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casolorz
Roku Guru
6 years ago

How to keep the screen on when displaying photos?

I have a phone app that is sending a photo slideshow to the Roku however the screensaver kicks in after a bit of time. How can I make it so the screensaver timer resets each time I update the photo? ...
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Anonymous
6 years ago

FYI, I sent an email to Roku tech support regarding the same issue (and more) with their own Roku Media Player version 5.0. Their response was to publish the 4.0 version as the upgrade to 5.0. IOW, they pulled it.

If RMP v5.0 reappears without the problem of the screensavers interrupting slideshows (they don't interrupt video streams), maybe you could check yours again without the workaround. FWIW.

https://community.roku.com/t5/Roku-Device-Features-Settings-Updates/Roku-Media-Player-5-0-broken/td-p/563345

  • casolorz's avatar
    casolorz
    Roku Guru
    6 years ago

    Thanks for updating me on that, I'll keep an eye on it. 

  • renojim's avatar
    renojim
    Community Streaming Expert
    6 years ago
    Anonymous wrote:

    If RMP v5.0 reappears without the problem of the screensavers interrupting slideshows (they don't interrupt video streams), maybe you could check yours again without the workaround. FWIW.

    I suspect if it reappears without the problem then they implemented the workaround.  😄

    • necrotek's avatar
      necrotek
      Roku Guru
      6 years ago

      Have you considered making your channel use the screensaver to display the photos?

      • casolorz's avatar
        casolorz
        Roku Guru
        6 years ago

        No I hadn't. My channel can play videos and music as well, would I still be able to do that?