PictureFrame blacks out after 5 -10 minutes

[guenhof]

I hope it is the right place writing this question.
I want to replace PictureFrame2020 by this new version. Thanks a lot for the many new good features. The migration was easy, but I encountered the problem, that the screen goes black after 5-10 minutes. I haven't seen an entry in the config, that might be the reason for that. It is not the screensaver of the monitor and PictureFrame2020 was running without problems.

Further information: system is running on PI4 and I'm showing the pictures (art) with a time_delay of 3600.

Any help is appreciated.

Best

[sapnho]

Hi @guenhof ,
in sudo raspi-config
Under 2 Display Options – choose D4 Screen Blanking and disable it.
That should work. If it doesn't it's best to do a fresh install, it's so easy with the Raspberry Pi OS installer these days: https://www.thedigitalpictureframe.com/how-to-set-up-your-raspberry-pi-for-your-digital-picture-frame

[guenhof]

Hi sapnho,
thanks for the fast reply. I'm sure it was disabled before. I enabled/disabled it now and will see if this works. I would like to avoid a new setup

[jgodfrey]

Additionally, maybe there's something helpful in this issue thread (though, not sure):

#60

[guenhof]

Hi @guenhof ,
in sudo raspi-config
Under 2 Display Options – choose D4 Screen Blanking and disable it.
That should work. If it doesn't it's best to do a fresh install, it's so easy with the Raspberry Pi OS installer these days: https://www.thedigitalpictureframe.com/how-to-set-up-your-raspberry-pi-for-your-digital-picture-frame

Don't know why, but D4 Screen Blanking enabling and disabling solved the problem. Many thanks!

[sapnho]

Great to hear. I don't know when the Blanking function was introduced but it does indeed solve this issue both on the Pi 3 and 4.

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