[Windows 10 Play Music With Screen Off
Vanina Mazzillo
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Unfortunately, Spotify stops playing immediately when the screen turns dark to safe energy - in battery mode after 3 minutes. the ultrabook is still active and spotify appears on the lockscreen and starts playing immediately when the screen turns on again.
Is this the same for when you set the screen off mode to never? I recall seeing a while ago that if you use the webplayer through Microsoft Edge you can circumvent the issue (don't quote me on that one though!)
There's this thread on the topic that may have a couple of solution and you could always remove sleeping mode. You can do this in power settings. Add a new time to Sleep Mode to Never. Also if you use a Balanced mode in power settings, you might want to try Best performance mode.
I've already tried setting sleep mode to never and restarted the pc several times. it doesn't work - when the display goes dark to save energy the music stops playing just 5 seconds later. the pc is then not turned off though.
The good news is that a fix for this is in the Windows 10 Fall Creators Update. With this update playback on Spotify can continue while the screen is off to conserve your battery power. While you might not have this update yet, you can update Windows manually by going here: -us/help/4028685/windows-10-get-the-fall-creators-update. The music will, however, stop when your computer goes to sleep. You can control the sleep settings in the Power & sleep settings.
I have found that on my new XPS 13 9360 with the creators update, if I am playing back music from any source (Spotify for example), when the screen turns off after a couple of minutes, audio seems to get muted.
I encountered the same problem (also on the XPS13 interestingly). It seems to have to do with how the audio is actually played, see for example this thread. One solution that was suggested was to use a screensaver that's a black screen, and set your screen to never turn off.
The ultimately desired solution, of course, would be for Spotify to support this connected standby mode. But the problem has apparently been around for quite a while already, so that may not happen any time soon.
When my Win 7 PC goes to sleep (or put to sleep by me), I can power off the monitor (with built-in speakers). I just need to make sure that I turn on the monitor BEFORE I wake up my PC. If so, I have sound. Remote desktop wake-up will ruin this because I am not there to turn on the powered-off monitor.
Just keep in mind that anytime when the PC is NOT in the sleep mode, the monitor must be on. Otherwise, Win 7 will turn off sound because it senses no speakers. On my PC, the only way to get sound back is to restart. The "net stop audiosrv, ..." trick does not work.
I think I have another solution, but it requires a second monitor/TV...If you set it as "Duplicate screens", when you turn off both of them then sound (Spotify or another sound program) it continues on playing.
Yes, you can do that. You should go to Control Panel -> Power and Sleep Settings. Then you should create a custom profile. Make Sure your PC will go to sleep over a extended period of time. If it's a laptop make sure it won't go to sleep if the screen lid is closed.
The ability to playback during Modern Standby (S0 low power idle) must be supported not only by the hardware and OS, but also by the App. From my experience, most Windows 10 music players in the Microsoft Store currently do not appear to support it. The only Store app that I have found that keeps playing (and streaming) music during Modern Standby is foobar2000 mobile. Give it a try.
To add music or other audio clip to your slide show, select the slide you want and click Insert > Audio. You can add audio to a single slide, play audio automatically when a slide appears, or add a song that plays as background music during your entire presentation.
(Optional) If you want to change or modify the standard audio file icon, use the picture format buttons on the Audio Format tab to add a frame, border, or other formatting effect to the audio icon.
(Used alone, this option means the looping sound lasts while the slide it resides on is being shown. When Loop Until Stopped is used in tandem with Play Across Slides, the looping sound continues throughout the presentation.)
Is it possible to force the iTunes mini player window to floor above *all* windows, including full-screen ones? I am using Microsoft Remote Desktop to access my work PC working from home on my Mac and I need to control iTunes on my local machine but have MRD full screen. Is this possible? Any other ways round it?
Thanks Annie. The trouble is, this does not apply if the window is in full screen mode, which is a little annoying. I have come up with a workaround by creating a custom resolution for the Remote Desktop which fills the screen but is not a 'maximised' window. I need to auto-hide the dock for this to work but that is not a big deal.
Got it. It sounds like you were able to make your work area as front and center as possible, while still having the mini-player up with by resizing the window or in this case, changing the resolution.
While you can use all kinds of programs and apps for that, the following happens when you play music using desktop programs: As soon as the screen goes to sleep (the device itself is still active), music stops.
The main reason for this is how the Connected Standby feature works on the device. Microsoft introduced Connected Standby in Windows 8 as a way to bring a low-power state to Windows devices that works similar to how smartphones and tablets handle things.
I have created two Registry files that you may use to enable or disable Connected Standby on your device. This may help you if you only need to turn off the feature occasionally, but want to use it at other times.
You may need to disable automatic hibernation as well. I suggest you try it first without disabling it, and only perform the following operation when music stops playing after a while (not when the screen turns off, but when hibernation kicks in).
If you use Google Chrome to play music, for instance using web services, then you may start it up with a parameter called exclusive-mode-audio to keep music playing when the device enters Connected Standby mode.
Jeff, when you turn off the monitor manually, music continues to play. I have not tried Foobar and cannot say if audio continues to play if you enable the mode. I would say that it seems likely, but I have not verified it.
Share your screen and select to include system audio, then you can play the video and other participants in the meeting will hear the audio from that video. This is currently only available with the Windows Teams client.
@Kevin Wheeler Same problem I have, trying to use Teams for virtual training sessions but the only way I can get video to play on the trainee side is for them to select play - no idea how that actually works
Stabilize basic Modern Standby functionality before progressing to more advanced test scenarios, such as those that have an active Wi-Fi connection. First, validate entry to and exit from Modern Standby. Then validate airplane mode and audio playback.
Begin all testing by making sure that the system can reliably enter Modern Standby, and then exit Modern Standby after some interval of variable duration. To initiate entry to Modern Standby, press the power button, close the lid, or select Sleep from the power button in the Settings flyout. These actions should instantly power off the display. To wake up the system, simply press the power button or open the lid of the system. These actions should instantly power on the display.
If the system does not enter Modern Standby, a trace should be taken to diagnose the problem. See Capture and View a WPA Trace for Modern Standby Diagnostics for instructions on how to capture a trace and analyze the information.
The Windows Hardware Lab Kit (HLK) includes Modern Standby tests that exercise entering and exiting Modern Standby on a system. Running the following tests will further validate the readiness of the system:
Modern Standby battery life is directly impacted by hardware and software activity. The goal of basic airplane mode testing is to identify activities that should not be happening during Modern Standby and resolve them. These activities might be a result of software in the OEM pre-installation or unexpected hardware interrupts.
Start airplane mode testing with a one-hour Modern Standby session with airplane mode enabled. After resuming the system from Modern Standby, use SleepStudy to review the activities during the session and the amount of time that the system was in a low-power state.
SleepStudy helps identify which software or device component(s) is active, which prevents the system from entering the lowest power state. Contact the owner of the offending component for debugging tips and next steps.
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