Bugzilla – Bug 206
screensaver doesn't kick on if you play a song with repeat off and song ends...
Last modified: 2004-05-07 03:32:43 UTC
Customer reported bug. Customer reports: ------------------------------------- I set the screensaver to Date/Time, set the timeout for 5 seconds then played a single song with repeat set to OFF. I expected the screensaver to kick in 5 seconds after the song ended but it never did. ------------------------------------- I reproduced with 5.1.1 release. If you hit one button on the remote and let it sit for the configured sleep timer interval, it will go to the screensaver... Just does not do it without being prompted.
I believe this relates back to a problem with animation. When the bottom line is scrolling, it is a continuous loop. Screensaver checks is the server is animating, and will not act as long as it is. I haven't found a workable way to jump in and out of the animation routines once they start. Would it be so bad if the screensaver forced the animation to stop? if so, I can probably fix this.
I spoke too soon. Playing one song, repeat off, 5 second timeout, DateTime screensaver. End of song, display dims after 5 seconds, then 5 seconds later it switches to datetime.