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I am running Sickbeard and SABnzbd on my desktop computer which means it stays on 24/7. I love the feature in Sickbeard where it automatically updates XBMC's library after an episode is downloaded. Being that the desktop computer is already on 24/7 and the XBMC boxes around the house are in S3 suspend when not being used, it seemed to make sense to keep an instance of XBMC running on my desktop just so Sickbeard can update my library.
The problem is that it seems that when XBMC is running, Windows 7's power management won't shut off my dual monitors after the amount of time I have specified. If I close XBMC, Windows 7 shuts them off after the specified time. I tried this 3 times both ways and the results were always the same. Has anyone else noticed this and/or does anyone have some advice how to work around this?
Yes, I know I can manually power them off, but I'd rather it be automatic because I am not the only one who uses the computer and the others don't always remember to turn them off.
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Run in a fullscreen window (or windowed) and keep it in the background?
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I've tried running it in a minimized window and completely minimized to the taskbar and neither solved the problem. A maximized window wouldn't behave any differently would it? (At work right now. Can't test)
I've read about people complaining that windows will shut off the monitor while they are watching a video because it doesn't detect that as activity. What is it about XBMC that keeps the monitor(s) from shutting off?
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2012-04-09, 14:23
(This post was last modified: 2012-04-09, 16:05 by RockDawg.)
It dawned on me that I could do some testing if I installed XBMC on my laptop here at work. So I did that and I can verify from my testing that Windows power management will not shut off the monitor if XBMC is running. No matter if it's fullscreen, minimized fullscreen, minimized, or minimized to taskbar. What's odd though, is that Windows will suspend after a period of inactivity with XBMC running. What's the difference?
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XBMC has its own setting for putting the display to sleep when idle. Have you looked at that?
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I can't even write a script let alone a patch.
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Why does XBMC need to be in fullscreen for it's monitor shut off to work and even so, why does XBMC keep Windows' power management from working when it isn't in fullscreen?
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Would you want XBMC running in a window to go idle and shutdown your PC or turn off the monitors while you are doing something else in another window?
Preventing windows power management when it isn't fullscreen surely doesn't sound right though. I know you said you tested it, but I will try to replicate this as well.
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Can anyone in the know explain if this is a feature or a bug?
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File it as a bug report. the developers will then see it and decide.