2005-04-20, 07:44 AM
Hi to all gbPVR users out there,
as my (very silent ;-) PC is hidden in the closet (w/o monitor, only the TV-set) I never know if it's running or what it's doing (recording, playing back, etc.).
I thought of connecting a hardware thingy to an USB-Port that lights some LEDs to show the status like my old VCR did. The hardware thingy would just be a tiny microcontroller that listens to the information presented on the USB-Port. I guess I could build it by myself.
Example:
* no LEDs = power off;
* green LED flashing = waking up from hibernation mode but gbPVR frontend not yet started (this process could last up to 60 seconds in my case);
* green LED = gbPVR frontend successfully started - ready for use;
* red LED = recording in progress;
What I would need is some program that sends the actual status to the USB-Port (ok - I could do this by myself, too: just a tiny program that checks the tasklist and the color of the recording service taskbar icon to get the information... but as gbPVR already HAS this information it certainly would be much easier let it be done directly by gbPVR itself).
Did anybody think of this too or is even able to provide me with a solution?
Greetings, Alex
as my (very silent ;-) PC is hidden in the closet (w/o monitor, only the TV-set) I never know if it's running or what it's doing (recording, playing back, etc.).
I thought of connecting a hardware thingy to an USB-Port that lights some LEDs to show the status like my old VCR did. The hardware thingy would just be a tiny microcontroller that listens to the information presented on the USB-Port. I guess I could build it by myself.
Example:
* no LEDs = power off;
* green LED flashing = waking up from hibernation mode but gbPVR frontend not yet started (this process could last up to 60 seconds in my case);
* green LED = gbPVR frontend successfully started - ready for use;
* red LED = recording in progress;
What I would need is some program that sends the actual status to the USB-Port (ok - I could do this by myself, too: just a tiny program that checks the tasklist and the color of the recording service taskbar icon to get the information... but as gbPVR already HAS this information it certainly would be much easier let it be done directly by gbPVR itself).
Did anybody think of this too or is even able to provide me with a solution?
Greetings, Alex