mplayer and gnome screensaver

shak · 2010-06-10 08:54:39

Hi guys !

I haven't found a solution about this problem yet and i'm disappointed because mplayer is a great video player, imo the best for linux . I don't understand with mplayer doesn't implemented

this feature . Isn't something essential for video players ?

The issue with the screensaver is very annoying . I have tried to put the command heartbeat-cmd="gnome-screensaver-command -p"

in the config of mplayer but it doesn't seem to work . Is there any easy way without using scripts to disable it while using mplayer ?

I don't want to use totem because i'm havng issue with avi files , after some time playng a movie everything and frames become slower and i have to click again on the progress bar for the

movie to continue playing with normal rate .

Thanks for your help !

kazuo · 2010-06-10 09:15:40

mplayer implement it (-stop-xscreensaver), your screensaver don't implement it, so you are directing you disappointment to the wrong program.

And if you are disappointed, ask your money back.

But, if you are really disappointed not only bitching around, why not write the needed code? In this case to the gnome-screensaver.

EDIT http://xkcd.com/196/

EDIT2 and are you sure its dont work? https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=552209

EDIT3 to make sure of my point (I dont need it, because you already googled and know all I has said including the solutions of your problems, because its discussed a lot) If a program dont work, you fix it, you dont change all the others programs to work around the problem of it.

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SanskritFritz · 2010-06-10 10:00:37

.mplayer/config

[default]
heartbeat-cmd="qdbus org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver /ScreenSaver org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver.SimulateUserActivity"

shak · 2010-06-10 13:54:27

It doesn't seem to work ! The screensaver appears and the screen becomes black . But thanks for your help

wonder · 2010-06-10 14:10:11

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 27#p632727

based on those and watching dbus-monitor. both are equal

heartbeat-cmd="gnome-screensaver-command -p"
or
heartbeat-cmd="dbus-send --session --dest=org.gnome.ScreenSaver --type=method_call /org/gnome/ScreenSaver org.gnome.ScreenSaver.SimulateUserActivity"

Last edited by wonder (2010-06-10 14:41:37)

drcouzelis · 2010-06-10 15:48:24

I use GNOME and mplayer too. I remember having this problem. But maybe you will like my solution.

I disabled GNOME screensaver. I setup X to turn off the monitor after 10 minutes of inactivity ("DPMS"), and mplayer works correctly with DPMS just fine.

It's been a good setup for me. I don't need to watch a screensaver. I'd rather just save some electricity.

shak · 2010-06-10 15:56:27

Thanks for your suggestion drcouzelis , i'' try it out . Do i need any additional settings in mplayer config file ?

rent0n · 2010-06-10 16:12:57

You might want to try out caffeine: it inhibits all sort of screensavers / screen blankings when activated.
Check this topic to know how to start and stop caffeine together with mplayer: it works pefectly!

Cheers,

Last edited by rent0n (2010-06-10 16:14:00)

shak · 2010-06-10 21:46:02

Thanks for your suggestion but i think the suggestion of drcouzelis seems easier

But it seems the DPMS doesn't work . I have set the offtime in xorg and dpms but it doesn't work . What might be the issue ?

stqn · 2010-06-11 00:55:23

Does it work with xset? Here's what I'm running in ~/.xinitrc:

xset s off dpms 0 0 240

(to switch the screen off after 4 minutes.)

Gruntz · 2010-06-11 14:52:02

I had the same problem, but I found a solution for myself. That is what I added to my ~./mplayer/config:

stop-xscreensaver=1

and now my screensaver is not starting while I play a movie.

Hope that will help.

shak · 2010-06-12 11:03:12

This is for xscreensaver but for gnome screensaver it's doesn't work . I'll just use totem or mplayer with disabled screensaver . Thanks again

Nepherte · 2010-06-12 13:02:11

I have gnome-screensaver and mplayer doesn't turn on when playing a file with mplayer. All I have is:

stop-xscreensaver=yes

in ~/.mplayer/config

peja · 2010-10-17 18:38:39

Small hack that works with the gnome-screensaver, is to send key events periodically (for example the Ctrl key).

This could be achieved by invoking mplayer with:

mplayer -heartbeat-cmd "xdotool key ctrl"

Or by adding the line to a configuration file:

heartbeat-cmd="xdotool key ctrl"

You would need to install the xdotool package.

graysky · 2010-10-17 20:51:22

Did nepherte's suggestion work for you?

wonder · 2010-10-17 21:08:40

you don't have to add any fixes for mplayer to disable gnome-screemsaver.

in 2.30.2 has been enabled the mit-ext extension and mplayer is using that

peja · 2010-10-17 21:55:41

wonder wrote:

you don't have to add any fixes for mplayer to disable gnome-screemsaver.
in 2.30.2 has been enabled the mit-ext extension and mplayer is using that

You are right. Mplayer's -stop-xscreensaver option works properly with gnome-screensaver.

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