[opensuse] Watching videos in openSUSE 12.3
I occasionally watch videos with my computer and use my notebook computer to display on my TV via HDMI. I have noticed two issues. One, the desktop will blank out after a while and I have to press a key to bring it back. The other is when I use HDMI to carry the audio, I have to reconfigure PulseAudio to switch the audio from the internal speakers to Digital Stereo output. On Windows, the screen does not blank when playing a video and the audio is switched automatically to HDMI. Is there any way to configure openSUSE to behave in a similar manner as Windows. The audio switching is a minor inconvenience, but the screen blanking is da*n irritating, especially when watching a show that runs a couple of hours. tnx jk -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:17:01 -0400, James Knott wrote:
but the screen blanking is da*n irritating, especially when watching a show that runs a couple of hours.
Disable the screensaver and run "xset -dpms" if disabling the screensaver is not sufficient. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2013-06-10 17:28 (GMT) Jim Henderson composed:
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 12:17:01 -0400, James Knott wrote:
but the screen blanking is da*n irritating, especially when watching a show that runs a couple of hours.
Disable the screensaver and run "xset -dpms" if disabling the screensaver is not sufficient.
Or set and forget via configfile: Option "DPMS" "off" -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Felix Miata wrote:
Disable the screensaver and run "xset -dpms" if disabling the screensaver is not sufficient.
Or set and forget via configfile:
Option "DPMS" "off"
So, there's no way to do it automagically, as in Windows? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2013-06-10 14:42 (GMT-0400) James Knott composed:
Felix Miata wrote:
Disable the screensaver and run "xset -dpms" if disabling the screensaver is not sufficient.
Or set and forget via configfile:
Option "DPMS" "off"
So, there's no way to do it automagically, as in Windows?
Which DE and player do you use? I have to think at least one or the other is broken that you should have needed to ask your original question. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Felix Miata wrote:
Which DE and player do you use? I have to think at least one or the other is broken that you should have needed to ask your original question.
KDE on 12.3. I normally watch videos with Firefox, but some with Kaffine. If something is broken, it's on both my desktop and notebook computers. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:27:47 -0400, James Knott wrote:
Felix Miata wrote:
Which DE and player do you use? I have to think at least one or the other is broken that you should have needed to ask your original question.
KDE on 12.3. I normally watch videos with Firefox, but some with Kaffine. If something is broken, it's on both my desktop and notebook computers.
Which plugin, though? Some media players can be configured to keep the screensaver from kicking in. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Jim Henderson wrote:
Which plugin, though? Some media players can be configured to keep the screensaver from kicking in.
Beyond a codec for MKV files, I haven't installed many. Multimedia is not one of my strong areas. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 17:01:08 -0400, James Knott wrote:
Jim Henderson wrote:
Which plugin, though? Some media players can be configured to keep the screensaver from kicking in.
Beyond a codec for MKV files, I haven't installed many. Multimedia is not one of my strong areas.
IIRC, in Firefox the URI "about:plugins" might tell us what plugin is being used. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:27:47 -0400, James Knott wrote:
I normally watch videos with Firefox, but some with Kaffine.
My previous question was intended specifically for Firefox - for Kaffine, there's a changelog item that indicates that in version 1.0-pre2, screen saver inhibition was added through dbus. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Monday, June 10, 2013 04:27:47 PM James Knott wrote:
Felix Miata wrote:
Which DE and player do you use? I have to think at least one or the other is broken that you should have needed to ask your original question.
KDE on 12.3. I normally watch videos with Firefox, but some with Kaffine. If something is broken, it's on both my desktop and notebook computers.
On KDE should be easier if you create a Multimedia Activity, then go to Battery Monitor Settings and on the left side panel go to Activity Settings and choose Multimedia Activity Tab (or whatever you named it). There, Define a special behavior by checking the boxes "Never shutdown the screen" and "Never suspend or shutdown". Apply the changes and OK. Another settings you should check is Display and Monitor->Screen Locker-
Uncheck "Start Automatically after:___
When you finish your session you may be undo the previous procedures. Hope this help you better. Best regards, -- Ricardo Chung | Panama Member openSUSE Projects -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Monday 10 Jun 2013 18:52:52 Ricardo Chung wrote:
On Monday, June 10, 2013 04:27:47 PM James Knott wrote:
Felix Miata wrote:
Which DE and player do you use? I have to think at least one or the other is broken that you should have needed to ask your original question.
KDE on 12.3. I normally watch videos with Firefox, but some with Kaffine. If something is broken, it's on both my desktop and notebook computers.
On KDE should be easier if you create a Multimedia Activity, then go to Battery Monitor Settings and on the left side panel go to Activity Settings and choose Multimedia Activity Tab (or whatever you named it). There, Define a special behavior by checking the boxes "Never shutdown the screen" and "Never suspend or shutdown". Apply the changes and OK.
Another settings you should check is Display and Monitor->Screen Locker-
+1 All I do is switch to this activity when I am going to watch videos. The problem with the sound device though is how does the OS know which device you want it to play through? Try settings > Multimedia > Phonon > Audio Playback
Video and select your device. I don't know if this gets saved to an activity but you can test it -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Tue, 11 Jun 2013 07:58:55 +0100, Andrew Colvin
Try settings > Multimedia > Phonon > Audio Playback
Enter here at your peril. If you have multiple audio devices it will pretty much throw a wobbly. And it's buggy too, because just opening the settings dialog there will be as if you made some changes. Check the preferred device too for each setting -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Andrew Colvin wrote:
On KDE should be easier if you create a Multimedia Activity, then go to
Battery Monitor Settings and on the left side panel go to Activity Settings and choose Multimedia Activity Tab (or whatever you named it). There, Define a special behavior by checking the boxes "Never shutdown the screen" and "Never suspend or shutdown". Apply the changes and OK.
Another settings you should check is Display and Monitor->Screen Locker-
So, it would appear there's no way, short of special configurations, to keep the display from blanking when playing a video?
+1
All I do is switch to this activity when I am going to watch videos. The problem with the sound device though is how does the OS know which device you want it to play through?
On Windows, it switches when connected via HDMI, nothing has to be configured. Similar already happens on openSUSE, such as when I plug in a USB headset. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 2013-06-11 11:12 (GMT-0400) James Knott composed:
So, it would appear there's no way, short of special configurations, to keep the display from blanking when playing a video?
That hasn't been determined in this thread. Try standalone players like VLC and/or SMplayer to see if they are smarter. I wouldn't expect such intelligence from a plugin player or Firefox's native player. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Am 11.06.2013 17:20, schrieb Felix Miata:
On 2013-06-11 11:12 (GMT-0400) James Knott composed:
So, it would appear there's no way, short of special configurations, to keep the display from blanking when playing a video?
That hasn't been determined in this thread. Try standalone players like VLC and/or SMplayer to see if they are smarter. I wouldn't expect such intelligence from a plugin player or Firefox's native player.
I use VLC to watch videos. It doesn't prevent the screen savers/energy savers from blanking the screen. I switched off energy saving/screen saver wherever I found the option, finally used the xset -dpms. I'd really like to have my screens saving energy when I leave them for some minutes, but I don't want to switch manually, because I forget it. So, if anyone has the magic trick to have energy saving enabled, but automagically paused when using a video application, that would be really great! (It used to be like this on OS 11.don'tknowwhich...) regards, Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com google+: https://plus.google.com/109534388657020287386 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On 12/06/13 01:40, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Am 11.06.2013 17:20, schrieb Felix Miata:
On 2013-06-11 11:12 (GMT-0400) James Knott composed:
So, it would appear there's no way, short of special configurations, to keep the display from blanking when playing a video?
That hasn't been determined in this thread. Try standalone players like VLC and/or SMplayer to see if they are smarter. I wouldn't expect such intelligence from a plugin player or Firefox's native player.
I use VLC to watch videos. It doesn't prevent the screen savers/energy savers from blanking the screen.
Not so Daniel. I use vlc exclusively for TV/DVD viewing. Go to Tools>Preferences>All [at bottom]>Video and Disable screensaver.
I switched off energy saving/screen saver wherever I found the option, finally used the xset -dpms.
I'd really like to have my screens saving energy when I leave them for some minutes, but I don't want to switch manually, because I forget it.
So, if anyone has the magic trick to have energy saving enabled, but automagically paused when using a video application, that would be really great!
(It used to be like this on OS 11.don'tknowwhich...)
regards, Daniel
BC -- Using openSUSE 12.3, KDE 4.10.4 & kernel 3.9.5-1 on a system with- AMD FX 8-core 3.6/4.2GHz processor 16GB PC14900/1866MHz Quad Channel Corsair "Vengeance" RAM Gigabyte AMD3+ m/board; Gigabyte nVidia GTX550Ti 1GB DDR5 GPU -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
Am 12.06.2013 08:28, schrieb Basil Chupin:
On 12/06/13 01:40, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Am 11.06.2013 17:20, schrieb Felix Miata:
On 2013-06-11 11:12 (GMT-0400) James Knott composed:
So, it would appear there's no way, short of special configurations, to keep the display from blanking when playing a video?
That hasn't been determined in this thread. Try standalone players like VLC and/or SMplayer to see if they are smarter. I wouldn't expect such intelligence from a plugin player or Firefox's native player.
I use VLC to watch videos. It doesn't prevent the screen savers/energy savers from blanking the screen.
Not so Daniel. I use vlc exclusively for TV/DVD viewing.
Go to Tools>Preferences>All [at bottom]>Video and Disable screensaver.
A part works, at least the part that is important to me: VLC indeed prevents "energy saving", but it does not prevent "screen saver" as the setting says. That's ok for me, because I want to turn off the screen when unused, but have it running when watching a movie... Did the following tests ("Disable screensaver" checked in VLC): KDE system settings-> Hardware -> display and monitor ("Anzeige und Monitor") -> Screen lock ("Bildschirmsperre") -> automatic start after 1 Minute, simple lock. Started VLC with a video - but after a minute the screen lock applied and VLC did not prevent it. Same with applying a screen saver. But then (unsetting the above): KDE system settings-> Hardware -> energy management ("Energie-Verwaltung") -> save energy ("Energiesparen") -> monitor energy management ("Bildschirm-Energieverwaltung") -> 1 Minute. Started VLC and indeed the screens did not blank during 6 minutes, but 1 minute after I closed VLC. Hurray! I guess something has changed to the positive since I tried the last time quite a while ago... regards Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Barcelona professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com google+: https://plus.google.com/109534388657020287386 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
On Mon, 10 Jun 2013 14:01:59 -0400, Felix Miata wrote:
Disable the screensaver and run "xset -dpms" if disabling the screensaver is not sufficient.
Or set and forget via configfile:
Option "DPMS" "off"
The thing is, I don't want that to be permanent in my case - I want the screen to blank when I'm not in front of it. So I've also created a shell script that re-enables it and locks the screen for me (though I'd sure like it to be more intelligent than it is at present). Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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Is there any way to configure openSUSE to behave in a similar manner as Windows.
This depends on what video application you use, and what desktop. For instance, xine may trick the system by emulating a key press every while. IIRC, it is blq.num toggle. Some desktops have a normal mode and a presentation mode. - -- Cheers / Saludos, Carlos E. R. (from 12.3 x86_64 "Dartmouth" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.19 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iEYEARECAAYFAlG4UwcACgkQIvFNjefEBxqabACgkbGldUtwLDxv/p88P2754S3/ dQQAnA6kupC1zqJvuM0f6KI50L5k9WxI =26+U -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org
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