Add-on:VideoScreensaver

VideoScreensaver

Author: robwebset Type: Screensaver Repo: License: GPL v2.0 Source: Source code Summary: Screensaver that plays a video file

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VideoScreensaver

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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

Built-In Screensaver Videos

The following screensaver videos are supplied with the addon.

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.

Important These videos are stored on a public share (as it is free) and have bandwidth limits - So if there are several people downloading videos at the same approximate time, then the limit will be exceeded and downloads will not work correctly until the following day (When the limit is reset)

Aquarium 1 - [846MB] - 400p

Aquarium 2 - [2.7GB] - 720p

Aquarium 3 - [2.4GB] - 720p

Beach 1 - [2.5GB] - 720p

Beach 2 - [838MB] - 720p

Beach 3 - [3.4GB] - 720p

Fireplace 1 - [965MB] - 720p

Fireplace 2 - [827MB] - 480p

Fireplace 3 - [2.1GB] - 1080p

Fireplace 4 - [2.7GB] - 720p

Matrix 1 - [909MB] - 720p

Retro Sci-Fi 1 - [200MB] - 1080p

Snow 1 - [1.3GB] - 720p

Snow 2 - [677MB] - 1080p

Snow 3 - [1.2GB] - 720p

Space 1 - [970MB] - 720p

Space 2 - [563MB] - 1080p

Star Trek TNG 1 - [54MB] - 720p

Waterfall 1 - [1.3GB] - 720p

Waterfall 2 - [1.3GB] - 720p

Waterfall 3 - [2.4GB] - 720p

Watermill 1 - [549MB] - 1080p

Woodland 1 - [1.3GB] - 720p

Built-In Overlay Images

The following overlay images are supplied with the addon.

Picture Frame 1

Window Frame 1

Window Frame 2

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 Repeat Type For Multiple Files (User-Defined-Only) Repeat All - Will loop through all the videos in the folder Repeat One - Will randomly select one video and keep repeating that video Overlay Image Allows for either a built in or user defined image to be overlayed on top of the video file Debugging Enable Debug logging Enables VideoScreensaver debug logging into the Kodi log file

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.

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) Stop Screensaver Automatically Allow the screensaver to stop automatically after it has been playing for a given length of time. After stopping, the screensaver will start again after the default time of inactivity. - Stop Screensaver After (Minutes) Duration to let the screensaver play before stoping it

Known Issues

Auto-Shutdown Will Not Activate While VideoScreensaver Is Running

If you enable Kodi Auto-Shutdown options in Kodi System Settings they will not trigger while VideoScreensaver is active - this is because the video being played as part of the screensaver will make Kodi "active". The impact of this can be lessened by enabling "Stop Screensaver Automatically"

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