Turn off

[tobyl]

I use Runeaudio on my Raspberry Pi (2) - What I would like is for the option to set power off at either a specified time (eg at midnight when I have usually staggered to bed forgetting to turn stuff off) or at a predetermined period after playback has stopped, say 1 hr since the last track ended.

tobyl

[krotin]

Hi there would it be alright to do it through ssh ?

sudo shutdown -t [ time in seconds until it sends signal to power off / reboot ] -h
or
sudo shutdown -h 22:43
this way you should put the time you want it to execute the command in a 24hour format

[dwijtsma]

Why turn off your pi2? Power consumption is very low. Better make sure your power amplifier turns on/off automatically. I just finished a project which does just that. Works like a charm.

You can find the project on this forum. Still need to add the some pictures of it and update the schematics since I made some adjustments to it.

[EvilOverlord]

I'd like a similar feature, but an alternative could be to stop playback at a certain time. That way I can fall asleep to music, but not have it playing all night, or not have to work about bringing my phone along to stop the music from bed.

[tobyl]

Hi Krotin,
Good thinking, those with the skills could also put such a command via cron or similar, but my idea was something easily accessible to all via the settings page.

dwijtsma, this sounds like a great idea to turn off the power amp, I will look for your project. Regarding the Pi 2, yes, power consumption is low, but I am conscious of all the devices I have on standby using up unnecessary power. I am not sure whether the longevity of my PI would be increased or decreased by power cycling each day, with an uptime say of 4hrs per day?

tobyl