Monitor shuts down after 10 minutes of inactivity (1 Viewer)

[mfalk]

Hi All

I will look at it in this week, and hopefully we can get it up and running

br
Michael

 

[patricon]

cool

 

[MPUserFromGER]

mfalk: Great that you're back

When you are analyzing this please keep in mind that for me, the Windows screen saver did work in the MyRadio and MyMusic module of MP even without your plugin until a few (maybe 10) weeks ago... Since then, I could not get it to work any more. So maybe the problem is not your plugin but maybe the power scheduler of TVE3 and/or MP...

 

[MPUserFromGER]

mfalk: Is there any update on this?

 

[mfalk]

Hi All

I just looked at the code again, and i'm only implementing IPlugin and ISetupForm so as far as i can see, it is a process plugin only, and should not display the menuitem.

Regarding that it is not working for radio and music is also pretty strange. The code is pretty straightforward. I'm adding handlers for the MediaPortal.Player.g_Player.PlayBackStarted,MediaPortal.Player.g_Player.PlayBackEnded and MediaPortal.Player.g_Player.PlayBackStopped.

In the PlayBackStarted i'm just checking the type:

Select Case type
Case MediaPortal.Player.g_Player.MediaType.Music
blnDisableThisType = blnMusic
Case MediaPortal.Player.g_Player.MediaType.Radio
blnDisableThisType = blnRadio
Case MediaPortal.Player.g_Player.MediaType.Recording
blnDisableThisType = blnRecording
Case MediaPortal.Player.g_Player.MediaType.TV
blnDisableThisType = blnTV
Case MediaPortal.Player.g_Player.MediaType.Video
blnDisableThisType = blnVideo
End Select

(Yes it is actually written in vb.net)

Does anybody have any idea why this should not work?

 

[patricon]

May be that MPUserFromGER is using a external player in mp... about the menu entry, may be that you should start a new thread into plugins development to get help from mp devs, it should be an easy task to remove the menu entry from plugins list in mp main GUI, but i don't know how... For me, the plugin works great, with the exception of the ugly entry into plugin menu...

thanks, keep up the good work...

 

[MPUserFromGER]

Hi,

I am not using an external player but the internal BASS player.
What happens in my setup is that after the windows screensaver timeout, the screen goes black for a few ms and then comes back on right away.

Do you have any option in the MP general setup enabled such as "Turn screen black when MP is idle"? Also, I am using single seat. And you?

 

[patricon]

I'm not using any option like that. My only problem is when coming back from screensaver, the screensaver image keeps freezed in the screen and mp doesn't come back... it's extrange because if i launch the same screensaver from My programs (i've created a shortcut to launch it) it works fine...

MPUserFromGER may be that another plugin/process/app is stopping the screensaver for being launched. Try disabling all other plugins in MP configuration and see what happens... Also be sure that mouse is not sending any movement that closes the screensaver...

regards,

 

[MPUserFromGER]

patricon and mfalk:
I have deactivated all plugin in MP setup and there was no change. After 5 minutes the screen turns black for a few ms and then comes back right away.

Also, if I close MediaPortal, the Windows screen saver works as expected, so the mouse is no issue.

What elese can I try to find out, what triggers the screen saver to be disabled again?

 

[patricon]

You can also try to disable mfalk's plugin, and use windows screensaver normally in MP and see what happens (if it's launched normally into MP or not... if it happens the same (it shows for a few seconds and then closes) then the problem is not with mfalk's plugin... i hope this helps you a bit...

regards,