Prevent hibernate/standby/sleep

Hi,

Apologies if this has been requested before or if I'm missing a setting/simple workaround.

Can I suggest an option that will prevent Windows from entering standby mode when the server is actively playing media. e.g:

"Prevent standby if active playback in operation" checkbox.

Benefits for power saving and watching media in bed before sleep!

Thanks and great product.

[zip]

https://bitbucket.org/xnejp03/serviio/i ... e-going-to

I am looking forward to having this option in .6!

[zip]

Try turning off automatic library checking.

Has this option made it into the .6 betas? This is one feature I really need. MY 5 year old son is constantly getting mad at the TV for quitting his cartoons while he is watching them.

[zip]

no, it has not. set your PC up not to hibernate if it's on the power cord.

Well crap. Okay. I'll figure something out. I'd rather not leave it running all the time. With him in Kindergarten now, he doesn't have as much time to watch shows anyhow. I can use another app to monitor the network activity and prevent standby based on that.

Hi kjricker,

I'd be interested if you found a work around for this.

For a windows install try Shutter. Grab the beta. It has support for Network usage.

[Cerberus]

Definition of a server is a constantly running networked device so, to have it go to sleep defeats whole point of a server.

Not really. The definition of a server is a computer that serves files on demand. If it can wake from standby to server the files when needed, then why not save power when you can. No reason to have a computer sucking down power when no one is home most of the day or while on vacation. If your using a PC with enough power to transcode media on demand, chances are it is not a low power PC.

[Cerberus]

Not really. The definition of a server is a computer that serves files on demand. If it can wake from standby to server the files when needed, then why not save power when you can. No reason to have a computer sucking down power when no one is home most of the day or while on vacation. If your using a PC with enough power to transcode media on demand, chances are it is not a low power PC.

no that would be a NAS.

We'll just have to agree to disagree, or just disagree.

Regardless. If a computer is not doing anything I want it to go into standby. If it is doing something, wait 'til that is done, then go to standby. I know I am not alone in this. Whether this gets implemented in Serviio is up to Zip. I'll accept his decision either way.

I'd like this feature as well. Other software (XBMC, Beyond TV) support this so it must be possible. I've looked for a standalone solution and haven't found anything that really addresses the issue. Shutter was suggested, but it can just force hibernation if network activity drops. I did find a DOS program that would intercept system hibernation requests and prevent them. Something like that could be incorporated based on server activity, but it's beyond my ability.

[moltra]

I found a way to do it on windows XP via java. I will see if I can figure out a way to do it in linux and mac

  Code:

Introduction
This article shows how your Java (and C++) program can detect and refuse sleep/standby/hibernate requests made by the user or the system.

Background
I wrote an application that is fed by a special PCI card, and runs 24/7. We found that if the PC went into standby mode, the PCI card was falsely activated, which was really bad. There was no easy way to uniformly disable the sleep/standby/hibernate features in Windows XP. Therefore, I decided to use the Windows API to detect whether a standby request is made and refuse it. Luckily, the Win32 API has a message, called WM_POWERBROADCAST, that is sent to all applications when the PC wants to go into standby or hibernate mode. The win32 subsystem will abort the standby if you return BROADCAST_QUERY_DENY from this message handler.

By using this API, the enclosed code is able to detect whether the computer goes into standby mode and, through the utilization of JNI, notify the rest of the Java code about that event. Also, the code lets you allow or disallow the PC to enter standby mode.

Using the Code
To use the code from Java, simply instantiate a StandByDetector object and provide the constructor with a reference to a StandByRequestListener. The listener will be notified when a standby/hibernate request is made on the PC. Use the setAllowStandby() to tell the code whether or not you want to allow entering a standby. Remember that the DLL (enclosed) has to be in your java.library.path path. Here is an example:

StandByDetector sd=new StandByDetector(new StandByRequestListener() {
   public void standByRequested() {
      System.out.println("standby requested");
   }
});
sd.setAllowStandby(false);

Now try to put the PC in standby: Task manager->Shut Down->Stand By.
You will note that the cmd shell shows the message "standby requested" and the PC does not go

From http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-p/system/messagehandling/article.php/c6907

[Cerberus]

I found a way to do it on windows XP via java. I will see if I can figure out a way to do it in linux and mac

  Code:

Introduction
This article shows how your Java (and C++) program can detect and refuse sleep/standby/hibernate requests made by the user or the system.

Background
I wrote an application that is fed by a special PCI card, and runs 24/7. We found that if the PC went into standby mode, the PCI card was falsely activated, which was really bad. There was no easy way to uniformly disable the sleep/standby/hibernate features in Windows XP. Therefore, I decided to use the Windows API to detect whether a standby request is made and refuse it. Luckily, the Win32 API has a message, called WM_POWERBROADCAST, that is sent to all applications when the PC wants to go into standby or hibernate mode. The win32 subsystem will abort the standby if you return BROADCAST_QUERY_DENY from this message handler.

By using this API, the enclosed code is able to detect whether the computer goes into standby mode and, through the utilization of JNI, notify the rest of the Java code about that event. Also, the code lets you allow or disallow the PC to enter standby mode.

Using the Code
To use the code from Java, simply instantiate a StandByDetector object and provide the constructor with a reference to a StandByRequestListener. The listener will be notified when a standby/hibernate request is made on the PC. Use the setAllowStandby() to tell the code whether or not you want to allow entering a standby. Remember that the DLL (enclosed) has to be in your java.library.path path. Here is an example:

StandByDetector sd=new StandByDetector(new StandByRequestListener() {
   public void standByRequested() {
      System.out.println("standby requested");
   }
});
sd.setAllowStandby(false);

Now try to put the PC in standby: Task manager->Shut Down->Stand By.
You will note that the cmd shell shows the message "standby requested" and the PC does not go

From http://www.codeguru.com/cpp/w-p/system/messagehandling/article.php/c6907

if its java based it should work on all platforms

[kairoh]

if its java based it should work on all platforms

Not really because the code in article relies on JNI (java native interface) which is platform dependant.
This allows java programs to call library compiled in another language (DLL for Windows, some lib on Unix...).

Hi,

New to Serviio, but I have used Shutter for several years. You could monitor network usage, but that may be low while browsing files or paused. I added a "ping" to the list of Shutter's events. This ensures the PC stays awake while the player is switched on.

Works well.

dRdoS7

Looking for this feature as well. If anyone has a custom solution for this, then please share.
Drdos7, please let us know if your solution works.

If there only is a service that goes active or changes mode once streaming start this issue could be fixed easily using tasks in win7....