VideoScreensaver
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Author: |
robwebset
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Screensaver
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GPL v2.0
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Source code
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Summary: |
Screensaver that plays a video file
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Need help with this add-on? See here.
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Plays a video when the screensaver starts, this can be a custom video or one of the built in videos
Introduction
VideoScreensaver is a screensaver that will play a video file when the screensaver starts. It will support playing either a user specified video file, or one of several pre-defined video files.
Forum And Issue Report Pages
If you have any questions, found an issue to report or would just like to know a little more you can take part in the forum discussions at:
VideoScreensaver Forum
Build In Screensaver Videos
The following screensaver videos as supplied with the addon.
Important Note These videos will be downloaded when they are selected from the settings screen, this can take several minutes, but once downloaded they will be cached and will not need downloading again.
Aquarium 1 - [846MB] - 400p
Aquarium 2 - [2.7GB] - 720p
Fireplace 1 - [965MB] - 720p
Fireplace 2 - [827MB] - 480p
Fireplace 3 - [2.1GB] - 1080p
Settings
- VideoScreensaver
- Select if one of the "Preset" videos should be used, or a user provided video
- Selected Screensaver (Preset-Only)
- Shows the name of the selected Screensaver
- Set/Download Preset Video File (Preset-Only)
- Prompts for a selection for the preset screensaver to download
- Use All Files In A Folder (User-Defined-Only)
- Will play a selection of video files from a directory instead of a single file
- Select Video Folder/File (User-Defined-Only)
- Prompts for the video files to use as a screensaver
- Debugging
- Enable Debug logging
- Enables VideoScreensaver debug logging into the Kodi log file
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- Set/Download Preset Video File (Preset-Only)
- Displays a list of available default screensaver videos, if they start with * then they have already been downloaded.
- *** All Downloaded Videos *** (Preset-Only)
- This option will use all of the videos that have already been downloaded - it will not download any videos, but instead make use of any that have previously been downloaded.
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- Show Time
- Displays the current time and data in the top right hand corner when the screensaver is active
- Start Video At Random Point
- When the video starts, will start at a random point into the duration of the video
- Prevent Screensaver Starting If Playing Media
- If there is media playing (i.e. Music or Video) and the screensaver is due to start, then if this is enabled, the screensaver will be prevented from starting.
- Change Volume When Screensaver Starts
- Allow the volume to be changed when the screensaver starts
- - Set Volume To
- The value to set the volume to when the screensaver starts
- Dim Level
- How much to dim the screensaver video when it starts (0 = No Dim)
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Debugging
If reporting a problem, please also provide a debug log. To do this you need to enable BOTH:
- Kodi logging from the main setting menu
- VideoScreensaver debug from the VideoScreensaver addon settings menu
Please do not paste the log into the forum thread, just link to it.
Donations
If you have found the VideoScreensaver Addon useful and would like to help support future development and bug fixes, then please feel free to make a small donation.
Please use the link on the top of the VideoScreensaver Forum
Note: Donations will not make any difference to the level of support I will give people on the forum - this project is Open Source - and is completely free!!