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xine-lib package

  1. Bug #216939
  2. Comment #11

Comment 11 for bug 216939

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And Clover (bobince) wrote :

Same happens for me in totem-gstreamer 2.26.1-0ubuntu5 (Jaunty amd64). It's not xine-lib.

The effect that made me notice was that in XUL-based apps (Firefox, Thunderbird), pressing Alt causes any open menus to close. So while Totem is playing, any Firefox menus will spontaneously close every 30 seconds of playtime. Minor but irritating.

Under further investigation: the problem is caused by Totem attempting to disable the screensaver. If you go to Edit/Preferences/Display and tick 'Allow the screensaver to activate even when audio-only is playing', then Firefox menus only close every 30 seconds when you're playing video. If this option is not ticked, the menus will close every 30 seconds when you're playing only audio, as well.

It would seem Totem's method of subverting the screensaver is to simulate a press of the Alt key. There must be a better solution (fewer side effects) than this, surely?