1y ago

Jellyin app on steam deck allows screen to dim

The jellyfin app (self hosted video streaming) app on steam deck (installed via desktop mode->discovery as a flat pack) doesn't seem to register as 'playing' with the os. The screen will dim after a few mins.

I'm 'playing' the jellyfin app as a non steam game in game mode.

I know I can disable screen dimming in the settings but is there a way to have it auto detect when a video is playing and prevent the screen from dimming?

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Weird, I don't seem to have this issue.. I watch movies on the Jellyfin App on Game Mode and never had issue... maybe I disabled the screen dimming, but at least it is not putting itself to sleep
- Im guessing you disabled it? On mine the screen dims and it will go to sleep based on the settings/timings.
  
  Just checked, it is enabled, 15 m when plugged in and 5 min when unpplugged, I'll need to try it again later, for now it is plugged in and plugged to a TV to watch movies
Kodi does the same, but I believe that is just how game mode works, it only uses inputs to determine if you are active as otherwise any time you had a game or any app open it would never dim the screen.
In desktop mode KDE handles all of that and should figure out if you are watching something or not. It also has the ability to turn the screen completely off while keeping the deck on for those long game downloads - assuming you disable the auto sleep in power options.
- It is added to steam. I launch it from steam while in game mode.
I have the same issue, also no idea how to fix it.
I did recently discover that touching the joysticks or trackpads is enough to un-dimm the screen again, you don't have to press any buttons and make all the UI elements pop up again.
I've noticed the same with the EmuDeck "streaming" add-ons - it's just something to add Netflix/HBO/etc as games to the Deck

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