disable screen dim in smplayer

[archish]

I have configured in powerdevil to dim the display when inactive but it kicks in even when I am watching a video in smplayer. Is there any command that can be passed to mplayer backend to disable this. I tried by adding this command in .mplayer/config but still its not working, any other workaround?

heartbeat-cmd="qdbus org.freedesktop.ScreenSaver /ScreenSaver SimulateUserActivity"

[Rog131]

Re: disable screen dim in smplayer

Have you tried something like this:

Starting the SMPlayer with the command:

qdbus org.kde.powerdevil /modules/powerdevil setProfile Performance && smplayer && \
qdbus org.kde.powerdevil /modules/powerdevil setProfile Powersave

Here it (tested from the commandline) does:

1) Powerdevil is set to the "Performance" profile
2) Start of the SMPlayer
3) When the SMPlayer is closed the Powerdevil is set to the "Powersave" profile

[archish]

Re: disable screen dim in smplayer

hmm well I am not using powersave profile, I have configured the dim display option in performance mode only. earlier in my ubuntu 9.04 I had done same and was had put the heartbeat with gnome-screensaver disable command in mplayer config and it worked fine for me. Is there any other way around? This looks basic to me, if video is playing why enable dim screen?

[Rog131]

Re: disable screen dim in smplayer

...if video is playing why enable dim screen?

If you are asking me - it shouldn't.

[archish]

Re: disable screen dim in smplayer

was kind of self realization question...anyway anyone got any solution?

thanks

[Rog131]

Re: disable screen dim in smplayer

An Arch user is suggesting a batch script to solve the s(m)player problems with the KDE power management > [SOLVED] KDE + screensaver + (s)mplayer >> movietime – Stop Powersaving to Watch a Movie.

It may or may not work with this problem.