smart-xscreensaver

Simple script to deactivate XScreenSaver while video (or audio) is running (in a browser or video player)

Features

• Works for browser video as well as apps like VLC
• Will allow XScreenSaver if video is paused
• Will work on windowed or full screen mode
• Should detect change in XScreenSaver timeout and adjust polling interval to minimize unnecessary running

Installation

1. Download smart-xscreensaver

sudo wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/adityaravishankar/smart-xscreensaver/master/smart-xscreensaver -O /usr/local/bin/smart-xscreensaver

2. Make smart-xscreensaver executable

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/smart-xscreensaver

3. Load smart-xscreensaver on boot using your OS startup application editor.

License

Copyright (c) 2017 Aditya Ravi Shankar

Released under the MIT License.