on win 10 using cycles
I have set up a screen saver for win 10 screen and HD
problem is that if rendering and timer for screen saver turn on
I loose the render !
so I there a way like a direct command line to render
without loosing the render and may be also saving the result in file
or a script to do that ?
thanks
happy cl
turn off the screen saver
they are NOT needed to prevent CRT burn in
lcd’s really do not have the problem that vacuum tubes had
LCD also have a life time limit in hours !
and don’t want to see it at night rendering
so I prefer to see it off if possible!
is there any script that can help with that ?
thanks
happy bl
then minimize the window
or
seeing as win10 finally caught up with 1996 ( kde1 had this )
you have multiple virtual desktops now
use them
I doubt virtual desktops can help with that !
and I would prefer real desktop LOL
anyone has some script to help with that may be
I might have to render for 100’s of hours
and would like a way to keep the screen off if possible at night
thanks
happy bl
win10 has 4 desktops that you can move between
lunch something on one
use a different one for other things
this has been a very old thing in the linux world
MS just introduced it
it has been around for 20+ years in the computing world
this is what i am doing right now ( though on linux and not win10)
i have a program running full tilt on 4 cpu cores on one desktop
and posting this from desktop # 2
still not certain how useful it really is
I mean I can run many programs on same desktop I think!
you know like running render for blender then go do something on Libreoffice
so what is the advantage of other desktops ?
thanks
happy bl
This might be a dumb question (on the original subject), but have you considered just turning the monitor off (most monitors should have a button below the screen).
Turn it back on in the morning and Blender should be rendering just as you left it with no burn in the monitor.
or
did you NOT disable the power manager
it might be going into LOW power mode if the mouse is not in use
I keep the screen saver to turn off the screen but also the HD when I don’t use it.
I mean I don’t sit in front of PC all day and night ! LOL
now screen saver is not supposed to shut down if there are major tasks done except for Blender!
I might try the idea to turn off screen power
might work
still wondering if there is some script to run tasks in background
independent of screen saver !
thanks guys
happy bl
turning HD off is IMO a bad idea… isn’t switching off/on, what destroys all electronics faster? risk loosing data, just to spare some watts?
personally i have a machine available 24/7, every time i leave i turn off monitors
otherwise in power setting have them switched off after 20min
everything else must stay alive, so even if am not around am able to connect & control… that’s why it’s made for
it is not being shut off = power off !
only in sleep mode for HD and Screen after a certain amount of time with no activities
all power is on but in sleep mode
that is one of the power saving option on Win
thanks
happy bl
Shouldn’t lose your render progress just on a screen-saver alone. Sounds more like a power-management option. Probably hibernation mode is being activated when idle, which would also idle your CPU and pretty much stop your rendering progress in its tracks. There should be some way to disable it, but I’m not using Win10.
as I know of it is not hibernation only sleep mode !
would like to know why we loose render when screen saver is activated or a way to let the render continue in the background
may be with some commands but how ?
thanks
happy bl
Do you lose your render entirely when sleep mode kicks in (as in it actually quits) or does it just pause the render where its at?
If it’s the latter, then simply set the machine to never enter that mode, and if you don’t want the monitor on during the night just turn it off.
when it goes into sleep mode I loose the render
blender is still open but render has been lost!
I will try a test to turn off the screen and see what happen
thanks
happy bl