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BUZZIN_NICE 06-14-2009 05:35 PM

temp disable screensaver whilst video playing
 
not sure if this is a bug or a windows feature but the other day i was playing a video file on my father's pc and i was quite annoyed that the screensaver popped up whilst i was hoping to watch the video uninterrupted. the problem was when i exited the screensaver the video wasnt playing correctly i had to close window media player and start it again.

anychance that there could be a feature included to disable screensaver on videos being played?

regards


buzzin

Jim Sachs 06-14-2009 05:53 PM

I don't know how I could tell that a video is playing.

feldon34 06-14-2009 06:12 PM

Pretty sure Windows won't let an app override the screen saver time limit.

Dale 06-14-2009 07:17 PM

Absolutely sure that the same Screensaver behavior would occur, if you used one of the built-in Windows Screensavers. (In other words, that's a Windows Feature).

Messing up video play might or might not be an artifact of MA3, with your system and your drivers.

BUZZIN_NICE 06-15-2009 10:44 AM

damn thats such a shame because its only now that it has dawned on me - it seems an obvious problem - not with your software but in windows itself. Anyone else get annoyed with this too or is it just me?

patscarr 06-15-2009 02:27 PM

I watch movies in full screen on my PC all the time and the "Stars" screensaver never interupts. It might be the viewer you use. I use Media Player Classic.

Mikey242 06-15-2009 03:44 PM

It's definitely down to the player. I have used many that have the option to disable screensaver when video is playing.

BUZZIN_NICE 06-15-2009 06:30 PM

Argh yes good idea guys, it could be the settings of windows media player from this windows 7 beta. I'll have a look and then update the thread. Thanks guys.


Buzzin

BUZZIN_NICE 06-15-2009 06:38 PM

ok guys i've just checked and in the windows media player settings there is a player tab that hold an option for allowing the screensaver to operate during playback, however, this option is not ticked??? so the screensaver should not be coming on.

its probably buggy windows software with it still being beta, anyone else able to test this?


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