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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's avatar
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

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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?

       

      • necrotek's avatar
        necrotek
        Roku Guru
        6 years ago

        Screensaver should not activate when video player is playing full screen.  Audio player should remain playing when screensaver is activated.