How do I stop the screensaver from coming on during VLC movie watching?
- Open VLC Media player and go to Tools -> Preferences (Shortcut key is CtrlP)
- Select All from Show settings in the bottom-left corner of the Preferences window .
- Now click the Video Tab on the side.
- Now tick the Disable Screensaver box and click save.
Another solution but not what you want is:
Open the terminal and type:
xset s off
This will disable the screensaver.
to enable it again
xset s on
There are other options such as disabling for a period of time etc..
Type man xset in the terminal for more info