Feature requests: Automatic power on/off interferes with Harmony remote and pausing player when denon is off

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Hi,

Thanks for your great plugin!

I use my Harmony to switch between activities, but the denonavcontrol plugin 
shuts down the Denon, even if it is also used in another activity. My 
work-around is to modify your code by deleting the actual poweroff command from 
the corresponding function, but maybe you could make power on/of optional in 
the settings? (this issue is now less pressing, since i lack the possibility to 
turn off my new player with the Harmony. See next request ;-))

Another self-created problem i have is that i am using squeezeplay on a joggler 
as my main player. It does not have IR remote control, so it can not be 
controlled by the Harmony (i use ipeng). I could add an IR sensor, but i really 
only need the player to stop of poweroff when i'm not using is. Otherwise i 
always have to go into ipeng in addition to switching off or changing 
activities on the Harmony.
Would it be possible to make the plugin also work the other way around?

The way this could work is: 

The plug in polls the Denon to see if it is still power on (* or even if it is 
still set to the right input) 
If it can't connect (* or it's not set to the configured input), than the 
plugin sets the player to paused or off.

*= not really necessary, but would be even greater

It would not have to poll that often. Once every few minutes would be enough 
for me. Maybe it could automatically poll every time the player starts a next 
track(?)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by el...@scherphof.nl on 26 Aug 2013 at 10:03

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Hi all

Likewise many thanks for the great plugin! It is flexibility like this that 
keeps me off from migrating to Sonos, despite Squeezebox being end-of-lifed by 
Logitech.

I have exactly the same issue: Harmony switches off the Squeezebox when 
changing activity, which breaks the process as the Harmony will still assume 
the Denon is switched on.

A simple checkbox ("Turn off receiver" or similar) in the preferences would 
solve this problem. When it is enabled, it would turn the receiver on and off, 
when it is disabled, the receiver would only be turned on but not off.

My Denon (and I think most others as well) has a auto-standby, therefore 
turning off is not an issue in any case.

Best regards!
S.

Original comment by sboeh...@gmail.com on 24 Sep 2013 at 8:05

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Out of scope for this plugin.