I use gnome-screensaver (which is deactivated as written in the first post) and tried both, totem-xine and totem-gstreamer.
I will try the variants with screensaver enabled and another player (mplayer?) later this day and get back to you. -- [edgy] Screen blanks when watching movies https://launchpad.net/bugs/66257 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs