Alarm-clock

[gremlin]

one feature i’ve loooove to see is an alarm clock. set the time you want wake up and music you want to wake up to… what a way to start the day :-)

[IndieRockSteve]

this would be cool, the ability to use xbmc as an "alarm clock" of sorts with a nap and alarm button.

to extend the idea some:

-multiple alarms
-set dates for alarms, ie. "all week days", mondays, tuesdays, wednesdays, etc, "all weekend days", etc.

[Gamester17]

Originally Posted by (zilvershadow @ nov. 28 2003,11:55)

and would it be possible to put in a wake-up timer? that would be awesome too!

not possible for cold start, for more info do a seach in the xbmp forum under the xbox general for alarm-clock or wake-up

[IndieRockSteve]

wouldn't a wake up timer work if xbmc is already running?

say, set a "sleep" timer so you can listen to music going to sleep, then after like 2 hours it would stop the music then at your designated wake up time it could start whatever media you told it to play. it would also be neat to have an actual alarm function so that it plays one of those alarm buzzes on top of the music to make sure you wake up.

ideas...

[floink]

how about an autoplay functionality? this could be used for backgroundmusic or startup sound (kinda)...

just more ideas *

[zilvershadow]

i think an autoplay feature is already possible with the use of python (autoexec.py?).

create a script and execute it with autoexec.py.
some examples are given in the scripts directory.

[THiNKFiRE]

an alarm clock/schedule feature would kick ass. *be able to set preset times of the day to play what you want etc. *imagine coming home from work and your music is already playing. *or waking up in the morning to the playing music. *etc. *would be nice. *i know i sound like a fanatic, but i always have music playing otherwise i go crazy. *help keep me sane. :d

[jerkweed]

it'd be great to be able to set up time-based triggers to play audio and/or video files....i'd love to wake up to xbmc playing some tunes, and then just click in to check the weather, then play the latest sportscenter or bloomberg news feed off the replay....

[RelevantZero]

any plans to include alarm clock within xbmc ??

like when listening to music - and there's something i have to do later - can set a reminder...??

there's a plug-in for "media portal" (pc) - how about including something similar for xbmc !??

[Gamester17]

@relevantzero, please always search before posting, i have now had to merge your post into the existing topic thread on the subject.