when paused it should not inhibit the screensaver

[Nicolò Chieffo]

Binary package hint: vlc

When a video is open and paused vlc still inhibits the screensaver.
The screensaver should be inhibited only when playing the video.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.10
Package: vlc 1.0.6-1ubuntu1.1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.34-5.13-generic 2.6.34
Uname: Linux 2.6.34-5-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Fri Jun 4 17:00:54 2010
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS "Lucid Lynx" - Release amd64 (20100429)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_US:en
 PATH=(custom, user)
 LANG=it_IT.utf8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: vlc

[Michele Roviello (micheleroviello)]

I have the same problem with VLC 1.1.0 and Ubuntu lucid.

[Pavlo Bohmat (bohm)]

vlc (1.3.0~~git20120107+r1099-0~r54~precise1) does not stop (never) xscreensaver (always active) in fluxbox...

[Volodya (volodya)]

On this one i would say that it's not a bug it's a feature. Paused video is still "playing" technically, so the screen saver should not activate.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont (rdenis)]

Triaged. Patch welcome upstream.

[Andrew McCarthy (andrewmccarthy)]

Note: similar, but not identical, to bug #986785 ("vlc keeps inhibiting the screensaver").

[abandonedaccount (emanuelczirai-deactivatedaccount)]

There's a module that takes care of this but requires recompiling vlc I guess:
https://github.com/jjk-jacky/abs/blob/726bba27c787339f331ae92380119281f20f4ff6/vlc-jjk/0001-Add-dpms-module-to-switch-it-off-while-playing.patch
(requires disabling screensaver and power management in Preferences, because it handles them instead)

But if you want another variant(if the above isn't what you want for some reason), then this is what I am using now (for vlc-git): https://github.com/emanueLczirai/coostomhuston/blob/c3b3108cd1fba34ac8e0056f38eb8024261439fb/system/lenovo%20z575/OS/manjaro/filesystem%20now/home/emacs/build/vlc-git/0001_allow_screensaver_and_power_management_while_video_is_paused.patch
(this variant doesn't require you changing any vlc settings; although it's a hacky way of implementing this feature AND it "forces" vlc to use xdg-screensaver to inhibit screensaver and powermanagement from triggering during playback; the other way vlc would use is dbus to inhibit...)

Both work for me btw; Result: vlc doesn't let screensaver, screen blanking, power management trigger while video(or audio) is playing, but allows them to kick in while the video is paused.

Hope this helps someone somehow.

Cheers,
EmanueL

PS: don't kill me? :)

PS2: relevant thread of people asking for this feature: https://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=100211

[Plurtu (plurtu)]

It also shouldn't inhibit the screensaver when the window is minimized (like Firefox with HTML5 video).

[Sebastian Ramacher (s-ramacher)]

Fixed in 3.0

[Volodya (volodya)]

Sad. So many real bugs aren't fixed, but this "bug" will soon be no more.

[Attila Lendvai (attila-lendvai)]

yes, it's not a bug, but a serious security issue.

thanks for fixing it finally!