Mac OS - fullscreen doesn't wake screens
on Windows/Linux, triggering fullscreen wakes the screens. This is really nice when using the http interface.
this doesn't currently happen on mac os.
I have done a bit of digging, and this seems to be the best code to wake the screens, though it requires 10.6
There are other hacks around sending fake key/mouse events, or possibly using applscript, but they don't seem reliable
#import <IOKit/pwr_mgt/IOPMLib.h>
-(void)wakeScreens
{
//requires Mac OS X v10.6.
CFStringRef reasonForActivity= CFSTR("VLC screen wake");
IOPMAssertionID assertionID;
IOReturn success = IOPMAssertionCreateWithName(kIOPMAssertionTypeNoDisplaySleep,
kIOPMAssertionLevelOn, reasonForActivity, &assertionID);
if (success == kIOReturnSuccess)
{
//release immediately, hand screen state back to normal methods
success = IOPMAssertionRelease(assertionID);
}
}