Hi guys some bug:
Its easy to reproduce
- Go to settings -> desktop
- Change the screensaver to black
- Waittime to one minute
- Uncheck the option “Dimming if the video is paused”
- Start a video over Network or usb -> pause the video and wait a minute
- Screen is dimming down to 20 % and not going to black
So the option is not working? I need the black screen option because i have an OLED and want to save energy and prevent burn in when iam pause the movie to get on the phone or the door. Whats really strange the same thing happens with Libreelec but it seems only on ARM versions because if i’am tested kodi 18.1 on my Windows PC it goes to black like it should. So somebody with a Raspberry Pi 3B+ could be test it and yes i rebooted the system mutiple times its not changing.
It’s 100 % a bug i tested it also with Libreelec and exact the same thing is happening it seems only working on Windows without that bug (atleast thats the only plattform i could test it except the Pi).
Hardware: Raspberry Pi 3B+ with the newest osmc version
Two workarounds i’ve made:
Method 1:
THIS CHANGE THE SYSTEMSETTINGS OF KODI AND CAN MAYBE CRASH IF YOU DO A UPDATE, SO
ONLY USE IT IF YOU KNOW WHAT ARE YOU DOING, IF NOT GO TO METHOD 2 WHICH IS SAVER.
Log in as “root” in Putty/Terminal/WinSCP etc.
Go to
/usr/share/kodi/addons/screensaver.xbmc.builtin.dim/resources/settings.xml
And change
range=“20,1,100”
to:
range=“0,1,100”
Then reboot, go to:
desktop -> Screensaver -> Select dim -> Settings -> change to 0 %
then you can let it in dimming mode OR use the black screensaver which
is now working (before the black screensaver did go to 20 % for no reason).
Method 2:
Log in as “root” in Putty/Terminal/WinSCP etc.
Type in (or copy the folder via WinSCP):
cp -a /usr/share/kodi/addons/screensaver.xbmc.builtin.dim /home/osmc/.kodi/addons/
Then edit the settings file in
/home/osmc/.kodi/addons/screensaver.xbmc.builtin.dim/resources/settings.xml
change
range=“20,1,100”
to:
range=“0,1,100”
Then reboot then go to:
desktop -> Screensaver -> Select dim -> Settings -> change to 0 %
then you can let it in dimming mode OR use the black screensaver which
is now working (before the black screensaver did go to 20 % for no reason).
It would be nice if @sam_nazarko or maybe some Kodi Dev can fix the bug? Because with that Bug the Black Screensaver is useless.