Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 12:23:44PM +0200, Joerg Riechardt wrote:
Maybe still not what you want, but how other guys do it: https://www.vdr-portal.de/forum/index.php?thread/133092-ein-weiterer-ir-eins... https://www.vdr-portal.de/forum/index.php?thread/133332-arduino-nano-mit-neo... (german, you might need google translate, but you can post in english)
- wakeup done by STM32 microcontroller board (either by timer set from
vdr or by remote control)
- power switched by MOSFET
- full systemd and vdr integration
- very cheap
Nice. For my old PC setup I built something simpler, using an ATtiny12 that would generate a wake-on-LAN or a PCI PME# signal: https://www.iki.fi/~msmakela/electronics/worc5/index.en.html It would even provide a signal to tell VDR if the computer was powered on by the remote control, or due to some other reason.
With a quick read (ich spreche Deutsch), I did not find a mention of systemd or VDR configuration. Can you point to an example?
I think that in any case, I will test my systemd integration scripts on an old Thinkpad laptop and a USB DVB-T stick.
I am happy with my current low-tech solution, at least for now. The power consumption would be acceptable even if I left the system running 24×7, say, if I were away for a week or two. The consumption could be reduced further by patching VDR so that it will shut down all tuners when it is idle (instead of constantly parsing the EPG).
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