[mythtv-users] Debian/Gnome Screensaver

[Jongi]

On Thu, 2009-04-02 at 11:34 -0400, Michael T. Dean wrote:

> On 04/01/2009 05:50 PM, Jongi wrote:
> > Why does my MythTV not treat a video playing under mplayer as a signal
> > not to start the screensaver?
> 
> Because that's MPlayer's job.  MythTV /never/ starts the screensaver--it 
> only tells it when not to activate.
> 
> If you start the screensaver, Myth will tell the screensaver, "I'm busy 
> now, so don't activate."  When Myth is no longer busy, it stops telling 
> the screensaver that it's busy, so the screensaver can /choose/ to 
> activate when it wants (according to the settings you've specified in 
> the screensaver program).  MPlayer should do the same (and does on my 
> system).
> 
> Mike
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That's interesting. I'll troll through the mplayer settings to see what
might be causing this.
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