Screensaver starts while watching a DVD!

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Screensaver starts while watching a DVD!

Is there any way to stop the screensaver activating while watching a DVD in DVD Player... besides disabling the screensaver altogether?

I wouldn't normally use a screensaver at all, but my Mac MIni is connected to a plasma TV, and I just want to make sure I don't get any burned in images if I accidentally left it on for a while.

iMac G5, Intel Mac Mini, G4 Powerbook, Mac OS X (10.5.1), Mac Mini connected to Panasonic Viera HD Plasma Screen

Posted on Nov 18, 2007 11:15 PM

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Answer 1

Nov 18, 2007 11:20 PM in response to m0thr4

Try this:

1. open System Preferences
2. open Expose & Spaces
3a. enable "Active Screen Corners"
3b. set one of your corners to "Disable Screen Saver"
4. When ready to watch movie, begin playback, then move mouse to "deactivated hotcorner".

Enjoy DVD & salty treat.

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Answer 2

Nov 18, 2007 11:20 PM in response to m0thr4

DVD player should pause all screensaver activity, at least while the DVD is playing.

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Answer 3

Nov 19, 2007 12:29 AM in response to Topher Kessler

Thats true. DVD player should have this function built in, or atleast an option item in the preference panel.

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Answer 4

m0thr4 Author

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Nov 19, 2007 6:32 AM in response to Topher Kessler

"DVD player should pause all screensaver activity, at least while the DVD is playing."

It used to under Tiger. In fact, I'm pretty sure it did under Leopard... until the latest update.

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k33f

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Nov 19, 2007 8:25 AM in response to m0thr4

There is an option to disable the Screen Saver in Front Row - not sure if it actually works.

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k33f

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Nov 19, 2007 9:42 AM in response to k33f

Yup, just tested it - it works for v10.5.1

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m0thr4 Author

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Dec 13, 2007 12:20 PM in response to k33f

k33f wrote:
There is an option to disable the Screen Saver in Front Row - not sure if it actually works.

There is also an option to disable the screensaver for the desktop, but this is not a solution as it leaves my plasma screen vulnerable to screen burn.

When watching a DVD, any screensavers, whether in Front Row or anywhere else, should be disabled. Tiger managed this no problem, ergo it must be a bug.

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Virgule

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Dec 14, 2007 11:30 AM in response to m0thr4

I do not know a solution to the DVD Player issue but I may have a workaround for you.

Disable screen saver altogether and use Energy Saver's "Put the display(s) to sleep..." instead.
It will have the side effect of saving on your power bills 🙂

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Answer 9

m0thr4 Author

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Dec 17, 2007 10:07 AM in response to Virgule

Virgule wrote:
I do not know a solution to the DVD Player issue but I may have a workaround for you.

Disable screen saver altogether and use Energy Saver's "Put the display(s) to sleep..." instead.
It will have the side effect of saving on your power bills 🙂

The last time I checked (on Tiger) this doesn't work very well for Plasma TVs (the screen goes to sleep fine, but doesn't wake up), but I'll give it another go.

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Playtime

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Dec 19, 2007 10:48 PM in response to m0thr4

I;m having the same problem. The screensaver used to disable automatically but not since the latest update. I thought it was a fix?

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Answer 11

rswc90

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Feb 5, 2008 3:58 PM in response to m0thr4

I am having the same problem with PowerPoint. If left long enough on one slide, the screen saver turns on -- despite that PP is in active, play slide show mode!

I have turned off the screen saver but seem to forget to turn it back on!

Never happened until Leopard.

Office 2004

Thanks!

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