[Feature request] Automated Conversion triggered only within specified time range

[aronmgv]

Idea

Hello,

I would like to suggest to implement a way to specify time slot for automated conversions. I would desire it to be triggered only during night hours when I am not using the server for other activities..

Haven't seen this in documentation so I expect it is not possible at the moment.. Please let me know if it is something you can implement in your image.

Should be possible via CRON. I would like to see multiple CRON slots so it can be combined in a more precise way:

• Monday-Friday from midnight until 4pm: 0 0-16 * * MON-FRI
• Saturday-Sunday from 2am until 10am: 0 2-10 * * SAT-SUN

Having such environment variable:

• AUTOMATED_CONVERSION_TIMEFRAME: ['0 0-16 * * MON-FRI', '0 2-10 * * SAT-SUN']

Then implement just ifcheck if the current time is within given CRON range.

Appreciate, Michal

[DrWarpMan]

Although such feature seems to be not implemented, as a workaround, you can take advantage of a pre-conversion hook (docs), that will pause the execution of the conversion as long as a certain condition is met.

An example pre-conversion hook could look like this:

#!/bin/sh

# ...

current_time="$(date +'%s')"
min_time="$(date -d '14:00' +'%s')"

while [ "$current_time" -lt "$min_time" ]; do
    echo "pre-conversion: Conversion is paused until 14:00"
    sleep 60
    current_time="$(date +'%s')"
done

(Make sure your timezone is set correctly within the container.)

Of course, you will have to implement your own pause condition logic depending on your needs.

[aronmgv]

:OOOOOOO

Am I having a Fairy Godmother or something??