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