Wallpaper Pausing on Multiscreen

[number_e - COBOLING]

I have 2 screens connected to my pc. One is pretty much always occupied with a fullscreen window, while the other is usually filled with whatever. However, Wallpaper Engine pauses the video on both screens if a fullscreen window is on either of the screens. I think it should track for fullscreen applications on a per-screen basis instead global.

[Biohazard]

Hi,
Yeah I've noticed already that this isn't ideal right now. Maybe, until I got around to fix this, you could change the maximize setting in the settings to 'keep running'?

[number_e - COBOLING]

Yeah, i guess i will do that. I appreciate that you are working on it though.

[☥ Docdra ☥]

Just came to see if anyone else mentioned this - need independent settings for each screen...

[Biohazard]

Hey,
I haven't been able to implement it yet, but my intention is to add a 'per screen' pause setting next to pause and keep running.

[☥ Docdra ☥]

Thx, would be nice.

[number_e - COBOLING]

Hello, just saw your patchnotes. Good to know you are working on this. I wanna mention something very minor, that you can look into on a low priority. Windows allows you to temporary make some windows transparent. Either while hovering over the lower right edge that minimzes all windows or when hovering over a window in the taskbar it will preview all other windows transparent. If you can make wallpapers unpause in these cases that would be super awesome. Best of luck pushing your next patch

[Biohazard]

Originally posted by number_e - bamboo won :(:

Hello, just saw your patchnotes. Good to know you are working on this. I wanna mention something very minor, that you can look into on a low priority. Windows allows you to temporary make some windows transparent. Either while hovering over the lower right edge that minimzes all windows or when hovering over a window in the taskbar it will preview all other windows transparent. If you can make wallpapers unpause in these cases that would be super awesome. Best of luck pushing your next patch

Yeah I can check if there's some way to detect this. As far as I know there is no 'official' way to see if Aero Peek is active (I did briefly look into it before), but there might be some trick to get that working.

[Biohazard]

Originally posted by number_e - bamboo won :(:

Windows allows you to temporary make some windows transparent. Either while hovering over the lower right edge that minimzes all windows or when hovering over a window in the taskbar it will preview all other windows transparent. If you can make wallpapers unpause in these cases that would be super awesome. Best of luck pushing your next patch

If you get a chance, can you try the beta out and see if that works there? http://steamcommunity.com/app/431960/discussions/2/350544272219415004/

There seems to be absolutely no documentation or info anywhere on this, but I discovered two undocumented messages myself that appear to be for this exact purpose - it seems to work for me so far on Windows 10.

[MrDogTastic]

Sexy, Glad individual screen pausing is being looked in to
thanks Champ, sweet application too, love your work :)

[Biohazard]

This should be the default setting since a while ago, there are two options in the settings: pause per monitor, pause all monitors.

Just if you have a game in exclusive fullscreen mode then it will still be forced to pause because the game prevents other applications from using the graphics card. The only fix there is setting the game to not run exclusively.

[:lunar2019piginablanket:]

My second monitor also pauses even if I only have Discord open on the first monitor. Both settings are on pause per monitor but it's still pausing my other monitor even if the application is only on one monitor

[Biohazard]

Originally posted by Squishy ｡◕‿◕｡:

My second monitor also pauses even if I only have Discord open on the first monitor. Both settings are on pause per monitor but it's still pausing my other monitor even if the application is only on one monitor

Did you send me the e-mail (if yes I guess replying here will do)? Looking at your screenshot, I think it's because you have the focused option set to 'pause' too.

[Tarnos]

Hello, did you make a fix for multiple monitors? I would also like to pause first one and let the second keep playing.

I read that there are settings to pause per monitor, that is nice.
Is there a way to pause it manually or is it a planned feature?

[Thunderbird9]

The pause per monitor option is awesome; I am grateful that it was put in.
Do you think a stop per monitor could be added as well? For people like me who have a nasty habit of trying to run too many things at once, any opportunity to free up some memory would be great.
Thank-you.

[Biohazard]

Originally posted by ゴール・D・タﾙノス:

Hello, did you make a fix for multiple monitors? I would also like to pause first one and let the second keep playing.

I read that there are settings to pause per monitor, that is nice.
Is there a way to pause it manually or is it a planned feature?

There shouldn't be anything wrong with the pausing option right now, what issue do you have exactly?

Originally posted by Thunderbird9:

Do you think a stop per monitor could be added as well?

Yes, I don't mind adding it, I have it in my roadmap list I think, otherwise I'll add it there. I really can't say when I can do it, the list is enormous.