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Subject: Re: the sleep timer

Re: the sleep timer

From: Rocker <rocker_at_shaw.ca>
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:10:30 -0600

Linus Nielsen Feltzing wrote:
> alex wallis wrote:
>> hi list, I have just been having a few thoughts about the sleep
>> timer.
>> I was wondering, is there any interest in reviving patch 8630 to
>> allow the last used value of the sleep timer to be saved to the cfg
>> file?
>> I asked about this some time ago, and nobody liked the idea, but I
>> don't think anyone clearly stated why.
>
> I liked the idea, and I still like it.
>
>> Also, I think a good feature for the sleep timer would be to have the
>> player make a warning beep say a minute before it was due to shut
>> down, and at that point you could hit a given key stroke to reset
>> the sleep timers value back to what you originally had it set to, so
>> say you set the sleep timer for 45 minutes, you press this button
>> and you get
>> another 45 minutes. I guess you could think of it like a snooze
>> function. As at the moment, there is no way to override the sleep
>> timer should you wish to.
>
> Isn't there a risk that the beep wakes you up when you have fallen
> asleep?

**LOL!
There should bean option to disable the beep however, I do like the ideas!

Rocky...rocker

>
> Linus
Received on 2008-10-31

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