Archive: Screen Saver
klowndes
18th June 2005 14:43 UTC
Screen Saver
Searched the forums but couldn't find an answer---
Is it possible to deactivate the screen saver/power save options when AVS is running full screen? Its just annoying that it goes off every 5 minutes.
Thanks
Ryan
Tuggummi
18th June 2005 16:13 UTC
Why not just disable the screensaver alltogether? :igor:
^..^
18th June 2005 16:52 UTC
with other words: no it is not possible to only disable suspend-mode and screensaver when avs is in fullscreen. Sorry.
But i also recommend you to deactivate the whole screensaver and power-mode stuff. Avs works pretty well as my default 'screensaver'! ;)
klowndes
18th June 2005 17:01 UTC
Oh well. I definitely have some programs that disable the screen saver (windows media player) while they're running. Maybe this is a feature that can be implemented in an updated version?
hboy
19th June 2005 16:58 UTC
why use screen saver and monitor auto off anyway? screen saver just consumes system power, and you can turn off your monitor if you leave the computer.
TomyLobo
20th June 2005 14:09 UTC
i think auto power off is useful if configured right.
it's not like we're on win3x where you're sometimes interrupted while working ^^
i should have turned it on on my old computer earlier, before the monitor got too dark to see anything ^^ i regularly forgot to turn it off. sometimes i even left it on for whole weekends :D
NemoOrange
16th July 2005 16:48 UTC
You guys are nerds.
I'll tell you why you should AVS as a screen saver: Because it looks cool! I've always thought that a AVS-screen saver would be a great idea, as many screen savers aren't quite as visually appealing as some AVS presets are. Perhaps this could be added with the open source project?
Yathosho
16th July 2005 19:36 UTC
/me agrees with nemo
again instead of providing a simple answer you point to things the user is not interested in. would be nice indeed to have this feature, so if a user still *wants* to enable/disable a screensaver he don't has to go through the annoying procedure whenever using avs.
net-cruizer
16th July 2005 20:44 UTC
It's kinda funny how people always say not to use a screensaver seeing is that they're not needed no longer.
When really, the point of a screensaver nowadays, is so that when not doing something on the computer, there's something interesting to look at than a boring desktop, or so that when not in use, you don't have to see the desktop period. Or maybe even so that when a person is sleeping, and their computer is in their room, the monitor may end up not producing so much lite if any at all.
I don't like my monitors to actually turn off, nor do I really use a screensaver, my comps are set to show a BLANK screen, so that when not in use, it looks off.
So yeah, it really would be handy if AVS disabled the screensaver or monitor off functions.
Warrior of the Light
16th July 2005 23:04 UTC
I like the idea of having AVS as screen saver.
One issue though..
- Screen savers are only used to have something to look at while your pc is in powersave mode. (that's the whole idea, right?)
- AVS uses 100% of your CPU (as it is now), and I don't have to explain that that's not a way to save power..
Yathosho
17th July 2005 02:35 UTC
Originally posted by Warrior of the Lightthat wasnt the original topic :p
I like the idea of having AVS as screen saver.
Originally posted by Warrior of the Lightthere's might be exceptions, but when my (blank) screensaver is running, i usually don't listen to music. however, i can imagine a lot of people would find out that avs existed when they saw it running as screensaver ;)
- Screen savers are only used to have something to look at while your pc is in powersave mode. (that's the whole idea, right?)
- AVS uses 100% of your CPU (as it is now), and I don't have to explain that that's not a way to save power..
Tuggummi
17th July 2005 06:35 UTC
Quote:
Originally posted by UnConeD Not to mention the fact that screensavers are useless... who the heck wants to have pretty stuff on their screen when they're not there to watch it? :P I guess it's one of those things for in the workplace, so fellow collegues can 'oooooh' and 'aaaah' at your l33t screensaver downloading skills :p. Just use powersave mode if you really want to save your screen... |
AVB100
29th July 2009 17:38 UTC
I would also like the ability to disable the power save features during playback. I am currently using an LCD TV as my monitor and speakers, and if the power save kicks in, the sound goes away, too. Not a big problem, since I can just set up my real speaker system after I move again, but it is kind of annoying in this temporary setup.
Warrior of the Light
29th July 2009 19:01 UTC
There might be a plugin to supend the powersave mode while playing music (regardless the visualization being on or off). Try asking in the Winamp Tech support (not the AVS troubleshooting) forum.
jheriko
30th July 2009 13:28 UTC
You can nudge the mouse with some simple code to prevent this stuff... I did have an Excel spreadsheet that did the job.
The key is using the GetCursorPos and SetCursorPos API calls to nudge it by one pixel then move it immediately back.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms648390(VS.85).aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms648394(VS.85).aspx
This might be a bit difficult for the non-programmer, but this is a 10 minute code job with VB/VBA/.NET etc if you are familiar with how to setup API calls.
Yathosho
30th July 2009 22:56 UTC
let me mention this just once: avs already turns off the screensaver when running in fullscreen. thought it has to do with the winamp video options, but it doesn't.
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