power off feature when done recording?

[Madcap]

I couldn't find a topic with this already, so forgive me if there is one. My question is just like the title says. Is there a way to make it so that when a show is done recording, beyond tv will shut down your pc on its own? I record family guy at 11:30-12:00 because i dont' want tostay up that late with work at 7am, and I would prefer to not leave the pc on all night. I would hope beyond tv can do this seeing as how winpvr, the program that came with my card can do that and it is much more basic than beyond tv...

[nba1341]

To my knowledge BTV cannot do this but a program like Sleep Moon (Basic enter time shutdown) or shutdown monster (pretty advanced shutdown prog including cpu % based)
also driver heaven shutdown and what not.

[Madcap]

Hmmm.... That's a shame. I guess i'll look into those programs that you listed. Thanks for the help.

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by Madcap

Is there a way to make it so that when a show is done recording, beyond tv will shut down your pc on its own?

Just use the StandBy mode (S3), BTV will wake up the PC to record and put the PC back into StandBy mode after...

[pvrguy]

I modified one of my power settings to turn off the monitor after 1 minute, turn off hard disks after 3 minutes and hibernate after 5 minutes. You will also have to enable hybernation in the Control Panel. As long as your PC supports power management this will do what you need it to do. BTV wakes up the PC 1 minute prior to any scheduled recording. It will also wake up to pull the guide data whenever it needs to.

[k33p0u7]

So...BTV will bring your PC out of hibernation or Standby?

I will have to experiment as I would like to put my PC in hibernation mode when it is not in use over night. If I put my PC in hibernation mode after a time period and BTV can "wake" it up, that would almost be like a VCR powering up for a scheduled recording......

[hordak]

Here's how I do it (it might be a bit complicated to set up, but it's worth it in the end):

I use a combo of batch files and Wizmo (http://www.grc.com/wizmo/wizmo.htm). The batch file will count down for however long I want, and then it will call Wizmo with the command: "wizmo.exe shutdown!" This will then shutdown everything for you.

So, for example, say the current time is 9pm, and Family Guy is done recording at 12am. That's 3 hours. So, I tell the batch file to shut down in 3 hours (or 3 hours and 15 mins to be sure.). If you want to get fancy (like how I'm doing it), use a front-end like MyHTPC to set up different menu items so you can shutdown in 5mins, 10mins, 1hr, 2hrs,etc.etc.

Hope this helps.

[pvrguy]

Originally Posted by k33p0u7

So...BTV will bring your PC out of hibernation or Standby?

I will have to experiment as I would like to put my PC in hibernation mode when it is not in use over night. If I put my PC in hibernation mode after a time period and BTV can "wake" it up, that would almost be like a VCR powering up for a scheduled recording......

Absolutely! I don't use Standby though because a key press or mouse move will resume it and with two small kids I didn't want that.

As long as your BIOS supports ACPI. You don't need any fancy batch files or 3rd party software. I set up the kids shows I want to record on Sunday (or remotely if I forget) for the week and I don't have to worry about it. Also put it on a UPS so it's good that way too. The PC will wake up to download the guide information as well and then hibernate after inactivity.

One thing with this method is you need to be logged on to XP for BTV to work. What I do with that is logon and then lock it or set it to lock when resuming from hibernation.

This is a knowledge base article on the subject...

http://snapstream.helpserve.com/inde...articleid=1135

As this article says, it will not hybernate from the Viewscape but I wish it would since I often fall asleep while watching a show(s). At least if it would hibernate once the recorded show is done that would be good.

[k33p0u7]

Hi:

When I set my system to go into Standby or hibernation, it will go into the modes, but won't completely come back. The computer only goes correctly into standby or hibernation mode about 10% of the time. The rest of the time, the machine hangs, with blank screen, but all fans, disks etc still running. It then has to be manually shut down (by holding in the power button) and restarted to recover from this state. My system specs are:

Asus A8N-E
AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+
LG 4167 DVD burner
Western Digital 250GB SATA II
OCZ Premier dual Channel kit 2x512MB
EVGa 7800GT OC
Hauppauge WinTV PVR-500MCE
Antec Sonata II case with 450watt PSU

I am running the latest BIOS on the MOBO and video card...as well as running Windows XP SP with all the updates and latest drivers including all the latest forceware drivers.

Any thoughts?

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by pvrguy

Absolutely! I don't use Standby though because a key press or mouse move will resume it and with two small kids I didn't want that.

Check the bios, you should be able to disable the wake up from mouse/keyboard...

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by k33p0u7

When I set my system to go into Standby or hibernation, it will go into the modes, but won't completely come back.

For one thing, if you did not have the S3 mode already enabled in the bios when you installed XP, that might explain your problems... You could check the various devices and play with the "do not allow this device to go in standby to save power" from the Device manager, you might be able to find the one causing the problem...

I did not see any USB devices in your list (i.e. USB-UIRT or LCD display), but those are other possible suspects.

[k33p0u7]

Originally Posted by Fonceur

For one thing, if you did not have the S3 mode already enabled in the bios when you installed XP, that might explain your problems... You could check the various devices and play with the "do not allow this device to go in standby to save power" from the Device manager, you might be able to find the one causing the problem...

I did not see any USB devices in your list (i.e. USB-UIRT or LCD display), but those are other possible suspects.

Hi:

I did confirm that S3 and S1 was enabled at the time of Win XP installations. I do have a USB mouse and keyboard and I have the firefly USB transmitter for the firefly remote.....

[Fonceur]

Originally Posted by k33p0u7

I did confirm that S3 and S1 was enabled at the time of Win XP installations. I do have a USB mouse and keyboard and I have the firefly USB transmitter for the firefly remote.....

I don't know if it is still needed (might have been fixed in SP 1 or 2), but there was a registry hack that helped with standby when USB devices were present, try:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;Allows standby mode with USB devices present
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\usb]
"USBBIOSHACKS"=dword:00000000
"USBBIOSx"=dword:00000000

[k33p0u7]

Hi:

I found this thread in another forum describing a similar problem I have. It seems there is a problem with AMD dual core CPUs and PVR500 from Hauppauge. Here's the link:

http://www.shspvr.com/smf/index.php?...prev_next=next

Does anyone else have the same setup and experiencing the same issue with not coming out of standby. I am will have to try and test this on my HTPC to see if it is indeed the 500.

Does anyone know if Hauppauge has come out with a fix?

[LanceDrolet]

Originally Posted by k33p0u7

Does anyone else have the same setup and experiencing the same issue with not coming out of standby.

Does anyone know if Hauppauge has come out with a fix?

I'm having a similar problem, but I'm not using Hauppauge. I'm using an ADSTech Instant HDTV-PCI card. Here's what I'm seeing:

S4 - Goes into hibernation just fine, but when it wakes up, the system in VERY slow and choppy.

S3 - Goes into standby, but having the same (or similar) problems as you on wakeup (either a blank screen, or gets a short way and locks up).

S1 - Goes into standby and wakes up to record a show. But when the recording job is done, it doesn't go back into standby (as specified in the windows power settings).

One thing I noticed in the thread you posted: (
http://www.shspvr.com/smf/index.php...;prev_next=next), he's using an Asus A8N motherboard. So am I. They're different models, but both using a nVidia nForce/GeForce chipset. If you're using a similar moboard with a nVidia chipset, we may have narrowed the problem a bit.