Comment 2 for bug 1019878

Same problem happen in Mint 15 (32/64-bit), MATE edition.

VLC itself hasn't any control which would allow to disable the screen saver/power management whem movie is played. Seems as regression to me because VLC in older Ubuntu/Mint versions had one

http://askubuntu.com/questions/69615/how-do-i-stop-the-screensaver-from-coming-on-during-vlc-movie-watching