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Monitor wont sleep while VLC is in use

Postby diab-o » 11 Jul 2007 04:19

I have my monitor set to shut off after two hours. Every night before i go to bed i play a video through VLC, but when i run it, the monitor never shuts off. It will shut off if VLC is not open and if i am running a different video player. Is there any way around this?

Windows XP Professional SP2
VLC Media Player 0.8.6b

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Re: Monitor wont sleep while VLC is in use

Postby diab-o » 12 Jul 2007 01:12

anyone?

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Re: Monitor wont sleep while VLC is in use

Postby DJ » 12 Jul 2007 07:38

Try shutting off the screen saver option. Disable screensaver in Preferences, Video.

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Re: Monitor wont sleep while VLC is in use

Postby diab-o » 12 Jul 2007 10:18

Do not see a screensaver option.

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Re: Monitor wont sleep while VLC is in use

Postby CloudStalker » 12 Jul 2007 18:09

Select VLC media player and go to Preferences > Video > (check the "Advanced option" box) "Disable screensaver".

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Re: Monitor wont sleep while VLC is in use

Postby diab-o » 13 Jul 2007 01:52

Excellent! Thank you very much!


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