Screensaver turns on during video call?

[nickvergessen]

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Steps to reproduce

1. Join call in Chrome on Linux Mint or Windows with camera and mic on
2. Don't use keyboard or microphone

Expected behaviour

Screen and OS stay active

Actual behaviour

Screensaver turns on

Talk app

Talk app version: 16.0.x

[fancycode]

You could use the Screen Wake Lock API to prevent the screensaver on Chrome browsers: https://developer.chrome.com/articles/wake-lock/ https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Screen_Wake_Lock_API

[nickvergessen]

I just tried it locally. Had everything closed but Firefox in the first test run and Chrome in the second test run. The other call participant was on a different device to not interfere. OS was Ubuntu 23.04

So screensaver started nor did the screen lock, which happened after the 1 minute was over from ending the call.

[nickvergessen]

I had the same issue twice this week.

No camera on, but I was actively speaking and my screens turned of. I was using Chromium on Ubuntu 🐱

[ShGKme]

Can reproduce on Chrome and Talk Desktop. A bit weird, because a web-browser should keep the machine awake when there is video/audio playing.

Screen Wake Lock API should solve the problem, but it is not supported by Mozilla.

We can use Wake Lock API with a polyfill that just adds hidden small video in a background.