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Bug 605370 - "Also disable the screensaver when playing audio" is mysterious
"Also disable the screensaver when playing audio" is mysterious
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: totem
Classification: Core
Component: Movie player
2.28.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: General Totem maintainer(s)
General Totem maintainer(s)
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-12-24 15:04 UTC by Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt)
Modified: 2010-05-05 15:29 UTC
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GNOME target: ---
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Description Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) 2009-12-24 15:04:56 UTC 
Movie Player 2.28.2, Ubuntu 9.10

The "Display" tab in Preferences has a checkbox: "Also disable the screensaver when playing audio". It's not obvious what happens when the checkbox is unchecked -- especially since there's nothing in the window for "Also" to be harking back to.

A simple fix would be to change the checkbox to a pair of radio buttons:

    Disable screensaver when playing: (*) Video ( ) Video or audio

This still would not explain why you would ever want to disable the screensaver when playing audio too. It is explained in the help, but if there is room, it might make sense to explain it in the interface as well:

    Disable screensaver when playing:

    ( ) Video or audio
        Use this if your display turns off speakers when the screensaver is on.

    (*) Video only
Comment 1 Vish 2009-12-24 16:49:25 UTC 
Could the screensaver radio-check can be moved into the "General" tab ?
Moving it to "general" tab would provide room for the explanations.
Comment 2 Gabriel Burt 2009-12-24 19:00:54 UTC 
Is there really a display that turns off attached speakers when the screensaver comes on?  I wouldn't think so - but I can see it turning the speakers off when the display is put to sleep.
Comment 3 Bastien Nocera 2009-12-24 19:52:39 UTC 
(In reply to comment #2)
> Is there really a display that turns off attached speakers when the screensaver
> comes on?  I wouldn't think so - but I can see it turning the speakers off when
> the display is put to sleep.

Except that the display will go to sleep a little while after the screensaver comes on (as configured in gnome-power-manager). You also wouldn't want the display to go to sleep if you're showing visualisations in fullscreen.
Comment 4 Bastien Nocera 2010-05-05 15:29:17 UTC 
commit 4b2d22d9038b5b9eb7b400470746d0268d4d399d
Author: Bastien Nocera <hadess@hadess.net>
Date:   Wed May 5 16:28:03 2010 +0100

    Make "Also disable the screensaver when playing audio" clearer
    
    "Also disable the screensaver when playing audio" is mysterious,
    so make the use of the preference clearer using radio buttons,
    instead of a single checkbox button.
    
    https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=605370