<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br><div><html>On Mar 27, 2008, at 9:44 AM, Daniel Arfsten wrote:</html><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; "><pre><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(20, 79, 174); font-size: 12px; white-space: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: -1; ">You guys must have missed my response but there is a bash script that grabs video from your video source, then converts the mpg to a series of jpeg's, then a program converts the jpeg's into asci characters, then the program parses the asci characters and if it find a certain amount of characters, it'll know whether to send a power on command or not before changing channels. It's really awesome. My STB was turning off once in awhile also, don't know if it's due to updates or some setting in the STB that I can't find. I haven't missed a recording in a long time. here's the link to his script. let me know if I can help more.</span></pre></div></span></blockquote><br></div><div>Don't know about the "guys", but I saw your response.</div><div><br></div><div>Does it only work with a black screen or would it detect a static logo (like "press select to view TV")?</div><div><br></div><div>Actually even that might not work with DISH receivers, as they seem to move the text and logo around, presumably to prevent burn-in?</div><div><br></div><div>What about if you are tuned to one of the Sirius music channels? They also have a moving logo. Would it mistakenly turn the STB or receiver off?</div><div><br></div><div>A good idea, but it might work only in a limited number of circumstances.</div><div><br></div><div>beww</div><div><br></div></body></html>