Windows Screen Saver Taking over!!!

[Mikeydog]

I have Sage TV 3.0.7 and I am also running xlobby on my computer. When I watch sage tv my darn windows screen saver keeps activating after a couple minutes. What gives?? It doesn't seem to do this when I am watching a movie in xlobby. any suggestions..

Also on a somewhat related note. I have a Hitachi 57 rear hooked up to my htpc via dvi through an ati 9600 pro. Sometimes when I turn the tv off and then back on later, the tv will not kick over to digital input, it stays on the default input. I have to litterally shut the computer down and restart or unplug the dvi cable to get the tv to switch over. any suggestions. I just re-setup my computer a couple days ago, and it wasn't doing this before.

Thanks
Mike

[sleonard]

Originally Posted by Mikeydog

I have Sage TV 3.0.7 and I am also running xlobby on my computer. When I watch sage tv my darn windows screen saver keeps activating after a couple minutes. What gives?? It doesn't seem to do this when I am watching a movie in xlobby. any suggestions..

Also on a somewhat related note. I have a Hitachi 57 rear hooked up to my htpc via dvi through an ati 9600 pro. Sometimes when I turn the tv off and then back on later, the tv will not kick over to digital input, it stays on the default input. I have to litterally shut the computer down and restart or unplug the dvi cable to get the tv to switch over. any suggestions. I just re-setup my computer a couple days ago, and it wasn't doing this before.

Thanks
Mike

I also have a 9600. Since upgrading my ATI drivers 3-4 days ago I have had similar problems. I had to turn off the Windows screen saver and if I turn off my Sammy RPTV and back on later, I get no video signal. I have found that pressing the sleep button on the keyboard and any key to wake it a minute or so later gets my video signal to return. Now I just sleep the PC before turning the TV off. I'll probably go back to the previous ATI driver since that seems to be the problem.

[Mikeydog]

Oh ok.. good info.. I guess I should have just let it be. Don't fix it if it aint broke.. hehe..

Thanks
Mike

[Kanati]

exactly... once you get your htpc working the way you want... don't install updates... don't install newer drivers... just let it be.

[broderp]

I don't know if it's DVI related, but I have a ATI9600XT on my sage box and as long as I'm watching a video, recording or playing MP3's, windows screen saver stays off. I'm using catylyst 4.7 I think. I'm hooked up via DVI to VGA dongle, thru a transcoder to my TV via component inputs.

I WANT the windows screen saver (over the UGLY SAGE logo thing), so I set the screeen saver (sage to OFF) in windows at 2 minutes. If I pause tv, then it comes on.

The beauty of this is that to turn SAGE back on all I do is press the power button on my remote twice and up pos the SAGE Main menu.

This works for me as I use a fish tank screen saver, that looks awesome on my 53" HDready TV.

I'm not sure why my system reacts opposite of yours, could it be a setting in sage or windows?