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[theparasol]

Here my edited satellites.xml
It's for 13,19.2,23.5 and 28.2

Put it in /etc/tuxbox/satellites.xml

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[Erik Slagter]

It would be nice to have functionality in enigma to filter out certain sat positions from the original file, write it to an alternative file and use that on startup.

[Rob van der Does]

It would be nice to have functionality in enigma to filter out certain sat positions from the original file, write it to an alternative file and use that on startup.

Hmmm, we already have the possibility to use two different satellites.xml files: the system-file in etc/tuxbox and the user-file in etc/enigma2 (that will be used if it exists). Now you would like a (third??) file that is being manipulated by E2? Speaking for myself: I would like to be in charge, not some kind of automated process.

[mirakels]

one thing you might look at is boot process itself.
if you look at /etc/inittab firs /etc/init.d/rcS is run, then all the scripts in /etc/rc3.d and finally /usr/bin/enigma2.sh

I don;t know if and how enigma depends on the services in r3.d but I guess it can start without dropbear, inetd, samba, syslog vsftpd, softcam and rmnologin already finished... Don't know about dbus, usbtunerhelper and avahi.

so maybe moving enigma2.sh into rc3.d at the right level might save some seconds without needing to disables other services.

It makes me wonder why enigma2 has its own entry in inittab...

[pieterg]

It makes me wonder why enigma2 has its own entry in inittab...

for the respawn functionality

[andyblac]

you want to try using the UK Sky box, it takes 5 mins to be ready from cold boot. i can't really see what all the fuss it about, i mean how many times a day do you do a full deepstandby

[mirakels]

It makes me wonder why enigma2 has its own entry in inittab...

for the respawn functionality

Ah ok, I thought the enigma2.sh script itself took care for respawning.

Bit still it might be possible to move the inittab entry for enigma up a bit...

[malakudi]

Those environmentalists get it wrong some times.

Check power consumption in standby with lnb_power_off_in_standby=1 in your dvb modules.

I never do deep standby. Just standby, power off HDD after 5 minutes of inactivity, lnb_power_off_in_standby=1

My ET9000 box takes 1:45 minute to start from deep stanbly (motor settings with thousands of favorites, USB DVB-T modules, USB DVD, big epg.dat with EPG from various packages, complex skin, et9000 web browser, many plugins like multiquickbutton etc).

I guess the box starting after 5 seconds doesn't have 7 days EPG for about 10 providers and 15000 favorites.

enigma2 was slow, but new boxes with faster processors and better kernel (ubifs etc) are fast enough for me.
You should have tried DM800. THAT was slow.

Edited by malakudi, 15 January 2012 - 15:23.

[Rob van der Does]

I never do deep standby.

So you really prefer (approx.) 20W/h instead of 0.5W/h? You have any idea what difference that makes per year?

[MiLo]

That'd be 20W, not 20W/h (W/h is something like 1/3600 J/s^2 in SI units)

[Rob van der Does]

That'd be 20W

Yep, correct.
Nevertheless it's 20/1000 * 24 * 365 = 175 KWh per year
With a life expectancy of say 4 years one could easily by a more expensive box set to deep standby for the same money......

[blzr]

sure, assuming you'll keep your box in a deepstandby 24/7/365...

[Rob van der Does]

sure, assuming you'll keep your box in a deepstandby 24/7/365...

LOL, I knew this was coming......
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And correct you are: one should subtract power-consumption during actual use but also add the higher consumption when recording in standby.
Anyway: it gives you an idea of how "powerful" our boxes are

[Erik Slagter]

My box seems to be recording most of the time anyway ;-)

[Rob van der Does]

My box seems to be recording most of the time anyway ;-)

Yep, same here on the mainbox. And most of us also want to be able to reach that box via the network. But secondary boxes (bedroom, childrens rooms) can very well be set to "off" when not in use: really saves a lot of power.

[malakudi]

I never do deep standby.

So you really prefer (approx.) 20W/h instead of 0.5W/h? You have any idea what difference that makes per year?

Have you measured with lnb_power_off_in_standby=1 ?

175KWh per year costs about 40 euros here in Greece.

My Nova subscription costs 700 euros.

[Rob van der Does]

LNB power is only a few milliAmps.
And I checked all my boxes: in (normal) standby LNB power is always off.

[malakudi]

LNB power is only a few milliAmps.
And I checked all my boxes: in (normal) standby LNB power is always off.

ET boxes have lnb power on in standby by default.
13 or 18V * 100 mA * 2 tuners = 3-4 W.

[Rob van der Does]

LNB power is only a few milliAmps.
And I checked all my boxes: in (normal) standby LNB power is always off.

ET boxes have lnb power on in standby by default.
13 or 18V * 100 mA * 2 tuners = 3-4 W.

Not my ET9200: no power on the coax in standby.

[malakudi]

Not my ET9200: no power on the coax in standby.

That's interesting, ET5000 and ET9000 always leave the power open and you need to change this with module initialization option.