How to selectively prohibit screensaver?

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Hi

There are some apps that when in use (realPlayer, Kaffein, SMPlayer etc), I do not want screensaver to start.
How to set it?

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beli0135 wrote:
> Hi
>
> There are some apps that when in use (realPlayer, Kaffein, SMPlayer
> etc), I do not want screensaver to start.
> How to set it?
>
>

In KDE 3.5, just setting the power mgmt Active Scheme to
Presentation will keep the screensaver from kicking in (as a part
of being idle).

KDE 4? It lives in a place outside of reason… I will not attempt
to predict it.

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@cjcox: How wrong can you be? From the beginning of KDE4 the powermanagement gives you exactly the same option: Presentation. This keeps the screensaver from covering presentations and video.

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(Forgot to mention, I use kde 4)
Well, yes. Selecting to presentation(or whatever I configured) will disable screensaver - totally. But, in that case, I need to change schema when I watch video.

I thought there is a setting where I can make a list of apps where screensaver is disabled when running, or some other solution, but to be selectively, on application level.
That is because, when I watch video - (any player running), I certainly do not want screensaver, no matter what scheme I choose.

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I know I’ve seen it somewhere in an application setting: “Do not start screensaver when playing”, but don’t remember where.
Also, can you check in Desktop - Screensaver - Advanced if priority is set to Low?
Which players do you use? Or does the screensaver start with any player?

Funny thing is, here the screensaver does not start when I play video, not in windowed mode, not in full screen.

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Starts with any…
I use RealPlayer, MPlayer and Kaffeine, mostly.

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On Mon, 2009-06-08 at 09:26 +0000, Knurpht wrote:
> @cjcox: How wrong can you be? From the beginning of KDE4 the
> powermanagement gives you exactly the same option: Presentation. This
> keeps the screensaver from covering presentations and video.

My point is that KDE4 NEVER intended to preserve KDE3
functionality… so, you never know what will or what will
not work with KDE4. That’s “right”… not “wrong”.