[mythtv-users] Sleep timer

[Joseph A. Caputo]

On Wednesday 25 February 2004 11:29, Jason Livingston wrote:
> The recent post about implementing dpms standby/on in lirc irexec
> gave me an idea: implementing a sleep timer. I thought about this
> option since one of the main drawbacks (for me) to using a non-TV
> device (ie VGA monitor, etc) for TV display, is the lack of a sleep
> timer.
>
> Would something like this work? (Sorry to ask, but I don't have any
> remote working with lirc yet, and if this would work, it would
> definitely be a reason to invest in one). My goal is to have a sleep
> timer that turns off the video and audio after a certain time, set in
> increments of 30 minutes.

I believe someone already (very recently) submitted a patch for this... 
search the -dev list archives.

-JAC