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Screen Saver or something cool like that
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2005-06-10, 04:07 PM
I listen to a lot of music through gb-pvr, and sometimes i just run a slideshow of my pics, just to keep things off the menus. What about a cool screen saver that could run and make my tv look cool when i'm listening to music
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2005-06-10, 09:18 PM
it shouldnt be that hard to do, kingargyles bleepbloop could be modified to turn on windows screen saver, but for a general screen saver from within gbpvr, sub would have to do it. but it shouldnt be that hard for him to do, just time how long it has been since a user has pushed a button, and video is not playing back, then just draw a black image over the menu. it would be cool if you could have a dim screen saver (err like 80% black, so you can just make out what is going on underneath).

sub i know this is on your to do list, but could you possible try and move this up nearer the top of the list (if its more complicated than i think, then well take your time, but if its not, would be nice is all).

oh and a black screensaver is all that is needed, fancy ones can wait, just dont want to stuff up my tv Smile
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2005-06-10, 09:27 PM
As a workaround, set up the My Programs plugin.
Make a shortcut to your screensaver.scr file.
Start it manually.
Another workaround, set up a custom task to your screensaver.scr file in config.

Note: I didn't test these, but one of the two, or both, may work.
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2005-11-10, 01:06 AM
I do something similar at the moment where I launch an external application. (iTunes) When in this mode the windows XP 'slideshow' screen saver is enabled.

This is so simple and takes all of 3 minutes to set up.

Ultimatley I would like a more 'integrated' solution. (Reven this is why I was asking about lauching external screen savers from within GBPVR) But this works for now.

Having pictures randomly cycle while random music plays from you favorite playlist is a temendous joy. This runs almost continiously during the weekends and puts a smile on all faces. :o
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