[mythtv-users] Smart screensaving and MythTV

[David Brodbeck]

On Feb 15, 2008, at 2:54 PM, Anduin Withers wrote:

>> I have been poking around the archive looking for a way to disable  
>> the
>> screensaver while the MythTV Frontend is in use.  The only post I  
>> have
>> found (below), that has not been subsequently shot down, is one that
>> disables the screensaver if MythFrontend uses more than 10% of the
>> CPU.  The post is from 2004, so things may have changed and this may
>> no longer be the correct number, or even a viable option.  Can anyone
>> speak to this (or any) solution?
>
> For xscreensaver and DPMS it should just work

Just FYI, it "just works" for the internal player, but if you're  
playing videos with an external player the screen saver will still  
kick in.