[vlc-devel] [PATCH] Use new function to declare user activity (from 10.7.3). This is the new official way to wake the display, rather than simply preventing display sleep.

[Rob Jonson]

---
 modules/gui/macosx/intf.h |    1 +
 modules/gui/macosx/intf.m |   14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/intf.h b/modules/gui/macosx/intf.h
index 5fa2490..d2d45cb 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/intf.h
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/intf.h
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ struct intf_sys_t
 
     /* sleep management */
     IOPMAssertionID systemSleepAssertionID;
+    IOPMAssertionID userActivityAssertionID;
 
     VLCVoutWindowController *o_vout_controller;
 }
diff --git a/modules/gui/macosx/intf.m b/modules/gui/macosx/intf.m
index 3aa9f66..a530612 100644
--- a/modules/gui/macosx/intf.m
+++ b/modules/gui/macosx/intf.m
@@ -1392,6 +1392,20 @@ static VLCMain *_o_sharedMainInstance = nil;
     if (p_input) {
         int state = var_GetInteger(p_input, "state");
         if (state == PLAYING_S) {
+            /* Declare user activity.
+             This wakes the display if it is off, and postpones display sleep according to the users system preferences
+             Available from 10.7.3
+             */
+            if ([self activeVideoPlayback] && IOPMAssertionDeclareUserActivity)
+            {
+                CFStringRef reasonForActivity = CFStringCreateWithCString(kCFAllocatorDefault, _("VLC media playback"), kCFStringEncodingUTF8);
+                IOPMAssertionDeclareUserActivity(reasonForActivity,
+                                                 kIOPMUserActiveLocal,
+                                                 &userActivityAssertionID);
+                CFRelease(reasonForActivity);
+            }
+
+
             /* prevent the system from sleeping */
             if (systemSleepAssertionID > 0) {
                 msg_Dbg(VLCIntf, "releasing old sleep blocker (%i)" , systemSleepAssertionID);
-- 
1.7.10.2 (Apple Git-33)