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Disable screensaver during music playback - fungify - 2012-03-14

(Original thread here: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=125524)

I use the Slideshow screensaver to display my pictures when XBMC aren't used - and this works perfectly as intended. When XBMC aren't accessed for the desired duration, my pictures start displaying. And when I play music, XBMC displays the music fanart in the background with Now Playing information. This is also what I really like.

Now - the problem is, that after the music have played for some time, the screensaver kicks in, and the fanart is no longer displayed. Instead I get the Slideshow screensaver with a smaller Now Playing information.

Is there any way to disable this behavior?

FFY

RE: Disable screensaver during music playback - TrentSe7en - 2013-11-05

Bumpity

Did you ever find a solution to thisHuh

RE: Disable screensaver during music playback - BigNoid - 2013-11-05

you can toggle that setting in the appearance-->screensaver section.

RE: Disable screensaver during music playback - overseer - 2013-11-24

(2013-11-05, 11:51)BigNoid Wrote: you can toggle that setting in the appearance-->screensaver section.

Really? I can't seem to find that option.

I'm looking to find a solution for the exactly issue OP is having. Haven't found it yet.

RE: Disable screensaver during music playback - BigNoid - 2013-11-24

(2013-11-24, 00:35)overseer Wrote:
(2013-11-05, 11:51)BigNoid Wrote: you can toggle that setting in the appearance-->screensaver section.

Really? I can't seem to find that option.

I'm looking to find a solution for the exactly issue OP is having. Haven't found it yet.

Really?
Settings/System -->Appearance--> "Use visualization if playing audio"

RE: Disable screensaver during music playback - antisuck - 2013-11-24

(2013-11-24, 06:01)BigNoid Wrote:
(2013-11-24, 00:35)overseer Wrote:
(2013-11-05, 11:51)BigNoid Wrote: you can toggle that setting in the appearance-->screensaver section.

Really? I can't seem to find that option.

I'm looking to find a solution for the exactly issue OP is having. Haven't found it yet.

Really?
Settings/System -->Appearance--> "Use visualization if playing audio"
I was thinking about the same issue recently and played with this setting - my conclusion was that the extrafanart slideshow built into Nox isn't actually a visualization, so this setting has no effect on it. In order for the extrafanart slideshow to be displayed properly one would normally set the visualization to "none", and the logic of the setting in question acts like it's testing for a non-zero visualization before overriding the screensaver.

RE: Disable screensaver during music playback - overseer - 2013-11-25

(2013-11-24, 11:19)antisuck Wrote:
(2013-11-24, 06:01)BigNoid Wrote:
(2013-11-24, 00:35)overseer Wrote: Really? I can't seem to find that option.

I'm looking to find a solution for the exactly issue OP is having. Haven't found it yet.

Really?
Settings/System -->Appearance--> "Use visualization if playing audio"
I was thinking about the same issue recently and played with this setting - my conclusion was that the extrafanart slideshow built into Nox isn't actually a visualization, so this setting has no effect on it. In order for the extrafanart slideshow to be displayed properly one would normally set the visualization to "none", and the logic of the setting in question acts like it's testing for a non-zero visualization before overriding the screensaver.

That sounds about right.

RE: Disable screensaver during music playback - ben.page - 2014-09-05

So... What's the solution then?

RE: Disable screensaver during music playback - huzz456 - 2014-10-08

Id like to know this too, turning on 'Use visualization if playing audio" doesn't work......

RE: Disable screensaver during music playback - 949BFN - 2014-11-01

Anyone with a solution for this issue, please?

RE: Disable screensaver during music playback - grendizer - 2015-08-12

I would be interested by a solution too.
One should be able to choose after how many minutes the screensaver replaces the photos displayed by the "Artist Slideshow" plugin...
Does this depend on Kodi or on the "Artist Slideshow" plugin?

RE: Disable screensaver during music playback - mikeSiLVO - 2015-08-12

(2015-08-12, 01:16)grendizer Wrote: I would be interested by a solution too.
One should be able to choose after how many minutes the screensaver replaces the photos displayed by the "Artist Slideshow" plugin...
Does this depend on Kodi or on the "Artist Slideshow" plugin?

In my skin I wanted the screeensaver available everywhere but when playing music fullscreen so I added an option to hide the visualization behind the fanart and then you just enable the Kodi "Use visualization if playing audio" setting and the screensaver should never activate.

RE: Disable screensaver during music playback - Robotica - 2015-08-12

As long as music is playing, screensaver shouldn't kick in. So sounds like a bug to me.

RE: Disable screensaver during music playback - grendizer - 2015-08-16

Thanks guys but the problem is that the Artist Slideshow plugin IS NOT a screensaver...
So how do I add the option to hide the visualization behind the fanart ?
Yes it is true, as long as music is playing, the screensaver should not kick in... strange!

RE: Disable screensaver during music playback - mikeSiLVO - 2015-08-16

(2015-08-16, 00:32)grendizer Wrote: Thanks guys but the problem is that the Artist Slideshow plugin IS NOT a screensaver...
So how do I add the option to hide the visualization behind the fanart ?
Yes it is true, as long as music is playing, the screensaver should not kick in... strange!

Try my skin out and see if it works for you cause it will do what you want if you activate the setting.

The other side of this is:
What about those that want the screensaver to kick in during music playback and still have access to artist slideshow?
They would not be able to use it that way...

It is hard to see this as a bug cause it functions correctly in terms of saving a screen from things like burn-in, which is IMHO the purpose of a screensaver.