[Merged] Power Saver feature

Sano

Ok, sorry guys, was short on free time the few past days.

I installed the powersaver version of ES on a Pi3, and just... Wow !
We're talking about a night and day difference here.

As I previously stated, ES CPU usage when active was around 30 to 40%, and dropped to 3-6% only after the screensaver timeout (5min).

Now we have :
25% when active
after a few seconds only, it drastically drops to 0.3 %
Very impressive !

I'll let the option activated in order to test more in real conditions, but I can't wait the merge with the main branch.
Congratulations @Hex

Edit :
@Hex Is the game number on carousel tweak an addition of yours too ? It may be me, but I didn't see it before using your version.
Anyway, this is brilliant.

felleg

@meleu said in Testers needed :: Power Saver features :: PR #172:

@Hex said in Testers needed :: Power Saver features :: PR #172:

One major problem is auto launch of screensaver doesnt work. Manual trigger works.

I like this behavior. Can we label it as a feature instead of a problem. :-)

This is a problem if you want to avoid screen burn-in. I'd much rather have the screensaver be able to start automatically, although, don't get me wrong, being able to start it manually is great in its own right.

cyperghost

@felleg Please explain "Screen Burn In" on LCD/TFT

Hex

@meleu Hehe, i dont take any "prisoners of war". Its bad when bugs start being labelled as features.

@Sano Thank you. I dont understand what you mean by game number on carousel? Are you taking about the number of games in a system shown. That is available in the main branch since a long time.

@felleg Worry not, the screensavers video/dim/blank are working as expected with the PS mod. The logic is becoming very complex on the other hand.

@cyperghost there are some who use it on plasma or retro TV sets, might be for them?

Sano

@Sano Thank you. I dont understand what you mean by game number on carousel? Are you taking about the number of games in a system shown. That is available in the main branch since a long time.

Yes, but I realized on your version that the number doesn't appear automatically after a delay. I have to press down direction for it to appear.
I like it, it's more convenient for me to not have this information unless I want it :)

Hex

@Sano Again, bugs are not features. It might be okay for you but for someone who doesnt know about this behaviour will be perplexed and complain on forums.

Also what system are you getting this behaviour in?

Sano

All of them :) (Mame/FBA/NES/SNES/SMS/Megadrive/Ports/Retropie)
I have to press a button (not only the down direction after some tests) for the number of games to appear.

Hex

System as in Pi1/2/3 Linux PC??

Sano

Sorry.
RPi3, retropie 4.2.8, 3A Aukru power supply.

cyperghost

@Hex Okay... That's a point :) So ScreenBurn might be an issue.

Other question. Can you help me out please? I wanted to melt your branch together with @pjft but I wasn't able to do this ... The issue is posted here

I've also uploaded the binary you've provided for RPI1/0 build to my github

https://github.com/crcerror/emulationstation-binary-archive

Hex

@Sano are you compiling the binary?

Sano

@Hex compiled via @meleu script, yes !

Hex

Need testers to update and build to verify all changes. Finally please report any bugs (undocumented behaviour)

Final changes are made:

PS enabled by default
Removed PS enable warning
Works nicely with all screensavers
Gameinfo is shown with PS enabled too
mVersion no longer shows PS state. Restored to default.

cyperghost

@Hex
I've uploaded binary to my github >> https://github.com/crcerror/emulationstation-binary-archive (only PI2/3)

This is an merged version with your and @pjft favorite branch!

sadly it's an older release but it works the same way as @sano got -- CPU load is only 0,3%. Thank you mate. I'm sure this will be implented it's better as my suggestion ... the Standard ES branch still got a CPU load of 3% if Screensaver is enabeld.

Hex

Testers please check if GameInfo (XX Games bar) is properly shown when PS is enabled and all screensavers (video,dim,blank) are properly triggered. Thanks

Sano

@Hex Compiled, tested. GameInfo display is back to normal.
Edit : and the screen just dimmed by itself after screensaver timeout.

cyperghost

@Sano Please set screensaver to 1 min and wait if Dimming, Video and Blank are working
EDIT: Thanks for testing dimming - what about BLANK and Video?

Sano

@cyperghost Black screen is ok too, but this minute is pretty long, I think the timer is buggy.
Currently I don't have any video to test video screensaver.

cyperghost

@Sano Thank you can you make further tests please? It's important to hunt down possible bugs before a merge to the main branch can be done.

Hex

@Sano The minute is correct. I have timed it. It is just counting after some delay which you dont know about. The delay is present to finish any remaining animations and delayed displays like game count extra.