CEC Standby / Screensaver delay setting in Coreelec 22?

wizardknight · 6 September 2026 00:34

I have been using Coreelec 21.3-omega, and just downloaded the 22 nightly. There is one cosmetic setting that I really like, but can’t seem to locate in 22. I hope someone can tell me where it is.

On 21.3 under system>settings>Input>Peripherals>CEC Adapter there is a setting called ‘Minutes standby is delayed after screensaver is activated’. I can’t find that setting in Coreelec 22. Can someone please help cure my ignorance, and tell me where it might be? I am probably staring right at it, and not seeing it.

Comma · 6 September 2026 06:49

It got removed a couple of weeks ago, I was using to, so you are not blind.

wizardknight · 6 September 2026 07:31

Well that really bites. Was there a reason?

Comma · 6 September 2026 08:19

libcec has gotten heavily worked on lately to times CEC broke for me, I have had other issues I been solving by surrendering and let the box stay on 24/7 including the screensaver delay. You could try to report it here to @opdenkamp he’s been really helpful solving the bugs.

Portisch · 6 September 2026 08:19

github.com/xbmc/xbmc

[cec] let the screensaver power off devices while playback is paused (#28892)

master ← opdenkamp:cec-standby-screensaver-mode

opened 12:44PM - 08 Aug 26 UTC

opdenkamp

+36 -10

Fixes #28425: with the screensaver set to put devices in standby, a paused video… leaves the TV on. ### Why Kodi lets the screensaver activate on paused playback (`ApplicationPowerHandling.cpp:294` checks `IsPlayingVideo() && !IsPaused()`), but the CEC adapter's guard was `!appPlayer->IsPlaying()`, and `CVideoPlayer::IsPlaying()` is `!m_bStop` — true for a paused video. So the screensaver starts, the adapter declines, and the set stays on. `CECStandby` from `kodi-send` skips the guard entirely, which is why that works for the reporter. This is not a regression. The guard was added in 6a6e6d405c (2012-03-07) as `!IsPlaying() || IsPaused()` to keep the TV on for **music over HDMI**, and I flipped it to `&&` in a15424bd23 (2012-12-28), which removed the paused case. 45475f7eff (2016) then dropped the `!IsPaused()` term after `IPlayer::IsPaused()` was removed, with no change for paused playback. So the reported behaviour has stood since Frodo. A straight revert would fix the paused video and break the audio case the guard exists for, so the setting becomes tri-state instead. ### What changed `cec_standby_screensaver` (bool) is superseded by `cec_standby_screensaver_mode` (enum), the same way `pause_playback_on_deactivate` was superseded by `pause_or_stop_playback_on_deactivate` a few lines up in `peripherals.xml`: the old key stays as `configurable="0"` and is migrated in `SetConfigurationFromSettings()`. | Value | Behaviour | | --- | --- | | *None* (default) | never put devices in standby when the screensaver activates | | *Always* | always | | *Unless media is playing* | unless video or audio is playing and not paused | Paused playback deliberately does not count as playing in the third mode: the video is frozen and the audio is silent by the time the screensaver activates, so there is nothing left to keep the TV on for. That means there is no setting for "power off, but not while paused" — the behaviour on master — which I don't believe has a use case. ### Upgrades The default is *None*, matching the current default of the boolean, so nothing changes for an install that never enabled it. An install that did have it enabled migrates to *Unless media is playing*, keeping the audio-over-HDMI behaviour and gaining the fix. ### Testing Compile-tested only; I have no way to hit this on hardware right now. The reporter's debug log in #28425 shows the sequence this addresses: `Player.OnPause` (speed 0) at 21:27:11, `GUI.OnScreensaverActivated` at 21:32:11, and no standby.

Comma · 6 September 2026 08:30

This is not about the delay OP is talking about, which was useful if you wan’t the picture screensaver add-on to run before standby is kicking in.

hazyhobby95 · 6 September 2026 13:49

Yes, that’s a fair distinction. The PR Portisch linked is about allowing standby to happen while playback is paused, not restoring the old separate delay before CEC standby kicks in after the screensaver starts.

If the old behaviour was important for using a photo/picture screensaver first and only powering off the TV later, it’s probably worth opening or adding to an issue upstream in Kodi/libCEC with that exact use case. Otherwise it may be treated as “working as intended” under the new screensaver power-off logic.

wizardknight · 15 September 2026 18:24

Thank you for the link, but that bug is not addressing the issue I was referencing.