Hello,
i search for a solution, that kills XBMC when i turn off my TV and when i turn on my TV it starts XBMC.
It should relieve the CPU and to have more power for other programs, like pyload or downloaddeamon
I think it would be work when CEC is disconnect with a script or on a button on my remote.
Any Idea? Thanks in Advance
Something similar has been discussed elsewhere.
In essence, it shouldn't really be needed as XBian in "Non" usage uses so little CPU as to be insignificant - in fact a program running in the background checking for an input every ~500ms will probably consume more CPU than just letting Xbian do nothing.
I'm sure they might be a clever way around this but I on't know of it - maybe someone else does.
when XBMC starts screensaver, XBIAN changes XBMC's priority to very very low. this together with taking only 15% by default, is not taking more than 5-7% of cpu time.
but still if you want to kill it, there is upstart script "xbmc-screensaver". when this changes state to "running", you know XBMC turned on screensaver. then you can create very simple upstart job like this:
Code:
start on started xbmc-screensaver
exec stop xbmc
with running xbmc back on you have a play a bit, but one of the solutions would be enhance this job for a loop which is asking TV status. if is not "standby", start xbmc
Code:
start on started xbmc-screensaver
pre-start exec stop -qn xbmc || :
script
while :; do
echo "pow 0" >> /run/cc/in
[ "$(tail -1 /run/cc/out)" = standby ] || break
done
end script
post-stop start -nq xbmc || :
Hey mk01,
I am looking for something exactly like you are supposing but I am struggling to understand your post.
- What is happening inside the brackets? Is this the command for checking the CEC status?
- How do I make this script start running everytime the pi boots?
CEC works with my tv as I can use the remote to control my pi when I am in xbmc. But via ssh using tvservice -M i cannot register any events from the TV when I switch sources or turn it on or off.
(14th Mar, 2014 03:58 AM)LeoSum Wrote: [ -> ]Hey mk01,
I am looking for something exactly like you are supposing but I am struggling to understand your post.
- What is happening inside the brackets? Is this the command for checking the CEC status?
- How do I make this script start running everytime the pi boots?
CEC works with my tv as I can use the remote to control my pi when I am in xbmc. But via ssh using tvservice -M i cannot register any events from the TV when I switch sources or turn it on or off.
monitor mode doesn't work natively in libCEC and direct access to libCEC controls disables other open sessions.
enable SCREENOFF=yes in /etc/default/xbmc
this will upon start of xbmc create shared in and out files at /run/cc/in,out
then independently on running XBMC you can issue commands to cec bus as follows
echo "command" >> /run/cc/in
and read what is returned "cat or tail /run/cc/out"
if you need messages from 3rd devices (like promisc mode), then we need a small change in the code.