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murray

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Turn off Visuals from mp3 playback?
« on: May 13, 2016, 05:08:15 pm »

Is there a way to turn off the visuals from the mp3 playbacks Im using without turning off the display?

Ive looked in that section but cant find anything...
I just want a black screen with the display turned on...
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JohnnyFire

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Re: Turn off Visuals from mp3 playback?
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2016, 03:23:19 am »

Is there a way to turn off the visuals from the mp3 playbacks Im using without turning off the display?

Ive looked in that section but cant find anything...
I just want a black screen with the display turned on...

by visuals you mean for example the eq visual left and right on seek bar for example?
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murray

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Re: Turn off Visuals from mp3 playback?
« Reply #2 on: May 14, 2016, 04:12:58 am »

by visuals you mean for example the eq visual left and right on seek bar for example?

I mean everything that JR might add or album covers too.
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JohnnyFire

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Re: Turn off Visuals from mp3 playback?
« Reply #3 on: May 14, 2016, 05:09:41 am »

I mean everything that JR might add or album covers too.

might add? still dont get mate
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murray

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Re: Turn off Visuals from mp3 playback?
« Reply #4 on: May 14, 2016, 05:43:12 am »

might add? still dont get mate

Ok to make it easier I want only a black screen when Im playing my music, that's all I want to see.
No CD cover, no time, no name of song etc etc...
I want to remove all that stuff and want to know is there a way to do so?
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JohnnyFire

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Re: Turn off Visuals from mp3 playback?
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2016, 06:06:40 am »

Ok to make it easier I want only a black screen when Im playing my music, that's all I want to see.
No CD cover, no time, no name of song etc etc...
I want to remove all that stuff and want to know is there a way to do so?

i play my music with those visuals you say but you can find whatever you need in settings the app has it all!
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blgentry

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Re: Turn off Visuals from mp3 playback?
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2016, 08:59:35 am »

Maybe you could activate your system's screen saver or something?  This link seems to indicate that you can assign screen saver to a hot key.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/56880-screen-saver-settings-shortcut-create.html

I have not tried this, but it's from a reputable forum.

As far as I know, MC doesn't have a mode to show a blank screen.

Good luck.

Brian.
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Re: Turn off Visuals from mp3 playback?
« Reply #7 on: May 14, 2016, 09:07:11 am »

Brian's right: enable your screensaver.  You can set it to "blank" after 1 minute instead of a hotkey.  Make sure to disable the setting in JRiver that keeps the display active during playback (which I think is enabled by default) or your screensaver will not work.

I do this with my tablet at work and it works perfectly (screen blacks out after a minute during playback).
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murray

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Re: Turn off Visuals from mp3 playback?
« Reply #8 on: May 14, 2016, 03:57:21 pm »

Maybe you could activate your system's screen saver or something?  This link seems to indicate that you can assign screen saver to a hot key.

http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/56880-screen-saver-settings-shortcut-create.html

I have not tried this, but it's from a reputable forum.

As far as I know, MC doesn't have a mode to show a blank screen.

Good luck.

Brian.

Brian thanks for your help as usual  ;)
Are you meaning to manually turn off the screen with a shortcut key using the screensaver?
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blgentry

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Re: Turn off Visuals from mp3 playback?
« Reply #9 on: May 14, 2016, 04:03:17 pm »

Are you meaning to manually turn off the screen with a shortcut key using the screensaver?

I'm thinking that you would set your screensaver to "blank".  Then you'd use a shortcut key any time you wanted to blank the screen.  So, you'd start playing something in MC, and just before you sit back to listen without anything on the screen, press the hot key.  Screen goes blank, and you sit back and just listen and relax.

Brian.
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