Option to "stop/slow/pause rendering".

[vantreeseba]

If the esp32 config could call some trigger to tell client to:

1. request frames at a slower rate (every_nth_frame).
2. pause rendering
3. stop rendering / reconnect later

Or something along those lines, it would prevent the server from calling/rendering in the background as much and lower cpu usage.
Not that this is a performance problem, but more of a "why do work that's not being used."

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My personal use case is turning off backlight after X seconds of inactivity, or when no presence detected in a room.
This would allow the "server renderer" to go idle / slow down when the client is not actively requesting updates.

I'm sure this would involve the server as well, so I'm not sure which repo it should go in.

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Anyway, thanks for this awesome project, I may take a look at the code myself as well and see if I could figure out some simple implementation of this as a POC.

[strange-v]

I understand the use case, and it makes sense. Option one would lead to a missed frame, so it's better not to use it. Overall, the implementation depends on what CDP supports. If there's a pause and, after resuming, it sends a new frame, that's ideal. If the pause is longer, disconnecting is probably the best approach.

I'll keep this open, but it's a low priority for me. I plan to release a new version with HW decoding (ESP32-P4) and hopefully switch to other tasks for a while.