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2008-04-15, 02:23
Anyone been able to get this feature working?
Trying it on my iMac with full screen 1920 x 1080 and screen blanking enabled.
iMac however never blanks the screen. Something I am missing?
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elan
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Screen blanking is intended to blank *other* screens. It sounds like what you're looking for is display sleeping, which is coming in the next version.
Please let me know if I'm misreading your report.
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Yeah, the idea is when watching a video on one display, other displays are blanked (I'm not sure if they eventually power down). You should be able to test things with the "\" key to switch back and forth between full-screen and windowed modes. Try this with display blanking enabled and then disabled. If it doesn't work as advertised please file a detailed bug.
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works for me...
but as i mentioned in the comments on your blog....we need a hotkey for this. too many times am i watching something on the external TV, and i realize i need to check a file / download / email on the imac. I dont want to exit fullscreen and piss of the viewers, and i dont want to stop the program. just an easy button to enable/disable the blanking so i can have quick access for a short moment, before i go on to eating popcorn in pleasure.
also..lol..i thought i was the only one with the fire hazard with sweaters over my imac.
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Well not sure what the problem was earlier, but after a clean install the feature is working perfectly!
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After a restart of osxbmc, it worked for me.