Roku Developer Program

[btray77]

What kind of options do we have or can we implement to disable the screensaver in our apps?

Thanks

[renojim]

You can implement your own screensaver within your channel or periodically send key presses via ECP to keep the screensaver from activating.

-JT

[btray77]

How do I send key presses via ECP in BrightScript?

Thanks

-Brad

[renojim]

Something like this:

ipaddrs = CreateObject("roDeviceInfo").GetIPAddrs()
if ipaddrs.eth0 <> invalid then
   ipaddr = ipaddrs.eth0
end if
if ipaddrs.eth1 <> invalid then
   ipaddr = ipaddrs.eth1
end if
xfer = CreateObject("roURLTransfer")
url = "http://"+ipaddr+":8060/keypress/InstantReplay"
xfer.SetUrl(url)
xfer.PostFromString("")

-JT

[btray77]

Thank you!

-Brad

[RokuJoel]

Make sure if you are doing something like that, that you manage to refresh every pixel on the screen on a periodic basis so that older Plasma tv's don't suffer from burn-in.

- Joel

[andro23]

Roku just discontinued the support for sending ECP commands from within channels. What is the alternative now to suppress screensavers while a slideshow is playing (a set of poster nodes)?

[Komag]

Is there a new way to avoid screensaver coming on in this situation? My game has an autoplay portion where no buttons get pushed by the player for a while.