2010-04-27, 10:18 AM
seymoria Wrote:GBPVR is unable to wake up the PC from Standby for a scheduled recording. I would have to say that it is something to do with your machine rather than GBPVR. I have been using standby and/or hibernate for a number of years and this has not caused me to lose a single recording. I'd have a look around the BIOS to see if anything looks odd relating to ACPI / power management. have a look in GBPVRRecordingService.exe-native.log to check that lines like the below are included. Code: 2010-04-25 18:32:34.687 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 10911) at 2010-4-25 21:56:30 (UTC 2010-4-25 20:56:30)
2010-05-04, 06:37 AM
Hi.
The file GBPVRRecordingService.exe-native shows following information : [COLOR="blue"]2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 INFO Log started 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE getSetting(LoggingLevel) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 INFO Logging Level is Debug 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE getSetting(LoggingForceFlush) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 732) at 2010-5-3 23:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-3 18:57:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 804) at 2010-5-4 7:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-4 2:57:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 611) at 2010-5-4 8:27:30 (UTC 2010-5-4 3:27:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 705) at 2010-5-4 13:47:30 (UTC 2010-5-4 8:47:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 788) at 2010-5-4 19:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-4 14:57:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 628) at 2010-5-4 21:27:30 (UTC 2010-5-4 16:27:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 733) at 2010-5-4 23:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-4 18:57:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 805) at 2010-5-5 7:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-5 2:57:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 632) at 2010-5-5 8:27:30 (UTC 2010-5-5 3:27:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 706) at 2010-5-5 13:47:30 (UTC 2010-5-5 8:47:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 789) at 2010-5-5 19:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-5 14:57:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 681) at 2010-5-5 21:27:30 (UTC 2010-5-5 16:27:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 734) at 2010-5-5 23:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-5 18:57:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 806) at 2010-5-6 7:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-6 2:57:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 672) at 2010-5-6 8:27:30 (UTC 2010-5-6 3:27:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 707) at 2010-5-6 13:47:30 (UTC 2010-5-6 8:47:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 790) at 2010-5-6 19:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-6 14:57:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 682) at 2010-5-6 21:27:30 (UTC 2010-5-6 16:27:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 735) at 2010-5-6 23:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-6 18:57:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 807) at 2010-5-7 7:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-7 2:57:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 709) at 2010-5-7 8:27:30 (UTC 2010-5-7 3:27:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.343 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 708) at 2010-5-7 13:47:30 (UTC 2010-5-7 8:47:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.359 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 791) at 2010-5-7 19:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-7 14:57:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.359 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 713) at 2010-5-7 21:27:30 (UTC 2010-5-7 16:27:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.359 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 736) at 2010-5-7 23:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-7 18:57:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.359 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 808) at 2010-5-8 7:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-8 2:57:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.359 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 739) at 2010-5-8 8:27:30 (UTC 2010-5-8 3:27:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.359 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 738) at 2010-5-8 13:47:30 (UTC 2010-5-8 8:47:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.359 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 742) at 2010-5-8 21:27:30 (UTC 2010-5-8 16:27:30) 2010-05-03 23:40:13.359 VERBOSE Asking Windows to be awake for recording (oid: 737) at 2010-5-8 23:57:30 (UTC 2010-5-8 18:57:30) 2010-05-0[/COLOR] There are more types of similar files like GBPVRRecordingService.exe-native1, -native-2 etc. I can copy paste their contect also if you would like to have a look. Does it show any problem? Please advise. Moreover, I downloaded and ran the MCE Standby Tool which runs on (non-MCE) Windows XP also as its website mentions. I chose 'No' for the 'Advanced Options' setup, and chose the 'Basic' setup as this was the recommended option. In the Devices list, I unchecked all except OS/2 Keyboard and also there were showing four items of similar type look (HID) mentioned with suffixes of 0,1,2 and 3, which I assumed referred to my four Tuner Cards. I checked them also. However, I still had no success and it did not wake up the system from a standby state for a GBPVR scheduled recording. Since I am running on an expensive UPS whose Battery life depends on the number of charge / discharge cycles and I have like 6 hours of intermittent hourly electrical outages per day when this fully-on computer reverts on the UPS, I would be extremely interested and obliged if some mtheod of waking up my PC from a low power state can be known to me which would save a lot of capital and operating costs for me. I await your kind help and advice please. Regards. Amer.
2010-05-04, 09:54 AM
From that log extract it looks like GBPVR is doing all that it should do.
HID devices are "Human Input Device" like keyboards and mice and remotes. (I think I kill them off). I think I would look in the BIOS settings now for power management - these can be manufacturer dependant though. Can you setup Windows Scheduler tasks that wake the machine up - you could try to set a dummy task that just runs CMD or something at a certain time and tick the "wake machine" box. This should show whether Windows can wake the machine or not. |
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