Reseting the Display Idle Timer

[babgvant]

Is there a setting in Sage or SageMC to have it reset the display idle timer during playback?

I'm having an issue where the display turns off immediately after playback ends, if the video is longer than the "turn the display off after" setting in windows.

[babgvant]

Is there a way to configure Sage or SageMC to reset the display idle timer? I'm having an issue where the screen blanks immediately after playback stops.

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[Opus4]

Have you tried a default setup, or are you just using SageMC? (Anything mentioning use of a customization will be removed from the SageTV Software forum section because there are too many variables to consider.)

- Andy

[babgvant]

Thanks for letting me know about the customization thing. I thought I must have forgotten to hit submit yesterday

I don't remember if the issue existed before installing SageMC.

Given the nature of the issue, it probably is an issue with Sage running on Vista and not a behaviour introduced by SageMC. I had to fix it myself when running Windows Media Center, which has the same behaviour.

For SageMC to cause the problem they would have to call SetThreadExecutionState (ES_CONTINUOUS), then somehow stop Sage's calls to SetThreadExecutionState (ES_DISPLAY_REQUIRED) from taking effect (which I don't think is possible).

[Opus4]

The only thing I can suggest is to try the default setup w/o any customizations. If you continue to have issues wth SageTV's screen saver timeout settings & its interaction with Windows's power savings settings, then you could try contacting support. Lots of people contact them about customization issues & one of the first things they will check is the use of a customization, so it will save you some time to cover that aspect first.

- Andy

[bluenote]

I'm having this problem too, and I'm using SageMC, but I've only started using power saving again, so I don't know if its related or not (if I have to, I'll revert to the basic STV and test).

Anyone else with experience with this? I'm running vista as well.

Cory

[babgvant]

I ended up having the issue w/ the default STV as well so I added code to my lcd writing application to reset the idle timer during playback.

[bluenote]

Thanks for the response babgvant.

This is annoying enough that I'm willing to install studio and see if I can figure out how to get sage to make the windows call on a remote press (which is silly that it doesn't, IMO, if you are going to support power options in the app then they should be complete)

I took a look at your LCD app but it seems to be a standalone , and since I don't have an LCD I'm guessing it wouldn't run for me as a solution to solve this problem. Do you have any pointers?

thanks

Cory

[babgvant]

The lcd application should work for anyone by selecting the nullwriter instead of the writer that works for lpt based displays.

[bluenote]

Hey thanks for the response

I installed the vista version under vista, but when I try to select writer, it just brings up the dll's, and none report as 'null' if i select them, at least that I could see.

Is there anything beyond this thats required for this to work?

thanks

[babgvant]

Originally Posted by cnovak

Hey thanks for the response

I installed the vista version under vista, but when I try to select writer, it just brings up the dll's, and none report as 'null' if i select them, at least that I could see.

Is there anything beyond this thats required for this to work?

thanks

click "browse" and select the HD44780.dll, there should be an option for the null writer.

[bluenote]

I must have the wrong version, because I don't have the 'sage' tab, and even when I select the HD dll, I don't get the memory address box, nor the null option. I guess I grabbed the wrong vista download off your site, I'll have another look.

thanks for taking the time to take the screen shot

EDIT: that appears to have been the case, as Im installing now and I do have the expected options and it looks the same as the screenshot
Stupid screensaver coming on 5 minutes after show is over will hopefully be a thing of the past now thanks


Cory

[babgvant]

Don't forget to install and configure the GetStatus pluggin; that's how the writer knows when to reset the timer.

[bluenote]

I checked your site, and the customizations forum and I couldnt find anything with that name, although there are several lcd related plugins in the customizations list?

thanks

Cory

[babgvant]

It's linked in the instructions for the writer, and can be found here.