[mythtv-users] Mplayer conf file and xscreensaver when playing videos

[Paul Bender]

Phill Edwards wrote:
> I'm playing some .flv video streams and have a line in the
> mplayer.conf file to turn off xscreensaver, but it doesn't seem to be
> working.
> 
> Here's the line in the video file types setup screen:
>     mplayer -include /home/mythtv/.mplayer/mplayer.flv.conf -playlist %s
> 
> And here's my mplayer.flv.conf file:
>     af=volume=-11:0
>     vo=xv
>     xy=2
>     stop-xscreensaver=yes
>     nojoystick=yes
>     nolirc=true
>     osdlevel=3
>     vf=expand=0:-60: : : : :
> 
> Any ideas why the stop-xscreensaver line isn't working? Is there
> something within MythTV that might be conflicting?

Try using MPlayer's -hearbeat-cmd 
command(<http://www.mplayerhq.hu/DOCS/man/en/mplayer.1.html>) instead.