[da-anda]

• add a option/flag to the client configuration to auto-wakeup it on XBMC startup (has been requested in the forums IIRC)

This does happen now with this patch if you have "update library on startup" set.

I think it should also work if one is not updating the library on startup, but will need the remote server/nas anyway when XBMC is starting up. But as I said, this should be configurable for each WOL client.

• each client should have a "timeout" or "startup delay" configured, so that XBMC knows how long it has to wait to try playback again after first attempt. Maybe this can alternatively be done by just pinging the target for a certain amount of time - no idea.

Do you mean client or server? I don't know what this patch currently does in these terms, but it is working fine for me. Is this really needed?

I mean WOL client/target (so your remote server/NAS). I'm not sure if the current "tmout" setting (should btw be renamed to "timeout") already does this - haven't looked at the patch in detail.

• add a dialog if the media is on a WOL device and ask the user if the device should wake up (this might be optional/configurable by device)

I'm not sure about this one. If you want to access something, why get asked a second time?

As said, this should be optional. I could imagine users that not necessarily want to trigger a WOL by accidently hitting play or something.

• while waiting for the wakeup, ask the user what he likes to do in the meantime. Like if the media to be played is a movie, ask if one want's to watch f.e. the according trailer (online) while waiting for the device (create a playlist with the trailer and queue the movie). Or not a trailer, but a short trivia about the movie, or music or whatever (maybe have entry points for addons here, like the trailers addon, trivia addon etc)

This would be neat, but my server wakes and starts playback within 5 seconds, I don't really need this feature. Maybe other's have really slow waking servers and this would be better suited for them.

I would need it - my NAS (Thecus) is unfortunately not the fastest to boot and sync the active directory permissions with the DC. Takes up to a minute or more. Never timetracked it, but it feels somewhat sloooow.