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Bodstrup

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PDW on Surface 3 - stops when screen blanks
« on: 24 Oct 2016, 20:12:11 »
Hi, I have a strange issue with PDW on a Surface 3 - PDW stops decoding when the screen turns off as part of the power savings settings.

I have set the Surface 3 to NEVER sleep when plugged-in, just turn off the screen.

As soon as the Surface 3 display blanks, decoding stops.

I do not have this issue on a lenovo laptop

Any suggestions on how to keep encoding with screen off ?

Regards
Michael

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Re: PDW on Surface 3 - stops when screen blanks
« Reply #1 on: 25 Oct 2016, 00:00:04 »
Interesting. I have no experience with Surface so can't comment with any knowledge, but I would have to think this is a Windows issue.

Do all other apps 'stop' when the display goes off? Maybe Surface shuts down the USB port when the display is off (no idea why - just putting it out there whether Surface and/or Windows could do anything that may stop the chain of things that PDW needs :)

Be interested to know the eventual cause and fix.

Cheers
...Steve

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Re: PDW on Surface 3 - stops when screen blanks
« Reply #2 on: 06 Dec 2016, 09:44:26 »
Hi Michael

my first thaught is that the input shuts down with the screen...
Maybe you shold test that before going further?

Cheers
Dave