Electricsheep and SMPlayer
Posted: 2012-06-04 Filed under: media | Tags: electricsheep, mplayer, slackware 2 CommentsProblem: If xscreensaver is disabled from ~/.mplayer/config, electricsheep will not work, since it uses the mplayer engine.
Solution: Create a mplayer profile for SMPlayer different than the default one. Let’s call it “smplayer”. Place the following in ~/.mplayer/config:
# Write your default config options here! [smplayer] # Disable screensaver. heartbeat-cmd="xscreensaver-command -deactivate >&- 2>&- &" [default] #
Note there should be an empty line below the default profile.
Make SMPlayer use its dedicated profile: Preferences > Advanced > Options for MPlayer > Options: -profile smplayer
Now xscreensaver will be disabled only when media is played by SMPlayer.
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