Vlc Turn Off Title Display

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Objet: Bulk vlc Disable OSD display of filename I hav gone through the preferences, but I cannot figure out how to disable the display of filenames in the OSD without disabling the OSD altogether. How is this done? I am using VLC 0.9.2 on Ubuntu 8.04.

I am using Ubuntu 11.10 and my screensaver keeps coming on while I'm watching a movie. I don't remember this happening in 11.04 and can't remember how to stop it?

DaveDave
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  1. Open VLC Media player and go to Tools -> Preferences(Shortcut key is CtrlP)
  2. Select All from Show settings in the bottom-left corner of the Preferences window .
  3. Now click the Video Tab on the side.
  4. Now tick the Disable Screensaver box and click save.
Nitin VenkateshNitin Venkatesh
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Another solution but not what you want is:

TitleTurn

Open the terminal and type:

xset s off

This will disable the screensaver.

to enable it again

xset s on

There are other options such as disabling for a period of time etc.

Type man xset in the terminal for more info

SuhaibSuhaib
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I've seen this happening with VLC as well as Banshee. The only solution I could find is to run Caffeine.

After that, run caffeine, go to its preferences and have it start on login. Mera sultan all episodes. It sits in your system tray. Whenever you then watch a movie, you'll need to click on its system tray icon and select 'disable screensaver'.

It is not the best solution but it is the only one I can see in these early days.

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MendhakMendhakVlc hide filename mac
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From my answer on Unix.SE, you can simply run,

For more information see 'When using VLC, why does my screen saver keep waking up?'

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Evan CarrollEvan Carroll
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Vlc Display Filename Instead Of Title

Expanding on this answer, one can type

from a terminal to launch vlc, or write a bash script

Vlc Turn Off Title Display System

or a desktop file whose command is something like

and set the association file/mimetype to it to open appropriate mimetypes.'%U' works for TDE, for other desktops, you might need to find the right syntax.

Turn Display Off

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