Catch the idle shutdown

[oayz]

Beep on countdown?
Flash backlight on countdown?

[Llorean]

Backlight should probably come on (since it does during the last phase of shutdown anyway, I think), but it probably shouldn't beep. Odds are good if you've paused it, it's because you wanted it quiet, and it's not a significant hassle to turn it back on anyway.

[Zardoz]

Flashes for a second every five??

[Llorean]

Do you mean "The backlight should flash every five seconds before shutdown?"

Please, try to type out whole thoughts, and don't leave out things that make it unclear exactly what you're saying.

If the warning period were short (which is really only reasonable, since as a user you know you've set the idle time anyway, and if you're not paying attention odds are you're still busy) this wouldn't make much sense.

[AlexP]

I don't see any sense in complicating matters - the backlight turns on with a splash saying "Shutting down in x seconds.  Press any key to abort."  If you press a key, it aborts.  If you don't, it shuts down.

[Zardoz]

Flashes for a second every five??

It was an idea. Stupid maybe.

I don't see any sense in complicating matters - the backlight turns on with a splash saying "Shutting down in x seconds.  Press any key to abort."  If you press a key, it aborts.  If you don't, it shuts down.

That sounds good. I was suggesting the "shutting down in X seconds" might be configurable in terms of X. Nevermind.

[Michael7]

I have often thought about this as a feature.   What I find is that Im doing stuff around the house with the music going through a set of PC speakers in the kitchen. The phone rings or something else happens for me to pause the music. Usually what reminds me to press play is the sound of the player shutting down. In my case the screen flashing wouldnt help me as I most likely wouldnt see it so a little blast of music before shutdown would work.

[Llorean]

Is it so much of a problem to turn it back on in that situation?

[Michael7]

No its not a problem, I wanted to give my experience of Rockbox. It will save a little on battery power.

[Llorean]

It seems to me pausing is usually for the purpose of "making it quiet", so making a noise after it's been paused too long seems like it'd be a bad idea.

[JdGordon]

beeping once at the start of the shutdown countdown could be useful, but then if you are close enough to hear it and actully do something about it, you're probably close enough to see the backlight come back on.

[Multiplex]

edit: might not be so easy to implement...

:-( this seems to  be true (certainly for this very rusty programmer) I'm not going to give up but it is rather bigger than I thought it might be.

[oayz]

beeping once at the start of the shutdown countdown could be useful, but then if you are close enough to hear it and actully do something about it, you're probably close enough to see the backlight come back on.

I had 2 scenarios in mind:
1) Pause and put device in the pocket without taking headphones on. Very short, not too laud beep 20 sec before every 5 sec. Longer beep 5 sec before shutdown.
2) Pause, take off headphones. Flashing (preferred over constant on) backlight. 0.5-1.0s every 3-5 sec