Plugin with external player, how to tell MP to not run Screensasver? (1 Viewer)

[MightyPolo]

Hi.
My plugin uses external player.
Now some users reported, that when they are watching movie, MPs screensaver is run.

I have done some research and find out that using SetThreadExecutionState prohibits screensaver starting (tested on win7).
But when MP is running, its screensaver is runned anyway.

Is there a way to tell MP not to lunch screensaver?
I have noticed g_Player but this can be only used for reading. Iam able to stop playing video using it.
Is there a way, I can say MP that external player is used so that screensaver wount popup?

Thank you.

p.
p.s. External player is needed, because netflix player is showed in it. I had problems disposing WebBrowser object because of SilverLight, which I think would impact whole MPs stability.

 

[geoffstewart]

I was browsing the source for MP online. The MediaPortal.cs file has a section that might be useful:

      if (_useScreenSaver)
      {
        if ((GUIGraphicsContext.IsFullScreenVideo && g_Player.Paused == false) || GUIWindowManager.ActiveWindow == (int)GUIWindow.Window.WINDOW_SLIDESHOW || GUIWindowManager.ActiveWindow == _idlePluginWindowId)
        {
          GUIGraphicsContext.ResetLastActivity();
        }
        if (!GUIGraphicsContext.BlankScreen && !Windowed)
        {
          TimeSpan ts = DateTime.Now - GUIGraphicsContext.LastActivity;
          if (ts.TotalSeconds >= _timeScreenSaver)
          {
            if (_useIdleblankScreen)
            {
              if (!GUIGraphicsContext.BlankScreen)
              {
                Log.Debug("Main: Idle timer is blanking the screen after {0} seconds of inactivity", ts.TotalSeconds.ToString("n0"));
              }
              GUIGraphicsContext.BlankScreen = true;
            }
            else if (_useIdlePluginScreen)
            {
              if (_idlePluginWindowId != 0)
              {
                if (!_idlePluginActive)
                {
                  _idlePluginActive = true;
                  Log.Debug("Main: Idle timer is setting the screensaver application after {0} seconds of inactivity", ts.TotalSeconds.ToString("n0"));
                  GUIWindowManager.ActivateWindow(_idlePluginWindowId);

                }
              }
              else...

It seems you might be able to use the IExternalPlayer to register the player as a valid player. Then when you get your player from the player factory and trigger a play, MP will know that the g_Player is actually playing....

Seems complicated

Thanks for asking, anyway