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#1 2008-12-15 14:40:24

alessandro_ufms
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From: Campo Grande, MS - Brazil
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MPlayer/SMPlayer don't disable screensaver on Gnome

I've been install last mplayer/smplayer from repos. I have been checked the option to disable the screensaver but Mplayer/SMplayer don't do so. The version installed:
SMPlayer v. 0.6.5.1 (SVN r2237)
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.3.2

On the terminal appears this:
Debug: [11:34:16] MplayerProcess::parseLine: 'xscreensaver_disable: Could not find XScreenSaver window.'

Any ideas?

Last edited by alessandro_ufms (2008-12-15 14:41:01)

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#2 2008-12-15 17:28:32

xaiviax
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Re: MPlayer/SMPlayer don't disable screensaver on Gnome

There are and have been numerous bug reports about this in all the major distros.  If you search, you can find all kinds of hacks and possible solutions for this, myself I just disable the screensaver.  Here's 1 link for you:  http://smplayer.berlios.de/forums/viewtopic.php?id=329

Edit:  This is more a "gnome and let's make a zillion different types of changing screensaver protocols" than a mplayer issue.

Last edited by xaiviax (2008-12-15 17:31:05)

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#3 2008-12-15 18:08:08

dolby
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Re: MPlayer/SMPlayer don't disable screensaver on Gnome

Use gnome-player. Mplayer used to have a patch to disable it but it got removed cause it was rejected upstream. You can probably still find it in SVN if you wanna build your own package.

Last edited by dolby (2008-12-15 18:08:47)


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#4 2008-12-15 18:09:43

skottish
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Re: MPlayer/SMPlayer don't disable screensaver on Gnome

dolby wrote:

Use gnome-player. Mplayer used to have a patch to disable it but it got removed cause it was rejected upstream. You can probably still find it in SVN if you wanna build your own package.

+1. gnome-mplayer with gecko-mediaplayer for the web plug-in.

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#5 2008-12-15 22:41:15

Allan
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Re: MPlayer/SMPlayer don't disable screensaver on Gnome

Or you can add

heartbeat-cmd="gnome-screensaver-command -p"

to ~/.mplayer/config.  Although I think that only works with newer svn snapshots than the package in extra....

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#6 2008-12-15 23:43:56

seenxu
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Re: MPlayer/SMPlayer don't disable screensaver on Gnome

running xscreensave as a background process, and let it to give you a decent power control.

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#7 2008-12-15 23:50:32

alessandro_ufms
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From: Campo Grande, MS - Brazil
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Re: MPlayer/SMPlayer don't disable screensaver on Gnome

I've been try add heartbeat-cmd to mplayer config, but unfortunately don't work on the version on repos. I tried play on gnome-mplayer and the disable screensaver works. Thank you for your replies. smile

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